Rishikesh Bansod
8950 Costa Verde Blvd Apartment 4231 San Diego 92122
Email r_bansod@hotmail.com
Phone(469)-499-6608
Objective
Seeking a challenging position to utilize my experience and education in the wireless industry.
Work
Experiences
Carrier Support Application Engineer-Mindlance (Qualcomm)
(Oct 2011- Currently)
Coordinating with Carrier, OEM and Internal teams to resolve issues.
Analyze issues reported by customers. Escalate issues to appropriate internal teams, triage issues and follow up on its resolution.
Author on compliance and leverage documentations for AT&T,
T-mobile, VZW
Create compliance document for ATTs requirements for LTE, HSPA+ for various Qualcomm chipsets.
Test Leverage documents- Provide hardware and software comparisons between various chipsets.
Log and Crash dump analysis.
Analyze logs related to Carrier IQ
Analyze crash dumps on Android and Windows based software builds.
Implementing various RF parameters on AT&T OSS during Pre-Launch
Testing and after the launch.
Analysis of Layer 2 and 3 messages.
Locking and unlocking sites, resetting radio and generating alarm & RTWP report for Node B.
Analysis of handovers like Inter and intra RNC, 3G- 2G,IFHO.
Monitoring of various KPI after the launch of network like Average
Blocked & drop calls, BLER, average setup time, number of RRC connection, pilot pollution, average throughput.
Tools used ALU WIPS, WMS, EDAT, MapInfo
RF Engineer -Vyzercorp (Ericsson) (Aug 10- Nov 10)
Provided pre-launch optimization of AT&T W-CDMA markets
Performed analysis of best server RSCP and Ec/Io, pilot pollution, antenna tilts, CSV and PSD call drops and access failures, stationary throughput testing, neighbor relations, SHO overhead, IRAT, IFHO.
Performed analysis of radio parameters, server sets and server dominance, RLC/MAC, RRC and L3 messaging.
ACTIX Analyzer - Best Server RSCP, Best Server Ec/Io, Dl Uu Scan Coverage, Long/Short call UE TX Power, Access Fails, Call Drops, Pilot Pollution, Individual Sector Plots and down-tilt determinations, KPI Reports.
Implemented and monitored KPIs
Tools used TEMS, MapInfo 9, Actix Analyzer, Ericsson MCOM 3G,
Ericsson OMEGA, Atoll.
RF Engineer- 3S Network Inc. Client- Ericsson (AT&T)
Locations California, Dallas
(Sep08-aug10).
Analyzed drive test data for site verifications and clusters.
Checking for missing neighbors and swap feeders, recommending antenna tilting and orientation changes in 3G.
Configure the parameters required for IRAT and IFHO handovers.
Coordinate between drive test teams, field teams and vendor managers.
Also performed various field test such as SSVs, cluster drives, IFHO, IRAT, venue testing, RNC migration, 911 & stationary testing
Tools Used TEMS Investigation, Agilent, MapInfo, Actix.
RF Field Engineer- Newfield Wireless Client AT&T
(Jun 08- Sep08)
Collection of data, and decide route using Microsoft streets and trips depend upon topologies.
Testing of Cell sites based on direction given and decides the location of the antenna to be placed.
Finding Path loss and Coverage for cell sites in GSM and EDGE network.
Post possessing of the data using Truepath that is Newfield propriety software.
Tools used Agilent, Truepath.
Test engineer Internship, Urvi Transformers Pvt LTD, India (May 04-Dec 04)
Tested various types of Transformers, Inverters, and Voltage Stabilizer to verify performance, durability and reliability of all these devices under different
condition.
Education
Master of Telecommunication Engineering Major GPA 3.8/4.0 Dec 2007
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
Bachelor of Electronics & Communication Engineering GPA 3.7/4.0 May 2005
Nagpur University, Nagpur, India.
Technical &
Computer Skills Networking OSI Architecture, TCP&UDP, HTTP, VOIP
Wireless GSM, EDGE, UMTS, LTE, CDMA, IMS-IP.
Application MATLAB, OPNET
Languages C, HTML.
Platforms Windows 00/NT/XP/Vista, LINUX, MS-DOS, MAC (OS)
SIP LAB Documented a SIP lab report by sniffing data packets over the network on which the VOIP call was established. The captured data packets of SIP, SDP/RTP were later analyzed using Ethereal software.
Projects & Paper Presentations
Introduction to LTE.
Architecture, key features, different LTE protocols, services, different frequency bands and modulations, difference between with other technologies.
IMS-IP multimedia subsystem.
Learned details of IMS architecture, protocols, application, issues with IMS.
Security issues in WLAN.
Studied security issues in WLAN and how to solve it.
Multicasting on Internet.
Studied IP multicasting service and IGMP protocol.
