KUMAR RACHIT

Mob. No. +919811460020

E-mail:
E-mail: kumar.rachit.1@gmail.com

Professional Summary

• Working in Aricent Technologies Holdings Ltd. for more than 4 years in

telecom domain.
• Currently working on LTE Testing and looking at following aspects:-
 Feasibility study of LTE architecture, LTE UE & BS
(eNodeB) Conformance Testing
 Study of 3GPP specs 36.104/145 and preparing
documents, testing strategy, set-up for 3GPP requirement &
vendor requirement for eNodeB BS RF conformance Testing
 Planning the LTE UE testing strategy (Protocol, RF
Conformance) based on 3GPP 36.523 cases.
 Interacting with equipment vendors for LTE testing
support of UE, eNodeB, & EPC nodes and also discussing the
equipment price quote, SW/HW upgrade, & AMC as well.
 Studying LTE RRC spec 36.331 for RRC services and Inter-
RAT handover testing
• Worked in protocols as CC, MM, SM, GMM, RLC, MAC, RRC etc.
• Worked in 2G/2.5G NSN BTS (Supporting GSM, GPRS, EDGE) testing
since Oct 2006. I have worked in various testing areas as PIT (Product
integration) , FT (Functional Testing ), ST (System Testing) and RT
(Release Testing)
• Worked on BTS Performance Testing as described below:-
 BS RF Performance of NSN 2G BTSs (Flexi EDGE and
MultiRadio)
 KPI performance of NSN 2G BTSs.
 GPRS EDGE Performance for Flexi EDGE/Multiradio BTS.
 Travelled to UK for 3 months to learn BTS Receiver RF
Performance Testing (based on 3GPP spec 51.021).
• Worked in many communication areas which include Signalling,
Transmission, Call relates aspects, O&M, Synchronization and NetAct.
Worked on many testing tools, equipments & softwares.
• My role in the projects can be summarized as
 Leading a team of 5 persons for RF & KPI performance of
NSN BTS.
 Feature test requirements collection, analysis and
reviews.
 Defining test strategies, test plans, test case design.
 Responsible for test setups and creating customer
configurations.
 Review of the test plans and rising defects as feedback.
 Identification of various tools needed for system
integration and verification testing.
 Executing test case and providing test status reports.
 Co-ordination with developers to rectify the problems and
provide support to them.
 Intercation with customers (NSN) for better understanding
of requirements & documents/reports approval.

Work Experience
1. From Dec’10 - ongoing

Company ARICENT TECHNOLOGIES (Holdings) LTD. (formerly FSS)

Designation Senior Testing Engineer
Project LTE Testing
Description This project includes complete LTE testing of all nodes
(UE, eNodeB, EPC nodes). Testing will be Protocol, RF
conformance & Inter-RAT handover.
Duration From Dec’10 - ongoing
Role My current contribution in this project:- Planning testing
strategy for UE & eNodeB testing.
Technological LTE, 3GPP spec 36 series, Equipments of Anritsu, Ixia,
Skills/Tools R&S, Agilent, Anite

2. From Jun ’09 - ongoing

Company ARICENT TECHNOLOGIES (Holdings) LTD. (formerly FSS)

Designation Senior Testing Engineer
Project Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Performance
Releases EX4 (Flexi EDGE BTS), EX3.1 (Flexi MultiRadio BTS), EX5
(Flexi EDGE & Flexi MultiRadio BTS)
Description This team is responsible for testing final performance
aspects of a NSN BTS SW releases. The different BTS
performance aspects being measured are KPI, Stability,
Capacity, EDGE & RF Performance.
Duration From Jun’09 - ongoing
Customer Nokia Siemens Networks
Role My contribution in this project is to do RF Performance
Testing for 2UD Non-OSC & OSC channels. As this is
being done first time in India Lab, I am responsible of
all activities related to it. The major activities include
making plans/schedule for RF performance testing of all
Major BTS SW releases, creating RF Rig for set-up,
executing test cases using Automation Tool, analysis of
results etc.
Also looking into VAMOS (3GPP Rel9) feature RF testing
strategy & requirements.
I was involved in KPI/EDGE performance of Flexi
Multiradio BTS, analysis of results & debugging the
issues.
Technological GSM/GPRS/EGPRS BTS Testing, Faders, Signal
Skills/Tools Generators (SMIQ, SMU, ESG), Spectrum Analyzer (FSU,
FSIQ), CMU, VSA, Power meter, 3GPP spec 51.021 &
45.005, SRT, Wireshark, OSC, VAMOS

3. From Apr ’09 – Dec’10

Company ARICENT TECHNOLOGIES (Holdings) LTD. (formerly
FSS)
Designation Senior Testing Engineer
 Project Flexi MultiRadio Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
Releases EX3.1
Description Flexi MultiRadio is a new BTS product for GSM/EDGE,
WCDMA and LTE networks. It is a true
multiradio/multicarrier BTS that can use all these
network technologies. It provides a smooth evolution
path from 2G to 3G and LTE.
Duration From Apr’09 – Dec’10
Customer Nokia Siemens Networks
Role My contribution in this project: - writing the Feature
analysis documents, making test strategies (2G, 2G-
3G RF Sharing) and reviewing the test documents
written by others.
Technological LAPD/LAPDm, Air/Abis interface, GSM/GPRS/EGPRS BTS
Skills/Tools Testing, Faders, NetHawk, Signal generators,
Spectrum Analyzer, O&M, Call processing/call control,
LMU, MHA, Wireshark, 3GPP Specs 44.018

4. From May ’08 to Mar ’09

Company ARICENT TECHNOLOGIES (Holdings) LTD. (formerly
FSS)
Designation Senior Testing Engineer
Project Flexi EDGE Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
Releases EP3
Description This project is an enhancement of Flexi EDGE BTS SW
Release 2. In this some new features have been added
like Energy Saving, AMR-WB, PWE-Ethernet Switching,
PS over DFCA etc.
Duration May ’08 – Mar ’09
Customer Nokia Siemens Networks
Role My contribution in this project: - writing the Feature
analysis documents, making test strategies, writing
test plan & test cases. As a member of Functional
Testing Team, I was involved in Testing of BTS SW &
finding the bugs. Also I have given training/guidance
to new engineers for the BTS project. I have worked in
PWE Ethernet Switching & Energy Saving feature. Also
I have given training to new joinees on O&M
functionality of BTS and Call control (Call control and
user plane) with message details between mobiles,
BTS and BSC.
Technological LAPD/LAPDm, Air/Abis interface, GSM/GPRS/EGPRS BTS
Skills Testing, RLC/MAC/RRC layers, Link Adaptation, Faders,
NetHawk, Signal generators, Spectrum Analyzer, O&M,
Call processing/call control, LMU.

5. From Oct ’06 to Apr ’08

Company ARICENT TECHNOLOGIES (Holdings) LTD. (formerly
FSS)
Designation Software Engineer
 Project Epsilon Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
Releases EP1.1 & EP2 (completed)
Description Flexi EDGE BTS has been developed together with
Epsilon SW Releases Program, which both are parts of
new BTS Products organization in Radio Networks
GSM/EDGE BSS Business.
Duration Oct ’06 – Apr ’08
Customer Nokia Siemens Networks
Role My contribution in this project: - writing the Feature
analysis documents, making test strategies, writing
test plan & test cases. As a member of Functional
Testing Team, I was involved in Testing of BTS SW &
finding the bugs. I was responsible for test setups and
creating customer configurations. Identification of
various tools needed for testing. Executing test case
and providing test status reports. Co-ordination with
developers to rectify the problems and provide
support to them.
Technological LAPD/LAPDm, Abis interface monitors,
Skills GSM/GPRS/EDGE BTS Testing, RLC/MAC/RRC layers,
Link Adaptation, BSC, Wireless Network Elements, MS
simulators, Faders, NetHawk, Signal Generators, SMS,
O&M, Call processing/call control, LMU

Professional Skills/Computer Proficiency

Operating WINDOWS 98, XP

Systems
Skills/Protocols Air Interface: System Information broadcast, Intra
BSS/RNS: Control Plane & User Plane, Radio Link
Management procedures DCH/CCH/TCH, CS/PS
signaling and bearer path establishment to CN, CC,
MM, SM, GMM, RLC, MAC, RRC, 2G (GSM), 2.5G
(GPRS), EGPRS, 3G, LTE, Inter-RAT Handovers,
Testing Tools Mobility management,
Abis/Air interface BTS Usability
monitors, testing, BTS
BTS/MS simulators,
Ethereal, Faders (SOFI), NetHawk, BSC Simulator,
Signal generators (SMIQ, SMU (R&S), ESG), Spectrum
Analyzer (FSIQ, FSU (R&S), VSA), Abis Breaker, Data
Channel Simulator (Spirent), TEMS (Ascom), MUSTI,
CMU300 (R&S), Power Meter (HP), Frequency Counter
(Agilent), VSWR Stub Tuner/Meter, MCG, Metrohub,
Lotus Notes, Quality Centre

Academic Qualification

Year Name of Exam. University/Board Result

2006 B. Tech. U.P. Technical 81%
(Electronics & University, Lucknow
Communication)
2002 Intermediate U.P. BOARD 81.6%
(12th)
2000 High School U.P. BOARD 77.5%
(10 )
th
Activities & Achievements

• Got Team Award in Q1 10-11 in Aricent for BTS RF

testing.
• Got Team Award in Q4 08-09 in Aricent for EP3
Project.
• Got Team Award in Q3 07-08 in Aricent for EP1.1
Achieveme Project.
nts • CAT-2008 score 98.65 percentile.
• GATE-2006 rank 1629 (95.53 percentile).
• Got 3rd rank in university in B.Tech. 3rd SEM exams.
• Topped the branch & college in B.Tech.2nd year.
• Got 22nd rank in UP STATE BOARD merit list of
intermediate exam.

Personal Profile

Date of Birth 11th November, 1985

Father’s Shri A. K. Agrawal
Name
Nationality Indian
Language Hindi, English
Sex Male
Passport No. G0249343

Place: New Delhi

(Kumar Rachit)