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title: "Ashutosh Kumar - Sr manager Microwave Planning in Gurugram | Tal"
description: "Meet Ashutosh Kumar, Senior Microwave & Transport Network Planning Engineer | 16+ Yrs | 5G · IP/MPLS · E-Band · R&D Feature Testing | Open to Planning, R&D & Training Roles based in Gurugram."
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# Ashutosh Kumar on Tal

## Headline

Senior Microwave & Transport Network Planning Engineer \| 16\+ Yrs \| 5G · IP/MPLS · E\-Band · R&D Feature Testing \| Open to Planning, R&D & Training Roles

## About

Microwave Network Planning \| R&D Feature Testing \| Technical Training \| 16\+ Years I am a B\.E\. \(ECE\) professional with 16\+ years of hands\-on experience in telecom transmission — across field operations, R&D lab testing, and large\-scale microwave network planning\. My journey: ▸ Started with microwave installation & antenna alignment at Reliance \(1600 sites in 12 months across Bihar & Jharkhand\) ▸ Moved into NMS operations, fault management & XPIC configuration at Ericsson ▸ Led R&D feature testing \(ERPS, VLAN, LACP, OAM\) and delivered solutions for Vodafone's 23 circles at Huawei ▸ Currently leading microwave network planning for 40,000\+ sites \(2G/4G/5G\) at Bharti Airtel — Maharashtra Circle 🎯 What I'm looking for: I am open to roles in: • Microwave / Transport Network Planning • R&D / Feature Testing & Validation • Technical Training & Solution Delivery I am NOT looking for field operations or deployment roles\. 🏆 Key achievements: • Airtel Hero of the Month — 1\.5 Gbps record throughput on microwave link • Huawei Gold Medal & Hall of Fame — error\-free network, optical swap with minimum outage • Huawei Future Star — R&D lab testing contributions • Ericsson Warrior Award — zero network abandonment during severe floods • Ericsson Train the Trainer — engineers trained who went on to train others • 1000\+ engineers trained across Reliance, Ericsson, Huawei, Airtel 🛠️ Technologies: E\-Band/V\-Band MW \| 5G NR \| LTE \| VLAN \| G\.8032 ERPS \| OAM \| Huawei RTN \| Ericsson MLTN 📍 Based in Gurugram \| Open to hybrid / remote roles

## Location

Gurugram

## Work experience

Sr manager Microwave Planning at Bharti Airtel, Nov 2018 \- Present · 7 yrs 8 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Lead planning of P2P/P2MP MW links Conduct UBR testing, LOS analysis, and link optimization Trained teams on feature rollout and MW troubleshooting Delivered 100% KPI, SLA, and PM visibility across India 🏆 Hero of the Month \(Dec 2019 As a Microwave Planning Engineer at Bharti Airtel in Gurgaon, Haryana, India, I was responsible for planning and implementing microwave networks, 5G planning, and IP/MPLS planning\. I managed fault management, configuration of microwave, and all types of LTE call flow, ensuring smooth operations and efficient network performance\.

Manager at Bharti Airtel, Oct 2018 \- Present · 7 yrs 9 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Team Project Leader at Huawei Technologies India, Nov 2014 \- Nov 2018 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, Validated L2 features for 23 Vodafone circles Created documentation for new MW features Conducted performance analysis for 2L MW nodes Reduced MTTR to 15 mins from 8 hrs using proactive testing 🏅 Gold Medal, Future Star, and Hall of Fame awardee eNodeB testing VoLTE knowledge FTTx GPON

Microwave Transmission Lead at Ericsson Telecommunications Inc\., Aug 2009 \- Oct 2014 · 5 yrs 3 mos, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India, \-\-​>Presently employed with Ericsson India Pvt\. Ltd\. Bhubaneswar as Transmission Lead\. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-​>Experience in Network Operations, Maintenance and Transmission in Optical Fiber/SDH Network for Telecommunication\. \-\-​>Completed Planning and Optimization for Airtel Bangladesh \-\-​>Working on Huawei RTN 905/910/950 and RTN980 \-\-​>working in Multi vendor microwave antenna ERicsson,Nokia,NEC,Ceragaon ,Huawei \-\-​>Configuration management and Fault management \-\-​>Basic idea of routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP v1&v2, static routes \-\-​>Hand on experience on E1 creation and protections definition \(SNCP, MSP and MSSP\) in STM\- 1, STM\-4, STM\-16 and STM\-64\. \-\-​>Hand on experience of ERP ring and RSTP ring for all 3G sites \-\-​>PDH \(E1/E3/E4\) SDH \(STM\-N\) and Ethernet over SDH \(EoS\), Basic idea of MPLS, VLAN, VLAN Trunking, Link Aggregation,Spanning Tree Protocol \(STP/RSTP\), Protection Switching \(SNCP, MSP 1\+1, MS\-SPring\), GSM \(basic\), DWDM ,CWDM\. Knowledge of NMS and EMS \(configuration of Trail, Packet Link, Data Trail\) \-\-​>Flexi trainer on Transmission engineering\. \-\-​>OFC ring plan using different topology like SNCP, MSP and ERP to minimize outages\. \-\-​>Hands on experience on E1 Tester, SDH Analyser, Ethernet Tester, Optical Power Meter, Variable Attenuator\. \-\-​>Good knowledge and hands\-on experience in Microwave planning tools Pathloss map info and google map \-\-​>Got ACE Award in Ericsson\. \-\-​>Got Warrior Award in Ericsson\. Managed MW link commissioning and field issue resolution Monitored network health and alarm analysis

Zonal Manager at Reliance Communications, Jan 2008 \- Jul 2009 · 1 yr 7 mos, Dharbhanga, \-\-​>Operations and Maintenance activity of all Transmission Equipments\. Identification of fault & rectification in due time\. Making the database of faulty equipment\. \-\-​> Responsible to carry out the preventive maintenance of all the transmission equipment\. Maintaining the record of that\. Analyze the report\. \-\-​>I&C of 1600 NEC MICROWAVE \-\-​>I&C of 300 FIBCOM Mux \-\-​>Working on Marconi 1664,1684 \-\-​>Microwave project roll out of Bihar and Jharkhand circle \-\-​>Experience on MW implementation of 1000 nodes in Reliance Communication, integration & commissioning of more than 100 Fibcom \(Tellabs\) MUX in Reliance Communication\. \-\-​>Hand on experience on E1 creation and protections definition \(SNCP, MSP\) in STM\-1, STM\-4, STM\-16 and STM\-64\. \-\-​>Installation and commissioning of XPIC link with all type of configuration \-\-​>Preparing reports & maintaining tracker regarding Transmission outage KPI, Visibility, Node Alarms, RSL, inventory, etc\. \-\-​>Network optimization by means of protection, high RSL, Fading issues, availability, interference and Link

Engineer at Reecomps Teleservices Pvt\. Ltd\., Sep 2006 \- Jan 2008 · 1 yr 5 mos, Patna, \-\-​>Installed and commisioning of Nokia BTS

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\), Electronics and Communication, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science \(BSc\), Electronics, A N College

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