Rahul Arora Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Overland Park, Kansas

• Member of RF team responsible for design of new UMTS PCS 1900 sites and LTE (4G) technology (KC, AR, OM market)• Responsible for creating new RFDS sheets for modernization project and suggesting the required solution about the antennas and module of site• Prepared RNDCIQ, Site Justification Package (SJP), RF Analysis using Asset prediction tool• Responsible to review and validate construction drawings, plumbing diagrams of RF antenna systems including antennas, TMA, cables, GPS receivers etc• Prepared site neighbors (ADJS, ADJG, ADJW, ADJI), IRAT between various technology (2G, 3G) handoff’s on Nokia OSS• Updating Asset, Insite, SORT for E911 purpose. Maximum Permitted Exposure (MPE) analysis using HotRod tool• Monitoring Statistics for the call drop, total traffic and defined Key Parameter Indicators (KPI) using T-PIM• Optimized RF drops, Traffic, TCH drop, pilot pollution based on baseline data and 7 day stats implementing tilt changes, power attenuation with timing advance table, RNC OMS Element manager and NSN BTS manager

San Francisco Bay Area

• Responsible for preparing RFDS based on modifications required on UMTS 4C, 5C, Cell Sectorization, Split sector and LTE • Preparing Atoll plots to verify the coverage needs using various antenna, azimuths, tilts & provide recommendations for NSB• Working on design for Distributed Antenna Systems / In-building solutions using iBwave tool

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Site walk for deciding best location of Access Points (AP / Wi-Fi hotspot) focusing on Business and Public needs• Mapping of AP’s using MapInfo and Google Earth to light wireless connections in and around Los Angeles area• Testing of newly installed AP’s 802.11 a/b/g/n using Yellowjacket for designed channels on 2.4GHz & compare predictions

Boston, Ma

• Member of RF team responsible for design and optimization of new GSM/UMTS sites. • Design/site walk and Aircom Asset prediction to determine best location for the site among various candidates. • Review sweeps, consistency check and add/scrub neighbors. Drive test analysis using Actix Analyzer, Mapinfo and OptPCS.• Represent RF team zoning and planning board hearing to build new sites at various towns. • Prepared Site Justification Package (SJP), RF Analysis, Antenna Verification (AVF), Data Transcript (DT), RFDS, CIQ, E911 sheet• Responsible to review and validate construction drawings, plumbing diagrams of RF antenna systems including antennas, TMA, cables, GPS receivers etc• Performed indoor walk test for in-building solutions. Assisted Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) for outdoor micro projects.• Monitor and Review site KPI (call drop, total traffic) on hourly basis using T-PIM tool for on-air sites 24hrs, 48hrs and 7-days.• Optimize cluster & provide recommendations with tilt changes, azimuths & parameters based on WNCS, WMRR & Wi-NOT.• Prepared new site packages for managers and market lead.• Worked on special projects on EIT / POPS analysis with power increase and coverage predictions / 2nd carrier additions.• Held team meetings to meet deadlines given by client and took initiative in hiring 5 drive testers for HSPA+ project. • Updated new site tracker based on feedback by different functional groups on their activities and co-ordinate between the team for 3rd quarter’ 2010.

Boston, Ma

• Collaborated with consultants from Altman Vilandrie & Company to analyze and provide solutions to Verizon so that it can capitalize on new areas of opportunity like location based advertising and services.• Constructed sensitivity & revenue models for Verizon based on ad market in Europe & Singapore.• Presented final report to the Executive team with potential recommendations for Sales and Business activities.

Chelmsford, Ma

• Executed Live Air Verification 1xEVDO tests for A16, A13, ISSHO, Session/Connection setup, Forward/Reverse link throughput• Installed and implemented QXDM for the evaluation and analysis of AT logs.• Reproduced field scenarios and setup test beds to determine real system behavior by performing drive test on a live network for A13, A16 and ISSHO.• Performed throughput test for multiple AT in fluctuating channel conditions & correlated results with previous release.• Measured and characterized system performance metrics like session/connection setup, call setup and handoff success rate.• Configured and analyzed Radio Network Controller (RNC) & Data Only Module (DOM) according to test plan configurations using Tcl for scripting. • Worked with DPA FFA, MFPA FFA, EMFPA FFA, Sierra Wireless and Novatel Wireless access terminals extensively. • Prepared reports, analyzed performance and system behavior of field data using EMS parcer tool.• Reviewed results with team engineers to improve the overall performance of wireless network element using KPI.

Mumbai Area, India

• Transformed a manually operated system into an automated system through PCB development, programming & research. • Programmed Microcontroller IC 89C51 using Microcontroller Flash kit and Pinnacle Software.• Utilized VB for Graphical User Interface; analyzed functionality of the system and wrote a test program based on the results.• Resolved its problem through Troubleshooting & iterative methodology, which is been currently used by Mumbai Railway’s.

Masters, Telecommunication System Management

Activities and Societies: 1. Graduate Engineering Bridges (GEB), Boston, MA 2. Graduate and Professional Student Associations (GPSA).

Bachelors, Electrical And Telecommunication