CERTIFIED

Muhammad Sheykh

OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position in your organization that will allow me to utilize my knowledge and skills in the
technology industry and to help advance both the organization’s success as well as my own.

LEADER | RAN PERFORMANCE SME | PEOPLE PERSON | CUSTOMER CHAMPION

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

 Educated to Degree level and specializing in Communications (Across multiple continents on a

multi-Vendor, Multi Operator platform)
 Working alongside the latest technologies including LAA, CBRS, 5G-NR, mMWave, LTE(TDD & FDD),
and equally conversant in all aspects of cell / transmission planning and optimization in both
technical & practical environments.
 SME expertise & coached and mentored superiors, colleagues and subordinates in the following
TMO tool repository : E/// ENM, E/// MOSHELL & UNIX Terminal Access, E/// Shell Scripting,
TrueCall, OneData, element, Actix, TEMS, WiND, ASSET etc.
 Lead national deployments for TDD-LTE nationwide
 Qualcomm 5G-NR & mMwave Planning Certified (T-Mobile sponsored
training)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

T-Mobile, Sr. RF Engineer – T-Mobile , Parsippany, NJ

July - 2016 – Present

Sr. Engineer/Performance Team Lead – FSC Small Cells – National SME for SC Performance

 (Transferred to this group by higher management decision)

 Lead a E2E System Performance team consisting of 2 FTEs
 Perform audits nationwide with my team and make sure the the job as per accountability is executed
 Co-Published the latest version of InBuilding Small Cells & DAS Optimization guideline
 National SME for the dimensioning and configuration of E/// indoor solutions
 Optimization of the systems relating to delay
 CQI to SNR Re-mapping via MCS threshold configuration & Transmission Mode selection in both E///
and NSN
  PUSCH & PUCCH Channel re-dimensioning
 PDCCH Channel dimensioning
 Uplink power control trials for Alpha Factor on Ericsson & NSN
 Lead the activity for national venue performance audit and issues remedies to concerned regions
and markets
 Conduct brown bag sessions and conduct transfer of knowledge to regions
 Mentored team members to bring them upto speed on RAN architecture

Regional Lead – ACS E2E Systems Performance NER

 Under the guidance of Sr. Manager, Raymond Hubble, established, mobilized and lead the ACS E2E
System’s performance group for NER
 Managed an NTW for service delivery of the group
 Created new techniques for DAS optimization
 Group delivered the fastest performing DAS in the nation for the like’s of it’s configuration
 Created new strategies for various types of InBuilding RF environments ranging from UL Power
Control, to modification of the LTE scheduling algorithm and setting the RAN configuration to
balance the UL & DL path imbalance, custom feature configuration, PRACH target, RACH
optimization, reduction of signaling overhead etc.
 Created a new and most efficient way to measure uplink pathloss
 Lead initiatives in various markets for InBuilding BB upgrades, design for optimizing RF performance
 Knowledge transfer of best practices to various markets across the region
Sr. RF Design Engineer – Alternative Coverage Solutions – NY/NJ/LI Markets
 Develop End 2 End DAS & Small Cell Solutions
 Utilizing various products to suit the needs of the venue as per capacity and coverage requirements
 Design standards and product deployment of E/// product line(DOT, mRRUS12,2303, 6201 for DAS
etc.)
 Validate and review designs of various venues such as stadiums, airports, transit stations, tunnels,
office buildings, luxury condos & hotels etc. Develop end to end DAS and Small Cell Solutions
 Perform site surveys to evaluate location and identify requirements for system design, including RF
data collection
 Model indoor propagation and capacity to determine antenna placement and equipment needs
 Apply link budget analysis, macro design, design standards, traffic analysis
 Understand and apply requirements for multiple operator systems
 Develop system equipment and materials list
 Review and approve final RF design construction documents
 Assist with system deployment and commissioning as necessary
 Document system installation and update internal database
 Collect data for post deployment acceptance testing to ensure requirements are met and the
 system integrates with the macro network
 Leads efforts to establish design standards in conjunction with national and regional engineering and
development teams and ensure standards are implemented on a site-by-site basis.
NOKIA, Sr. RF Engineer – Network Design & Delivery, St. Louis, MO February 2015 – Present
Tri-Vendor Market : Ericsson (FDD-LTE & CDMA), NOKIA (8T8R D2 2.5-TDD-LTE), Samsung (4T4R D1 2.5
TDD-LTE), Samsung (8T8R 2.5 TDD-LTE, FDD-LTE & CDMA)* Only 15 Full blown Samsung cascades in MO).
 Creating SQL scripts for fetching data from SQL Servers for D1 STA.
 Team lead for the NOKIA/SPRINT Small Cell initiative.
 Designed a InBuilding small cell network deploying 4 x NSN 2.5Ghz FZM Picos. Each PICO covered a
exhibition hall, grand ball room and lobby area.
 Commissioned the NSN 2.5hz FZM Small cell with 1 C.(3-C also supported with the correct load)
 The small cell network was layed with multiple directional and omni antennas
 Re-Designed the old part of Sprint Corporate Building DAS for MO market utilizing MA1000/2000
remotes.
 Creating XML based scripts for bulk changes on NSN NetAct
 Generating Pearl scripts to use on the LSM servers for custom SOW.
 Optimizing TM parameters on Ericsson, Nokia & Samsung.
 Troubleshooting noise floor issues on Ericsson 800Mhz utilizing AMOS & OSSR for configuration
changes & ENIQ for reporting.
 Troubleshooting NSN 2.5 Top offendors & HW issues utilizing NSN NetAct.
 Small Cell & DAS POC for MO Market.
 Troubleshooting Samsung D1 2.5 top offenders & HW issues utilizing LSM-R & WSM for RET changes.
 Optimizing Busch Stadium DAS KPIs for extreme blocking in special events
 Tweak design for Sprint DAS where antennas were changed from omni to directional
 Optimize inter-vendor HO between NSN & Samsung & NSN/STA to E///
 Designed mino macros aka small cell on a grid/gateway methodology for St. Louis convention center
 Optimized the NSN Flexi Small Cells utilizing NSN NetAct
 Create a overshooter tool specifically to pin point overshooters in 800Mhz E/// based on drive test
data.
 Generate TA reports on both Samsung & E/// along with parallel CQI values & optimizing based on
TA/CQI info & OM stats to improve KPIs.
 Troubleshoot ANR & X2 issues on NSN D2
 Troubleshoot MRBTS commissioning configuration in NSN NetAct. Problems included
misconfiguration of 4T4R MIMO and incorrect cell mapping to antenna ports which I configured
properly using BTS Manager's Commissioning feature.
 Create top offender reports on NSN NetAct
 Configuring tri-band antennas for NSN D2 sites.
 Create XML scripts to make changes on nodes across market via NetAct
 Create Perl scripts for Unix platform to automate reporting for LSM
 Create scripts on E/// MoShell to make market wide changes
 Create scripts for E/// MoShell to automate alarm log alerts
 Create a smooth transition for CDMA systems between Samsung & Ericsson systems
 Perform RACH optimization. Corrected ZCZC parameter in relation to RSI and PRACH Index.
 Reduce the RACH Radius by reassigning RSI incrementals of 8 from 10 and lowering ZCZC to 11 for
Samsung D1 2.5 TDD-LTE & NOKIA D2 2.5 TDD-LTE

Black & Veatch, Sr. DAS, Small Cell & Microwave Design Engineer, Remote
August 2015 – January 2016
• Designed multiple repeater based designs for AT&T stores
 • Optimized AT&Ts venues in different . Worked with AT&Ts local RF Engineer and retuned the
gain and Qrxlevmin for the DAS.
• Designed a completely new model from scratch for University of Kentucky’s hospital. Created a 4
building design utilizing an all HX remote design in 3 buildings and utilized GX remotes in the 4 th
building. Successfully overlaid a PS layer via 2x2 hybrid couplers.
• Optimized multiple DAS venues in the northeastern part of the country.
• Designed a oDAS(prototype) solution for the city of Sacramento in conjunction with neutral provider
5Bars. Utilized multiple solutions for the oDAS including WiFi. Designed the city in Mentum Planet
and used iBwave for the headend.
• Ran a Small Cell project for VZW in Northern NJ. Utilizing Samsung small cells in capacity and
coverage restrictive areas and optimizing the cells with the conventional Grid/Gateway methodology
and optimized them utilizing Samsung’s new LSM-P OSS. *LSM-P = LSM-Pico

Sprint, RF Macro and DAS Engineer– (MACRO/DAS) (Sprint MultiBand EVDO/CDMA/LTE Project), Chicago, IL
November 2014 – Present
Tools used: MapInfo, Planet, iBwave Design, WindCatcher, Samsung LSM-R, Samsung BSM, Spirent,
JDSU(for I.B log analysis), Tableau, Falcon, Glance, etc.
• LSM-R & Spirent/CSR(Cell Site Router/Backhaul performance/alarm monitoring) specialist.
• 2.5 TD-LTE(D1&D2) Specialist
• Troubleshot backhaul/fiber/microwave issue as well as RRH/CICA/CIMA/UAMA
• Conducted parametric optimization of clusters to elevate overall performance of the cluster and
market
• Conducted TRAMS Ticketing and BOM Reviews
• Performed parametric changes in the cluster based on drive test. Performing parametric changes
using OM stats
• Used the CSL/Time Alignment dump to pin point the location of LTE HO failures & Drops using TA
dump and HO/Drop stats and fixing the issue i.e EDT, C.I.O, adding missing neighbors etc.
• Have created my own script to create 1X, DO and eHRPD NBRs
• Changed S1 Authentication timers, X2 timers, Time to Trigger for A3 and A5.
• Optimized the RRC Connection Reconfig timers
• Optimized the HARQ by changing the HARQ re-transmission from 5 to 7 on market level.
• Performed 1x Opto by executing Open Loop Power Control by changing NORMINAL_PWR,
INIT_PWR,
STEP_PWR etc. to optimize the uplink power to optimize high traffic, high capacity congested 1x
voice areas.
• Re-tuned the CAC parameter for DAS Venues and downtown environments.
• Tuned the RACH preamble to control the Cell Radius by affecting the ZCZC parameter and also
changing the RSI to accommodate the cyclic shift change
• Verified RACH failures in the network through Layer 3 i.e contention based HO failures etc
• Defined Border Carrier Definitions
• Decommissioned 1900 3G voice carriers for spectrum refarming.
• Troubleshot/resolved Daily Top 10 Offenders & optimizing with a proactive resolution
• Modified the DAS design on O’Hare Int’l Airport and converted a 7 amplifier fed DAS into a 2 sector
DAS utilizing MA1000 remotes (Mobile Access)
• Designed review of MACRO sites
• Performed Design changes in Project Ocean (Sites bought from US Cellular)
 • Designed 50 small cell deployments to fill coverage gaps in suburban Chicagoland to fill coverage
gaps utilizing iBwave MOBILE PLANNER.
• Extremely efficient with Planet and MapInfo.
• Proactively resolved network issues quantified by user experience through reading Layer 3
messages; extremely proficient with Layer 3 messages
• Troubleshot interference between Sprint & USC sites operating on the same DL center
frequency on 2nd carrier/b block in an area where no border definitions were designed between the
two systems
• P.O.C for all Executive/C.E.O Level escalations
• Performed FA level troubleshooting on Loyola University DAS(Sprint) issues.
• Extremely proficient with house tools i.e Tableau, Glance, RF Cockpit, Falcon etc.
• P.O.C for all DAS/Small Cell Deployments, Design & Optimization.
• Mentum Planet P.O.C for design reviews, new design
• Designed & deployed multiple Samsung Small Cells throughout Chicago
• Commission & Grow Samsung Small Cells in the new LSM-P for small cells
• Mentum Planet P.O.C for design reviews, new design

Samsung SDS America, Subject Matter Expert – 2.5 TD-LTE Team - National RF, Herndon,VA
December 2013 – November 2014
• Optimized the D1 2.5 TD-LTE network with the existing 1.9/800 FD-LTE network
• Tuned the A event parameters so that the user is mostly latched on to the TDD network
• Responsible for neighbor optimization i.e X2/1.9/800 to 2.5 & and 2.5 to 1.9/800 neighbor planning
• Tuned the HO parameters, A1, A2, A3, A5, B2, A3Hyst, A3_Offset, CIO, etc…
• Troubleshot and solved issues with UL power limitations, Access failures due to SINR issues or
extended distances, PCI & PSS conflicts, Tracking Area Update failure issues
• Used OM Tool (Spotfire) to analyze and troubleshoot network issues such as DL Ave TP, CDR, CFR,
CINR (CQI), CAC Rejects, etc.
• Resolved PCID pollution that can be caused by overshooting cells or lack of dominant server. In cases
where RET was not authorized increased the hysteresis to make a site look more suitable.
• Performed optimization based on drive test results and doing analysis and investigation using both
WindCatcher and XCAP
• Performed logical optimization to elevate network KPI’s and making the user experience seamless
between FDD & TDD
Beamforming F.I.T for Sprint, RF team. Co-ordinated between the SDSA RF team and the STA System’s
team
• Found out Missing EUTRAN neighbors and Undesired EUTRAN neighbors and providing a better
neighbor plan.
Carrier Aggregation F.I.T for Sprint
• Extremely proficient with Samsung’s LSM-R and have solid grip over the eNb commands.

Samsung – Region 2E - Sprint NV Project, Sr. RF Engineer, Pittsburgh, PA June 2013-

December 2013
• Optimized new/existing configurations after planning
 • Conducted coverage and neighbor analysis for RF environments
• Performed consistency checks on new/existing network elements
• Improved the total designed LTE network KPI’s (coverage -mainly RSRP-, quality –RSRQ and SINR-,
throughput –average simulated Mbps per Cell and for the total network-, and dominance-
interference reduction.)
• Creating NBR lists for CDMA 800/1900
• Verified carriers on sites i.e # of FAs present
• Created Border Carrier Definitions by determining the number of carriers/FAs on Source and Target
• 1x Voice CDMA optimization.

TELUS Mobility, DAS Design, Performance and Optimization Specialist III, Vanouver, Canada
January 2012– June 2013
• NOKIA Market for Telus Canada
• Monitored major KPIs of the IBS on daily basis and identified worst performing sites and take
necessary actions in improving network performance.
• Retuned the QualMin and RxMin parameters to balance the traffic in idle mode.
• Returned TTI thresholds for optimum PS throughput without increasing the PS drop rate and PS
congestion.
• Identified the culprit IBS causing high RTWP in the network degrading the KPI thresholds.
• Analyzed the walk test logs for pilot polluted areas and retuned the parameters to avoid KPI
degradations and redesign the venue by changing the antennae type or adding more capacity for a
long term solution.
• Retuned the load HO and Blind HO parameters in the network for immediate reduction in the power
congested cells and enabled DRD where necessary to put traffic on IBS in downtown environment.
• Optimized the clusters for minimizing the SHO region specially for the IBS with multiple Node Bs
within the same arena for optimum resource usage and minimizing resource and code congestion.
• Identified low performing DAS with high CS and PS drop rate, Access and HO failures caused due to
hardware malfunction and forwarded the cases to operations for rectification of the issue.

Huawei Technologies, LTE RF Engineer (Cluster Engineer), Vancouver, Canada November 2010 – January
2012
• Tuned the newly built LTE network in the BC markets
• Verified the HO parameters based on the Drive Test logs(A parameters)
• Troubleshot eNodeB issues
• Post processing using WindCatcher
• Performed Neighbor Design & Neighbor Audits
• Validated Site Design before field engineers conduct stationary testing as well as the newly added
carriers and performance with Telus counterparts
• Met KPI’s set by Telus Mobility Canada for both Mobility(cluster drive) & Stationary testing
Ericsson Pakistan, RF Engineer (intern to perm) - Network Performance Management, Islamabad, Pakistan
October 2008 – October 2010

EDUCATION:

Institute of Engineering & Technology

4 year Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering