Milind Damse
LTE/5GNR System Testing
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Summary
Talented Manager with expert team leadership, planning, and organizational skills built during successful career. Smoothly equip employees to independently handle daily functions and meet customer needs. Diligent trainer and mentor with exceptional management abilities and results-driven approach.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Circle NPO Manager
Vedang Cellular Pvt. Ltd
8 2023 - Current
- Offer for Perf, Soft, Physical AT Acceptance to MS Partner on New Roll Out Sites
- Parameter Audit and Implementation of Baseline to remove parametric discrepancies (GPL Parameter) through CR
- Pre-Launch Optimization, Post Launch Optimization, Weekly meetings
- Monitoring and Guiding the SCFT/Cluster progress (New FDD/TDD/L850, HPSC & Small Cell) in the circle
- Handling KPI improvement plan of various LTE KPIs of Accessibility, Retainability, Integrity and Mobility Class which includes (RRC Setup success rate, ERAB Setup Success rate, DL & UL Throughput measurement & Drop calls, IRAT Handover success rate etc
- Proper balancing of High traffic/load event management and parametric settings which gives good improvement in new Rollout sites KPI's
- Volte Drop analysis, MS Parameter Audit, for all MS1& MS2 on aired Sites
- High traffic/load event management and parametric settings
- Finding the RCA of degradation and optimizing as agreed with the customer, along with a separate team working on LMS setting (global changes) network-wide
Performance Testing Manager
Linkquest Telecom SA PTY LTD
09.2022 - 08.2023
- Strong Understanding of 4G/5G Operator CAT E2E Testing on Anritsu and Rohde & Schwarz Platform.
- Strong experience in debugging logs using Anritsu Tools (PA3, Trace Viewer), Rohde & Schwarz
CMWMars, CMXMars, QXDM, QCAT, TEMS & Wireshark Dissector. - Working knowledge on 5G/NR RRC & NAS Layer.
- Good Experience in LTE Protocol stacks (NAS, RRC & PHY).
- Fair Understanding on 3GPP specs (specially 36.331 & 38.331) & RFC3261 (SIP).
- Understanding on 5G SA and NSA.
- Basic C++ and Python Syntax Understanding (Bug Fixing Level)..
- Basic understanding on 5G ORAN and splitting.
NPO Specialist
Nokia Solutions Network Ltd
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Responsible for managing NPO activity for XL-AXIATA operator in Indonesia
- Responsible for Root Cause analysis on the KPIs Accessibility, retainability, Integrity, and Mobility analysis across Indonesia Responsible for driving circle teams and getting Acceptance on KPI at circle level
- Responsible for maintaining parameter audits and monitoring deviation sites
- Reviewing all recommendations of the team for GSM/LTE based on KPI & drive test report
- Responsible for analyzing interworking sanity checks between LTE & GSM , and rectifying any discrepancies
- Responsible for intercarrier configuration checks between different carriers of LTE & GSM
- Responsible for monitoring traffic for cutover done sites in WCDMA & LTE
- Responsible for Analytical presentations for Pre-Post of Parameter & Physical, Performance & Soft AT done sites, according to their KPI's.
Technical Lead
Linkquest Telecom SA PTY LTD
02.2020 - 03.2022
- Technical Issues and PR handling of Rohde & Schwarz CMW500/CMX500 Product for Global Market.
- Test case debugging for 4G Protocols and SIP IMS.
- Bug fixing for 4G Protocol defects.
- Test case debugging for IEEE WiFi and SIP IMS Testcases.
- L2 Support for the Test case issue resolution for CMW500 Product for TMO/ATT/VZW Operator.
- Responsible of monitoring traffic for cutover done sites in WCDMA & LTE
- Test Cases Automation and Manual Verification with Contest/Project Explorer on CMW500/CMX500/CMWC.
- Regression Testing On Contest PT.
RF NPO Engineer
Nokia Networks
05.2016 - 09.2019
- Working on Anritsu RAN Simulators MT8000 & ME7834NR Box.
- 5G SA/NSA Carrier Acceptance Testing on CATCS tool.
- New Test case writing and Development for 5G SA/NSA.
- Cloud BTS testing for Nokia Airscale equipment
- New TC Integration and Debugging in scripts.
- E2E CAT Testing for 5G/4G in Lab Environment.
- Debugging of 4G/5GNR Test Cases.
- TC handling on OEM devices like OnePlus/Moto/Samsung/LG/Google Pixel.
- TC Handling on QC Chipsets Denali 2.0/3.0 and MTK chipsets MTK6879/MTK6889.
- PR Handling on JIRA for the reported issues.
- Responsible of analysis for End to End services from Signaling traces
Deputy Manager_Performance Testing
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
04.2015 - 05.2016
- Understanding System Level / Feature Level Requirements and Preparing Test Cases
- Preparing Test Procedures and Test Scripts
- Execution of Tests - Manually or using Automation Scripts
- Planning Test Scheduling by estimating the time required for testing
- Preparation of Test Reports
- Supporting Vendors / Internal Development Teams for Debugging of the issue by repetition of the scenario where bugs are observed
- Expertise Thorough understanding of LTE Protocol Stack NAS and QoS
- Knowledge and experience of testing E2E Call Flows involving RRC and NAS layer Protocols
- Good experience in Analyzing throughput failure cases.Redirection (Redirection to a specific carrier during transition from RRC Connected mode >>RRC Idle)
- Failure analysis through Wireshark and QXDM tools
- Analyzing UE traces with LSM-R and LSM-C
- Analyze & improve LTE KPIs (RACH SSR, RRC CSSR, E-RAB CSSR, E-RAB Drop Rate, Intra-eNode B/Inter-eNode B Handover Success Rate)]
Testing & Optimization Engineer
Ericsson Global India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2011 - 04.2015
- Collecting FT logs through QXDM.
- Analysis of logs using QXDM, QCAT and Wireshark.
- Test Cases call flow Validation.
- Involved in executing MO call, MT call, paging scenarios on the live network during FT.
- Executing throughput test scenarios and analyzing failure test scenarios at the primary level along with Message
Verification as per 3GPP.
RF Consultant
PyroBKP Telecom Consultants Pvt Ltd
06.2008 - 11.2011
- Responsible for optimization of sites to achieve the defined QOS for different types of services like Voice, Video, R99 data, HSDPA & HSUPA HSPA HSPA+
- Log file analysis to achieve the threshold set by the customer for cluster and network level optimization
- Intra frequency and IRAT Neighbor list analysis
- Planning for initial parameter & neighbor analysis for site creation
- Responsible for single cell functionality test (SCFT)
- Cluster optimization, considering reducing pilot pollution and improving RSCP & Ec/Io
- Analyze
- Tracking of alarms on sites and getting resolved by the project team for smooth functioning of sites in clusters.
Education
Bachelor of Electronics And Telecommunications -
Mumbai University
Mumbai, India 04.2001 - 05.2008
Skills
5G-NR Architecture (Core & RAN)
NAS, RRC, PHY, SIP, RTP, (Basic Understanding RLC & MAC)
Ericsson WinFIOL, Secure CRT, Putty, VIM, MOSHELL, Jenkins
Rohde and Schwarz NW Simulators CMX500 and CMW500, Anritsu Simulators -MT8000 & ME7834NR, Spirent Simulators- WTS, E2010 Network Emulator, Spirent SC10, Ericsson Baseband and DUS Nodes, TEMS, QXDM, ELT, Anritsu CATCS
R&S CMWMars, R&S CMXMars, R&S ATE, Anritsu Trace Log Viewer, Anritsu PA3 Analyser, Wireshark, TEMS, QXDM, QCAT
Windows and Linux
MYCOM and Business Intelligence ToolUnderstanding of 3GPP systems: RF, RAN and core networks
Python (Basic Syntax and Beginner level Hands)
Jira, IBM RTC, Confluence
Good log analysis skills to point out problem scenarios
Technicaltrainings
- AWS Cloud practitioner Essentials
- LTE Air Interference & Functionality.
- RBS3000 and RBS6000
- Ericsson RAN Analyser 3G.
- 5G Core Design Principle
- Open RAN Architecture, O-Cloud, Intelligent Controllers (RIC), Virtualization, Orchestration, ML, MEC & 5G Deployment.i
Certification
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essential
Timeline
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essential
08-2024
Performance Testing Manager
Linkquest Telecom SA PTY LTD
09.2022 - 08.2023
NPO Specialist
Nokia Solutions Network Ltd
06.2022 - 08.2022
Technical Lead
Linkquest Telecom SA PTY LTD
02.2020 - 03.2022
RF NPO Engineer
Nokia Networks
05.2016 - 09.2019
Deputy Manager_Performance Testing
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
04.2015 - 05.2016
Testing & Optimization Engineer
Ericsson Global India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2011 - 04.2015
RF Consultant
PyroBKP Telecom Consultants Pvt Ltd
06.2008 - 11.2011
Bachelor of Electronics And Telecommunications -
Mumbai University
04.2001 - 05.2008
Circle NPO Manager
Vedang Cellular Pvt. Ltd
8 2023 - Current
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