CURRICULUM VITAE

PRASHANT AGARWAL

E-Mail id : prashantagarwal1090@gmail.com

Permanent Address : 621, Devlok Colony, New Shivpuri, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Phone Number : +91-9891210396, 9690592400 (M)

IM : prashantagarwal1090(Skype, Gtalk, Hotmail)

AN OVERVIEW
Accomplished, proactive engineer with 5.2 years of experience in telecommunication Network design,
Drive Testing, Optimization,Troubleshooting and Monitoring.

Possess extensive educational qualification with Bachelors Degree in Electronics & Instru. Control
Engineering. Recognized for strong adherence to hard work, ability to work well as team member and
exceptional work ethics. Proven technical, interpersonal communication and personal skills.

SKILL SETS:
Good knowledge of MS Excel, MS Office Word, MS Power-point etc.
Good command of English (spoken + written).

TOOLS USED:

ATOLL,
ASSET,
U-Net,
NetActGENEX PROBE V2.2,
TEMS V9,
ActixGENEX ASSITANT V2.2
GENEX NASTERM2000
MAPINFO V8.5
MCOM
CELL PLANNING
GOOGLE EARTH

EXPERIENCE 5.2 Years

Current Company:
Bechtel Corporation, Gurgaon, India (April 2014- Present)
Position: Lead Engineer (Manage team of 40 Members)

Job Responsibilities:
Visit Offshore: Frederick, Maryland, USA (6 Months).
Purpose: Involve in high level Planning.

Create and review basic deployment packages including production network MOPs, rack face
elevations (RFEs), path/circuit maps, and associated bill of materials.
 Expertly troubleshoot and isolate any physical or logical issues that may arise during deployment
activities including familiarity with test equipment.
Review and approve all MDU, SMB and Institution designs to ensure all Client ISP and OSP
specifications are being met.
Completes designs in accordance to customer specifications and guidelines.
Perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.
Approval of Network Design with consideration of Link Budget & BOM.
Preparing Bill of Material for the analysis of OPEX & CAPEX.
Preparing Calculation sheet of Link Budget.

Previous Company:
Dimension Networks (India) Pvt. Ltd., Noida, India (August 2013- April 2014)
Position: Planning Team Lead (Manage team of 20 Members)

Job Description:

Planning and executing the RF optimization tasks to optimize clusters in

the network during the deployment phase.
New sites Planning, Frequency Planning, BSIC Planning, Coverage planning
Testing of Mobile Latching with the Network (RR,MM,CM etc)
Checking of GPRS Uplink, Downlink, RLC throughput, Etc
Troubleshooting problem areas and providing recommendations for system
performance enhancements.
Analyzing the 2G System Performance and traffic data and troubleshooting of
existing cell sites. BSS parameter mapping to achieve network
KPI'slike TCH drops, TCH block, SD congestions, SDCCH drops, HOF's, TCH
congestions etc
Improvement in RACH, SDCCH, TCH drops and other drops due to quality or
coverage issues.
Conducting Drive test for Coverage Verification, Coverage Quality using GENEX
PROBE. Performing Call tests Checking Handover between Sectors. Analyzing
the Interference Neighbor site Analysis
Analyzing Identical and Adjacent Frequency clash between sites Analyzing the
Hopping Frequencies Analyzing GPRS Uplink and Downlinks
Analyzing Call Setup, Call drop, Handover failures, Interference
Optimizing the site such as antenna tilting, re-orientation
to meet therequired Coverage level and Coverage Quality and to meet the KPI
requirement
Recommending additional TRXs in coordination with Radio Network planning
group.
Analyzing and post processing data gathered during drive test using GENEX
ASSITANT and Map Info Professional.
Formulating drive route definitions for upcoming and existing sites.
Analyzing and evaluate network performance through KPI values.
 Recommending the network enhancements and solutions to improve network
functionality.
Recommending parameter modifications such as Handover threshold, Cell
Adjacencies, Power Control and implement other BSC features needed to
improve quality of Service.
Responsible for collecting QOS (Quality of Service) indicators to check Network
Performance and to evaluate solution for network impairments
Making Surveys and recommendations to facilitate solutions regarding a
particular problem area.(i.e. No Coverage Area)
Coordinate with field engineers to determine the required areas of
cellular coverage for all new and existing sites.
Conducting In-building coverage test and recommending installation
of repeaters.
Finding Hardware problems together with the Field Support and OMC-Team.

Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(Dec 2010- July 2013)

Project: Zain-Saudi Arabia.

Vendor: Huawei Saudi Company Ltd.
Circle: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Job Description:

Work with senior engineers in RF planning and optimization teams.

Field optimization and also soft optimization by planning neighbor and primary
scrambling code.
Responsible for drive test data post processing and detail problem analysis.
Generated report based on analysis for problematic area in Microsoft Power Point for
further investigation and created re-drive routes based on drive result,
Involved in final KPI report generation based on drive test result, which include some
suggestion to improve network performance in troublesome area,
Support for the network integration of a new UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA carrier.
Troubleshoot of Low Throughput issues for HSDPA and HSUPA calls, network
congestion related issue.
Performed analysis on scanner drive data to overcome issue of coverage hole, Pilot
polluted area, and Non-dominant server, interference from boomer cell.
Adjustment of handover events parameters.
Preparing initial neighbor lists, and optimizing neighbor list according drive test results.
Responsible for Creating, modifying and auditing neighbor list relationship for new and
existing sites time to time.

MobileComm Technologies (India) Pvt. Limited, Gurgaon, India

(Oct 2009- Dec 2010)
Project: Aircel Kolkata 2G.
Vendor: Nokia Siemens Networks.
Circle: Kolkata & WB, India

Responsibilities:
Conducting Drive test for Coverage Verification, Coverage Quality using Ericsson TEMS.
Performing Call tests Checking Handover between Sectors. Analyzing the Interference
Neighbor site Analysis Analyzing Identical and Adjacent Frequency clash between sites
Analyzing the Hopping Frequencies
Optimizing the site such as antenna tilting, re-orientation
to meet therequired Coverage level and Coverage Quality and to meet the KPIrequireme
nt
Assisting in Frequency Planning.
Recommending additional TRXs in coordination with Radio NetworkPlanning group.
Analyzing and post processing data gathered during drive test using MCOM and Map
Info Professional.
Ensuring the proper collection and maintenance of BSS parameters and
maintains historical database of all the sites that evolve during optimization process.
Formulating drive route definitions for upcoming and existing sites.
Analyzing and evaluate network performance through KPI values.
Recommending the network enhancements and solutions to improve network
functionality.
Recommending parameter modifications such as Handover threshold,Cell Adjacencies,
Power Control and implement other BSC features needed to improve quality of Service.
Responsible for collecting QOS (Quality of Service) indicators to check Network
Performance and to evaluate solution for network impairments
Making Surveys and recommendations to facilitate solutions regarding a particular
problem area.(i.e., No Coverage Area)
Coordinate with field engineers to determine the required areas of cellular coverage for
all new and existing sites.
Conducting In-building coverage test and recommending installation of repeaters.
Finding Hardware problems together with the Field Support and OMC-Team.

Project: Aircel Kolkata 2G.

Vendor: Nokia Siemens Networks.
Circle: Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad- India

Responsibilities:
Physical Verification of the site, Optimization, Analyzing and solving the problems related
to Radio Frequency and Post processing the data collected during Drive Test.

ACADEMIC PROFILE
Bachelor of Engineering Degree from ARYA COLLEGE OF ENGG. & I.T. (JAIPUR),
RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY, Electronics Instrumentation and Control, 65.9%, 2005-
2009.
Intermediate (10+2), SARASWATI VIDHYA MANDIR, HAPUR / C .B.S.E New Delhi, 55.8%,
2005.
 High School (10th ), SARASWATI VIDHYA MANDIR, HAPUR / C .B.S.E New Delhi,
64.6%, 2003.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND HOBBIES

Active member of college Cricket team.
Actively Participated in curricular activities at College Level.

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME : Prashant Agarwal
DATE OF BIRTH : 05 June 1987
FATHERS NAME : Sushil Kumar Agarwal
GENDER : Male
MARITAL STATUS : Single
NATIONALITY : Indian

I hereby declare that the above written particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Prashant Agarwal)

Dated:
Place: Hapur, India