Muhammad Ibrahim Khan

• · Working on multiple Network Management Servers (5620 SAM, SOM, SO-EM, U2000) to monitor Microwave links and Maintaining visibility of all Nodes
• · Nera MW consultant for whole network in kingdom for Mobily
• · Providing L1 and L2 Technical Support for all type of Microwave Links (Ericsson, Nokia/fALU, Huawei, Nera) related issues to achieve target KPIs/SLAs
• · Monitor Real time alarms Ericsson Transmission Equipment ML Traffic Node, ML High Capacity & OMS 1410 for Mobily Etisalat Network using Ericsson Service On Element Manager (SoEM)
• · Supervision monitoring/restoration of Nokia/ALU MW links through 5620 SAM
• · Monitor and gather Real Time Performance for MW links that are suffering fluctuation to isolate and proposed initial solution for enhancement as per Ericsson 3rd level support.
• · Acceptance of new links installed by Project team by monitoring their RSL, Performance and Alarms through 5620 SAM, U2000.
• · Requesting SORs through Remedy and follow up for integration & test of SORs
• · Checking MW utilization, performance, BER,ES,UAS etc. on all MW in network Making weekly and monthly SLA reports
• · Collecting, Preparing and Maintaining Network Reports (RSL, Performance, Utilization, Inventory, MTTR etc.)
• · Monitoring and reporting KPIs on daily/monthly basis to Customer
• · Taking care of CSRs, MDTs, TTs and WO generated on daily bases
• · Maintaining whole Network Database of Sites Connectivity and configurations (RAN/MW/ADMs)
• · Preparing MTTR and outage reports on daily basis and forward those to customer
• · Customer requests and satisfaction and interface for all MW related issues
• · Outage tracking and detailed outage reports for those exceeding SLA
• · Troubleshooting of Access Transmission equipment i.e. Mini Link TN 6P/20P & Rectification of Transmission issues including LOS issues
• · Troubleshooting/replacement of Mini-Link TN Equipment such as NPU, MMU, RAU and LTU
• · Complete troubleshooting for 2G/3G/4G/5G-RAN Transmission with Complete End to End Ethernet Solution configurations from Packet core till Baseband with End to End Ethernet testing and troubleshooting for 10G Links
• · Troubleshooting of problematic E1s/FE ports for 2G, 3G & 4G Circuits
• · Troubleshooting and BO support during outages
• · Planning MDTs for Cutovers/Migrations of MW Links
• · Perform traffic migration, from MW to Optical Network and vice versa
• · Perform traffic cut over rehoming, from old BSC path to New designated BSC
• · MMU Capacity up-gradation & making cross connections in Minilink TN, Packet Link configuration for ATM/IP RAN sites.
• · Requesting, Implementing and Modifying Services/connectivity configurations to support the expansion, swap, upgrade and re-direction of 2G, 3G & 4G sites
• · Implementing configurations (Radio, Routing, Backup, Upgrades etc.) in Microwave links and Microwave Servers for new and existing sites
• · Remote support for MNS FLM teams for any issues related to MW Ericsson and NERA
• · Configuration of Ericsson/Nera nodes, SBL upgrade and traffic routing
• · Perform remote checking for new sites that require Preliminary Acceptance Test
• · Implementation of Vlan configuration for 2G, 3G & 4G traffic in MW links
• · Implementation of soft cross-connection of E1s, FE and GE ports in MPR/MPT and AWY links for 2G, 3G and 4G sites
• · Working with Radio Access 2G, 3G & 4G(LTE) Teams to restore the sites and solve the degradation, packet loss and intermittent transmission issues
• · Following up O&M issues on daily basis with FOC teams and other concerned departments for ALU 2G/3G/4G TDD & FDD & MW Equipment
• · Working on Nokia (fALU) 9500 MPR Microwave Link for upgrading SW (5.1 & 5.2 to 7.1), DCN configurations, troubleshooting and providing technical guidance to Field and Front office teams
• · Attend all kinds of meetings and technical suggestions to customer level
• · Co-ordination with Project Implementation teams for Rollout of New and Upgrade Microwave links for their acceptance and snags clearance

• · Working in Ericsson Transmission NOC for Mobily MNS project of Ericsson as Sr. BO Transmission Engineer
• · Responsible to Monitor and troubleshoot All Alarms and Faults occurring in live MW network
• · Responsible for Providing L1 and L2 Technical Support for Ericsson Microwave Links Ericsson for Central and Western Region
• · Working on Ericsson OMS Nodes 16XX and 14XX Series.
• · New Link RFI Analysis to Observe Performance of Link and Observation for 24 Hours. Accept or Reject new network elements based on Ericsson and customer standard
• · Backup, restore configuration using So EM.
• · Daily Reports Update and Preparation of Daily and monthly Reports for Customer
• · Generating All Reports for OMS, TN, HICAP’s
• · Working in coordination with ELS to resolve critical problems faced on live network to ensure network stability.
• · Timely Escalation of Faults to NFO Engineer and Provide him with technical assistance necessary to minimize Outage Time
• · Conduct MDT’s for remote Link Upgrades and Traffic Migrations for FON.
• · Perform Cleanup activities in Network for TDM and Ethernet Traffic.
• · SW Upgrades and Switching for HICAP Links with Latest Service Advice of Ericsson
• · SBL Upgrades of all Traffic Nodes of Network to Latest Release recommended by Ericsson
• · E2E Planning/Optimization of existing IP Network that includes MW audit, Congestion detection and capacity up gradations to enhance KPI’s of 2G/3G/4G Networks.
• · Complete Troubleshooting for TN via Telnet for VLAN Definitions, DCN route definitions, IP Sub net Changes, PPP, Traffic routing, Crash Log Analysis.
• · QoS Definitions for Packet Data All Strict Priority / WFQ Strict/WFQ Mixed/Best Effort and Weight based Priority class Definition. L2 / L3 DSCP mapping for TC with Network priority
• · Network Synchronization Assignments using, PRC, SSU-A, SSU-B, SEC with Priorities using E1, STM-1 as Source.
• · Creating all end to end L1, L2 and L3 services for Ethernet, IP and TDM
• · Working Closely with the 2G & 3G Team to troubleshoot for the 3G E1’s with End to End Testing from all the MW Hops with Loop testing and Error Checking on the Links and E1 Level both
• · Conducted various DCN Migrations from MW to FON using optical SDH GB Links and MPLS-TP with e2e VLAN configurations and Subnet configurations
• · Radio Link Bonding Configurations in Network.
• · DCN migration over In band Traffic via VLANs or via E1 as well.
• · Conducting Frequency Sweep Tests.
• · Working on Latest TN Release 5.4 TN with Native/Hybrid Configurations various MMU Types
• · Switch Configurations for NPU 1C, 3B with RL-IME Assignments for Ethernet Testing
• · Native VLAN configurations and LAN / WAN Port Assignments.
• · Packet Capacity Alterations with MMU2D, 2H
• · XPIC Configurations using MMU-2F and MMU2H. With Adaptive Modulations Configurations for MMU2H
• · Ethernet Bridge Configurations with NPU 3 / 3B and ETU for Ethernet over PDH
• · Performance management of LAN and WAN interfaces on Near Real Time Basis from So EM
• · Collection, Management and analysis of Bandwidth utilization, Delay and Traffic Performance. •
• · Collection, Management and analysis of Adaptive Modulation, En RLB, RF Input Power and Radio link G.826 and G.829 via So EM.
• · RSTP/MSTP Configurations on TN
• · Multicast/Broadcast and Destination Lookup Failure Protection Implementations
• · Conducted various RB to RB & RB to MPLS-TP Migrations, FE to GE Migrations and GE Expansion activities in the network
• · Working on OMS 14XX Series for Ethernet Traffic with FE / GB links configuration and TDM Traffic handling with Cross Connections at VC-12, VC-3 & VC-4 Level.
• · MSP Protection implementation for OMS 14XX and 16XX.

• · Worked for Huawei MNS project of Motorola Transmission (Ericsson)
• · Hands on experience on SOM R8 (Service on Microwave) and Pasolink Management System PNMS
• · Worked on Ericsson Mini Link Point to point HI cap and Mini Link Traffic Node
• · Conducting BSC Rehoming Activities and making Routing Plan for it.
• · Monitoring of Equipment’s like NEC Pasolink Plus, Pasolink V4, Pasolink NEO
• · Upgrading PM Cards for system and network in PNMS for sites
• · Performance monitoring for links on hourly and 24 Hour bases
• · Upgrading Configuration of PNMS and Adding new links
• · Following up with Field Teams and help them to troubleshoot fault
• · Loop Testing with BSS team to trace Faults
• · Monitoring MDT’s for all Microwave links including cut over's, link upgrades and New Link Installations
• · Sending daily, Weekly and monthly Reports with monthly presentations for monthly activities and outages in Network
• · Preparing of Hub Site List and Microwave HOP Detail sheets
• · Checking of Preventive maintenance Reports for Transmission links and matching Parameters with Link Design
• · Creation of Trouble Tickets through Net force MOS 7100 & MOS 5100.

· DCN Plan implementation and troubleshooting for the Ericsson Mini Link point to point HICAP and TN in STC Network

• SBL upgrades for Traffic Nodes and HICAP’s locally from the sites using BFTP.

• Troubleshooting for the MW link failures and restoring the Links with Fault trace and rectification.

• Conducting MDT’s for Cutover, Link Upgrades, AMM Change 2P, 6P, 20P, SBL Upgrades.

• New PDH and HICAP Installations and Configurations as per the given Link Design