Resume - 5G - LTE Optimization Lead - Muhammad Umar Siddique

Muhammad Umar Siddique
Nationality: Pakistani
Mobile: +2348128601688, WhatsApp : +2348128601688; Skype Name: eng_umar
Email ID :: engumar786@gmail.com
Summary Skills
With a rigorous and rich experience in the field of RF Optimization, I am looking forward to a
challenging position that requires the best of my skills and gives me opportunities to learn, grow
and excel.
Core competencies include:
- Total of 13+ years of Multi-Vendor Telecommunication experience on 5G/LTE/UMTS/GSM

technologies.
- 8+ years Solid LTE/LTE-A/5G Optimization Experience.
- 2G/3G/LTE/VoLTE/5G RF Planning & Optimization, Manged Services on Huawei/ZTE/NOKIA
RAN/eRAN.
- Excellent skills in 4G/VoLTE network optimization and Planning.
Career Summary
5G/LTE RF Optimization Lead Consultant (GML LTD) Nigeria Aug 2018 – Present
RF Specialist (LTE RNO Consultant), Telenor Pakistan (Pvt, LTD) Pakistan May 2017 – June
2018
Junior RF Engineer Level-1(LTE RNO Engineer), LCC (Pvt, LTD) Pakistan September 2016 – May
2017
4G RNO Engineer, Komkonsult (Pvt, LTD) Pakistan September 2015 – September 2016
2G RNO Engineer, Komkonsult (Pvt, LTD) Pakistan June 2013 - Aug
2015
RF Engineer, Netkom (Pvt, LTD) July 2011 - May
2013
Intern Engineer, Netkom (Pvt, LTD) March 2011 - June
2011
Employment History
Job Title/ Position: 5G/LTE RF Optimization Lead Consultant
Company name & Vendor: Huawei (Nigeria), Vendor (Huawei/ZTE/NOKIA) Airtel MS
Project, Aug 2018 – Present
Responsibilities
- Responsible for KPIS SLA Achievement for LTE services Airtel MS Project Nigeria
- More than 13000 LTE Sites Network including Major Vendors (Huawei, ZTE, Nokia)
- 5G/VoLTE Rollout and SSV Approvals/SLA Criteria Achieve
- Responsible for New Feature Trials for KPIs / User Experience improvement.
- Responsible for Mobility Strategy for better User Experience and Resource Utilization
- SLA/ Process Decide to smoothly deliver the Project
- End to End Responsible for LTE Delivery
- CA traffic enhancement features and parametric trials
- Part of 5G trials for Huawei-ZTE for Airtel Nigeria with good understanding of 5G
- Feature ranking and implementation for Huawei + ZTE vendors including advance LTE and VOLTE related
features.
- Manage Customer Expectation According to work Nature.
- Good Theoretical Knowledge of 5G Concepts
Job Title/ Position: RF Specialist (LTE RNO Consultant)

Company name & Vendor: Telenor Pakistan (ZTE), May 2017 – June 2018
- Responsibilities
- Responsible for SLA /KPI Optimization for LTE services for two regions (Central-II and Central-III).
- Responsible for Region Level 4G services (New feature trails, Issues in Rollout sites, Parameter and day to day 4G queries).
- Worst cell identification and optimization to improve the KPIs like CSSR, ERAB Drop Rate, HOSR, Data Throughput etc.
- PCI planning/Overshooting analysis, PCI conflicts audit & resolution
- PRACH root logic sequence and PRACH Configuration index planning and auditing
- MIMO % improvement working
- X2/S1 HO failure analysis and rectification
- Modifying the threshold And Cell parameter for better cell-reselection Intra and inter-rat
- Perform coverage optimization by altering antenna tilts (Electrical + Mechanical) or azimuths to ensure logical coverage
- Neighbour optimization of Intra-RAT/Inter-RAT and Inter-vendor
- Schedule Quarterly Cluster drives to evaluate and optimize RF network coverage.(RSRP , CINR , CQI and UL/DL
Throughput) by physical optimizations & Parameter tuning
Features & Trials:

- PRACH configuration index trial for reducing overall noise floor and RACH SSR improvement
- Successfully implemented CSFB feature for MO and MT calls with Blind Redirection from 4G to 3G
- FSS (Frequency Selective Scheduling) for improving SINR and Throughput
- TM4 Close loop MIMO for Throughput enhancement
- RIM function trial for CSFB call set time improvement
- CFI Modes trial for optimizing PDSCH with respect to PDCCH
- Implemented Frequency DL Selective and SRS for throughput improvement
- TCP Re-Ordering feature implemented to reduce RLC retransmission
- TCP Reordering for Reorder the TCP packets by the Seq-Num for improving Throughput and packet delay
- Ping Pong HO Switch for avoiding unnecessary ping pong Ho switch results in improving user experience and HOSR.
- Implemented Intra Site UL/DL CoMP for UL/DL throughput improvement for cell edge user
- AMC feature to Improve DL throughput and MCS .
Duration of the job: September 2016 – May 2017 (8 Months)

Company name & Vendor: LCC Pakistan (ZTE)
Job Title/ Position: Junior RF Engineer Level-1 (LTE RNO Engineer)
- Responsibilities
- Responsible for Region Level 4G services (New feature trails, Issues in Rollout sites, Parameter and day to day 4G queries).
- Responsible for PAC/FAC approval of Clusters/Sites meeting Target KPIs
- Responsible for Zone optimization by parameter tuning, capacity optimization and hardware troubleshooting to meet KPI
target
- Finalized LTE Formulas with customer and address customer query related OSS KPIs formulas.
- Responsible to perform different Trials and features for improving KPIs
- Responsible for Regional Analysis of LTE/UMTS KPIs like RRC Connection success rate, CSSR, User Throughput, RTWP,
DCR, RAB/RRC establishment success rate, IRAT success rate, IRAT Failure, CSFB etc.
- Responsible for designing and implementing inter layer Traffic Balancing Strategy between LTE/UMTS and GSM Layer
- Responsible for Major Road optimization projects of Central-2 region.
Duration of the job: September 2015 – September 2016 (1 Year)

Company name & Vendor: KomKONSULT (ZTE) Pakistan
Job Title/ Position: 4G RNO Engineer
- Responsibilities
- Responsible for KPI Optimization for 4G services for RRC/ERAB setup success rate, ERAB drop rates, CSFB, IRAT PS
Redirection Preparation Success Rate, UL/DL Throughput, HHO Success rate (Intra Frequency)
- Rollout Sites SSV and Data fills implementation, check and approved from customer
- Daily LTE Optimization, worst cell identification using performance and Optimization tools and taking actions accordingly
- CSFB and LTE to 3G and vice versa mobility parameter tuning
- Coverage Optimization (Antenna Tuning) & highlight and optimize overshooting Cells and reducing Overlapping Area to
improve performance
- PCI and PRACH Planning to troubleshoot RRC success rate, ERAB Drop rate and HOSR
- Monitoring & Ensure consistent RSRP, RSRQ and SINR parameters performance for better coverage of the site
- Cluster Optimization after analysing DT logs proposed changes to optimize cluster in terms of SINR, coverage and throughput
- Modify the Cell-specific reference signals power for Cluster to Improve the Coverage
- Modifying the threshold And Cell parameter for better cell-re-selection 3G to 4G
- Prepare all kinds of Qos and NPM reports (Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, and HQ)
Duration of the job: June 2013 - Aug 2015 (2 Years and 3 Months)
Company name & Vendor: KomKONSULT (ZTE) Pakistan
Job Title/ Position: 2G RNO Engineer
- Responsibilities
- 2G/2.5G GSM Network Cluster Optimization through KPI Analysis
- Daily deltas update of Major KPI’s DCR, CSSR, and HSR
- Prepare WAPS of different types according to problems and make reports of Pre and Post results
- Daily Cluster and Cell performance monitoring and analysis suggesting parameter fine tuning, and escalations and follow up
with other departments till resolution
- Cluster Physical Redesigns to control over-shoots, improve quality and traffic sharing to optimize the network performance
- AMR Codecs set retuning was done to improve MOS and enhance customer experience about voice quality
- Parameter tuning projects for optimized HR usage, reduced HO Drops & HO attempts
- Optimize Lahore city by analysis of scan mode DT of Lahore city
- HO Parameter (DL, UL, Rapid Level Ths) tuning to enhance the UL/DL quality and HOSR
- Static frequency trail on small cities for improving Rx Quality and other KPI’S (CSSR, DCR,HSR)
- Parametric Optimization ( For example: Handover Margins, TA restriction, Power Control etc.
- Enhance capacity and reduce blocking using Half-Rate and Dynamic SDCCH features
- Perform Neighbours Audit and Frequency Audit to check the neighbour planning and frequency planning
Duration of the job: July 2011 - May 2013 (1 year and 11 months)
Company name & Vendor: Netkom (Huawei) (Ufone NPM Project) Pakistan
Job Title/ Position: RF Reporting/Log File Analysis/DT Engineer
- Responsibilities
- Responsible for Drive Test (Pre Drive, Post Drive, Optimization)
- Perform Drive Test of Bad Patches after Pre Drive test and analyse that log files and give suggestions on Bad Patches and
Implement that suggestions before Post Drive
- Identification of faults and issues during the drive test e.g. sector swaps (complete & partial), BCCH clashes, Handover
failures, Call drops, bad Quality and Rx level patches, missing neighbours, overshoots etc.
- Traffic shifting and balancing to optimize resource utilization through physical redesign and parameter fine tuning
- Traffic shifting and balancing to optimize resource utilization through physical redesign
- Neighbour audit to rectify discrepancies of HO relationships and parameters
- Frequency audit to improve BCCH, BSIC, HSN & MAIO plan and improve quality
- Prepare all kinds of DT Report
Duration of the job: March 2011 - June 2011 (4 months)

Company name & Vendor: Netkom (ZONG Project) Pakistan
Job Title/ Position: Intern Engineer (BSS Department)
- Responsibilities
- LOS Surveys
- MW Dish RSL achievement by alignment of MW Links
Tools
 U2000
 NetACT
 MAPINFO
 FMA
 Huawei Smart Care
 OMSTAR
Nemo 6.0
 ACTIX
 ZTE Unipos/NETNUMEN/Elastic Net (ZTE)
 PRS (HUAWEI)
 GENEX Probe
 GENEX Assistant
 NEMO Analyser
 Huawei LMT
 TEMS/ TEMS Discovery
EDUCATION
 Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical (Telecommunication), Faculty of Engineering, COMSATS University
(2010)

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Muhammad Umar Siddique

- Total of 13+ years of Multi-Vendor Telecommunication experience on 5G/LTE/UMTS/GSM

Job Title/ Position: RF Specialist (LTE RNO Consultant)

Features & Trials:

Duration of the job: September 2016 – May 2017 (8 Months)

Duration of the job: September 2015 – September 2016 (1 Year)

Duration of the job: March 2011 - June 2011 (4 months)

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