steps to be rf planning engineer

[mr_safwat]

hello
i am communication engineer
i want to be rf planning engineer


what are steps and the courses for fresh graduated engineer to be rf planning engineer

[f1cy]

check this link
http://www.finetopix.com/showpost.php?p=47817&postcount=1
and you can using search menu to find out

[Aircom]

hi bro,
you need to read
1. Dco GSM survey for E*******
2. gsm planning principle 1 and 2 for E*******
3. read model propagation
4. tarffic calculation
4. try to learn planning tools
and also in planning try always to make combintion between traffic and covreage and also always prrefer the city than the road
this doc for e******* very usfel for new engineer
aftere this i think you will able to make nominal plan and radio survey in field
if you don't have this doc let me know i will shared in forum


thanks
cheers

[mobilink999]

Well Dear I guess you cant be a planning engineer until you get into industry. Its just like you cant learn swimming until you get into water. However you should increase as much theoretical knowledge as possible; try to get an internship so that at time of interview your are highly impressive. Once you are in field it all depends on your passion for learning and there you go......

[mr_safwat]

check this link
http://www.finetopix.com/showpost.php?p=47817&postcount=1
and you can using search menu to find out

thank you .

it is very good tutorial

[mr_safwat]

hi bro,
you need to read
1. Dco GSM survey for E*******
2. gsm planning principle 1 and 2 for E*******
3. read model propagation
4. tarffic calculation
4. try to learn planning tools
and also in planning try always to make combintion between traffic and covreage and also always prrefer the city than the road
this doc for e******* very usfel for new engineer
aftere this i think you will able to make nominal plan and radio survey in field
if you don't have this doc let me know i will shared in forum


thanks
cheers

thanks
i will go on the steps that you write
but i don't have this doc

please share it

[mr_safwat]

Well Dear I guess you cant be a planning engineer until you get into industry. Its just like you cant learn swimming until you get into water. However you should increase as much theoretical knowledge as possible; try to get an internship so that at time of interview your are highly impressive. Once you are in field it all depends on your passion for learning and there you go......

how can i get into industry?
is that meaning i must work as drive test first before working as planning engineer?

[evilti]

thats meaning i must work as drive test first before working as planning engineer

I guess, not only it. But it would be quite useful.
The idea is, if you havent't worked yet, you couldn't call youself specialist (RF or somebody else). Because, there are many things, that might not be in scope of very good book you could find.
So, my advice - read E******* recomendation, some courses about Cell planning (E******* might be the best). Try to imagine real situation - building new network, and try to calculate, all you can calculate..
But it onle prerequisite.. Next step - to get job of RF engineer in telecom company. Small company, that only beginning development is best one - you could get experience in wide branches. And last step, to work at least 2 years..
Work as drive tester (with analysis of course), in my opinion, is necessary .

[mobilink999]

mr_safwat !!
yes its fine even if you have to work as drive tester. Alternately try to get internship in RF planning. Whatever you get is fine. You need to learn quickly and convey your managers that u got some potential. once u r in you will automatically move from drive testing to RF planning or optimization(sooner or later). Rest I think you will get lots of theory and literature from this forum. Also for your learning you can get some radio tools. However I will emphasize to learn good Excel,Access, SQL as any potential employer needs them. VBA will also be very helpful as you will need theses skills in your work and at time of interview you will stand out from other candidates.

[mr_safwat]

thanks for all
you are very helpful people

i will take your advice and start to studying E******* courses
and learn Excel,Access, SQL to help me in my work

[bikplaboi]

Hello Friend,

There is alot of RF Planning & Optimization training material being share on this forum from basic training to advance... Also there are some RF Planning tools shared here for learning purposes... Search the forum and you won't be disappointed..

Lastly if you have the drive learning will be easier for you...

all the best,


cheers,

bikplaboi....






hello
i am communication engineer
i want to be rf planning engineer


what are steps and the courses for fresh graduated engineer to be rf planning engineer

[apo7]

Just want to ask some opinion from the expert. Do you think it is hard to jump from opti to planning and also is it hard for engineers to apply for 3G jobs if he/she from 2G background? How many years of experience needed that you consider yourself good enough?


Thank you.

[jimjim]

thanks for all
you are very helpful people

i will take your advice and start to studying E******* courses
and learn Excel,Access, SQL to help me in my work

Hello there,

I am not an RF planning engineer, but I like to comment on learning Excel, Access, SQL.

Each one of these programs is a world by itself, so my advice to you is to start the easy way by learning Excel. It has wonderful handy tools to handle and process data, which you can quickly process your data.

For small, moderate amount of data Excel forms a good start.

SQL itself will give you a good push in the field of data processing. But if you are in a hurry, my advice to you is to start learning Access. It has a graphical interface for sql, which you can use to graphically build your queries.

Information processing is very important in telecom field, so I advice you to start step by step, and build on experience.

I can provide guidance if you need. I have good experience in Excel and SQL, and a little in Access.

:)
Regards,

[mr_safwat]

Hello there,

I am not an RF planning engineer, but I like to comment on learning Excel, Access, SQL.

Each one of these programs is a world by itself, so my advice to you is to start the easy way by learning Excel. It has wonderful handy tools to handle and process data, which you can quickly process your data.

For small, moderate amount of data Excel forms a good start.

SQL itself will give you a good push in the field of data processing. But if you are in a hurry, my advice to you is to start learning Access. It has a graphical interface for sql, which you can use to graphically build your queries.

Information processing is very important in telecom field, so I advice you to start step by step, and build on experience.

I can provide guidance if you need. I have good experience in Excel and SQL, and a little in Access.

:)
Regards,

thanks for your advice