Rachana Gowda
Email: patil.rachanagowda@gmail.com
Mobile: +918197844888
Executive Summary:
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Complete experience of 7.9 years in Telecom domain.
Complex network & performance faults in line with customer KPI
Experienced in the Implementation, commissioning, integration and maintenance of Transmission
Equipment's (SDH/PDH)
Good Back Office technical support for all aspects of the 2G/3G Ericsson & HUAWEI
comparing BSC,BTS elements through OSS & providing Experienced in the Implementation,
commissioning, integration and maintenance of Ericsson RBS (RBS 2000 & 6000 Family ) & HUAWEI
BSC end NEW site, Expansion & MBC cell site loading, Script running through OSS
Test & investigate the alarms, quality of service across all Transmission networks using NMS i.e.
PM-Performance Monitoring analysis, fault diagnosis.
Ring implementation,1+1 Protection Switching testing.
Network expansion activity (NE Addition/Deletion, optical patching/Removal, Card addition/Deletion) to be
performed with the co-ordination of Field team through NMS
Traffic migration from lower capacity NE to higher capacity NE
IWAN, RICI(P2P) & ,Alverion (P2MP) configuration
Experience in Telecom domain testing. Has knowledge and experience in the area of networking concepts (L2
and L3 protocol concepts)
Good knowledge of using various test equipment's.
Knowledge on IP addressing, Sub netting, VLSM, and ARP concepts.
Hands on experience in implementing static and dynamic routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP.
Alarm monitoring of customer networks through NMS, Technical support for various customer complaints.
Networking Skills
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Configuration of Cisco switches like 2950, 2960, 3550 and 3560.
Configuration of Cisco routers like 2600 and 2800 series.
IP Addressing scheme (Sub netting).
Up gradation of Cisco IOS using TFTP server.
Layer2 switching and Enhanced switching protocols like VLAN, STP, RSTP, VTP
Configuring routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP and OSPF.
Configuration of gateway redundancy protocols like HSRP.
Software skills
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Win-foil-7.1 & Citrix for login BSC Node B,OSS
Ericsson AXX & Mini-link craft(JAVA)
MINILINK Service manager (MSM 6.5) for Mini-Link E
Local & Remote OMT,NMS Tool
LMT TOOL (Huawei BTS),WEBLCT (Huawei RTN)
BPFTP server
Winlink-1000, Radwin manager
BER .VSWR,IP Ping Tool
MS-Office.
Work Experience
NSN (Karnataka)
Department: Transmission Planning
Position: Planning Engineer
Duration: May-2013 - Till date
Responsibilities:
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Transmission Planning in the rollout which includes taking part in technical surveys
Responsible for Providing Link Budgets for Rollout sites, SDH up gradation and LOS obstruction cases
Provide documentation and keep database up to date and optimization of Transmission Network
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Defining E1 Protection, Synchronization, ring formation for SDH N/W
Coordination with O&M for Planning and Deployment of SDH equipment as Per operational requirements
Providing Protection plan for the cell sites using Metro Hub on PDH paths
Providing E1 routing plan for new sites on available Transmission path and update the database with capacity
utilization which will help in enhancing the capacity.
Providing Transmission Support to Field team for fault rectification round the clock
Re-routing of MW links for LOS obstruction cases
Tools : Global mapper, Mapinfo, Google Earth. PT4, i-smart cube.
Packages : MS-Excel, MS-Word, Power Point.
Equipments Handled: ECI, FPR, FPH, Nokia Flexi Hopper. Traffic Node, AXX9100, AXX9200, Highcap.
Ericssion India Pvt. Ltd.
Department: Field Operation
Position: Operation Engineer
Duration: Feb 2008 – May-2013
Responsibilities:
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Maintained 3 BSC ,More than 300 BTS Nodes,& transmission equipments (PDH &SDH)
Responsible for the total roll out the of new sites & Expansions
Working on software tools like Winfiol & Citrix for ERICSSON BSC nodes and OMT for Ericsson BTS Nodes.
BSC/RNC end NEW site, Expansion & MBC cell site Creation Through OSS
Unlock sites for final Integration / test calls, Lock /unlock support.
Network expansion activity (NE Addition / Deletion, optical patching/Removal , Card addition/Deletion) to be
performed with the co-ordination of Field team through NMS
Test & investigate the alarms, quality of service across all Transmission networks using NMS/EMS i.e.
PM-Performance Monitoring analysis, fault diagnosis
Ring implementation,1+1 Protection Switching testing
Traffic migration from lower capacity NE to higher capacity NE
IP Configuration Implementation for DCN Management
Ensure All NE’s to be visible in NMS
Analyzing the Network RF KPIs on Daily Basis and work to improve them/resolve issue
Coordination of fault resolution with FM & Field O&M engrs to resolve issues/faults.
Responsible for supervising and handling critical, major and minor alarms
Handling of exchange data, alarm supervision and traffic analysis
Diagnosing the operation, maintenance and technical faults in BTS,and Tx Equipments
Installation, Commissioning and Integration of Ericsson RBS, BTS and Transmission Network elements as well
as High capacity links (AXX),Traffic nodes & RTN’S
Drive test –Existing & New sites for Network
Integrating new RBS with the BSC/RNC and defining E1 path for all sites
To carry out Network modification from time to time like Microwave Hop configuration, up gradation,
Expansions, TRX additions, Migration of sites and changes of media as per requirements
Co-ordination with vendor personnel during installation and maintenance of GSM equipment at cell sites and
for any of the network related issues
Preventive maintenance and corrective Maintenance of MW and Radio network
Creation and maintenance of Tx / Radio database, MUX plan
Improvement planning for existing Tx network
Responsible for supervising and handling critical, major and minor alarms
IWAN Link P2P-IP & P2MP Link configuration, RICI & Modem configuration.
Unicus consultant
Department: Quality Engineering
Position: Technician
Duration: Feb-2007 – Jan-2008
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Installation and commissioning Ericsson RBS-2302,2308,2202,2204,2206,2111,2954,2964,2106,2104.
Microwave installation and commissioning (0.3||0.6||1.2||1.8||2.4)
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VSWR measurement and trouble shooting.
Site expansion Nokia BTS, site survey, RF survey, Microwave survey.
Projects Handled
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INTEGRATING NEW SITES, EXPANSION SITES AND MBC SITES.
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Client
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Airtel Karnataka.
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Description
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Handled commissioning and integration of BTS sites. Troubleshooting for all
Hardware related faults in the RBS, defining external alarms and measuring various parameters related to the
RBS. Routing E1 (2mbps path) DIP for new highway sites using MiniLink and Traffic node. My responsibilities
include routing the PCM, path defining cell data & other configuration of BTS in BSC, integration of BTS sites
from BSC. Installing the RBS software and defining other cell parameters in the RBS (locally)
Achievements
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Operation & Maintenance of over 210 sites corresponding to BSC.
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Ensuring 100% Network Availability in our BSC
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Ensuring Zero Fault Codes, TRX Blocks, pertaining to our BS
Awards
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Efficiency award for For maintain no-1 Position in N/W Availability mangalore ZONE-KK
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Certificate of Excellence Given By Airtel CTO For Best Performing Zone/engineer.
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Efficiency award for completing 3rd path RBSC Redundancy & reduce the Pop loading For the month of Oct2013
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Best employee of the month award for the month of December-2014.
Training Details
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Done the Transmission Training @ Mangalore conducted by ERICSSON
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Microsoft EXCEL Training @ Bangalore conducted by ERICSSON
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CCNA (R&S) Training from Mohan Network technologies pvt ltd Bangalor
Academic Details
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Certificate in Electronics
- NTTF Training centre
June 2006
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B.Tech – E&C
- Mysore university
Pursuing Last SEM
Personal Information
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DOB
: 01st June 1987
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Passport Details
: K9774438 (Valid upto Jan 2023)
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Marital status
: Single
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Languagues known
: Kannada, English, Hindi.