Scope of Work
This role requires an expert consultant who will support Operator in their daily needs to operate and maintain an UMTS network.

Location
XX

Duration
XX
An extension beyond this is very possible, and will depend on the consultant building a relationship with the customer.

Skill set required
The skill set will require a highly experience engineer. It is recommended to be a Solution Architect (Experience) at minimum, since Rogers have high expectations. This consultant will replace an existing person who tends to leave end of July 2008.

Soft skills
The consultant should:
- Have the ability to identify and interpret customer requirements, and develop plans to address them
- Have the ability to operate with high degree of independence, while managing project and customer expectations
- Have the ability to coordinate activities with various departments, divisions and companies
- Have excellent communication and written skills
- Be able to create and present workshops to train Operator

Technical skills
The consultant should:
- Have excellent RF portfolio knowledge.
- Have excellent knowledge of both designing and planning radio networks as well as excellent knowledge in optimization and performance statistics.
- Example of current projects are described in the attachment

Other
Since Rogers are used to highly skilled consultants, we will need to interview the person prior to assignment. Operator also interview the consultant

Fully up-to-date coverage of the inner-workings of 3G

This revised and updated edition of 3G Wireless Networks covers the changes taking place within the arena of 3G--the wireless technology that enables voice, full-featured video, CD-quality sound, and Web browsing anywhere in the world. The book covers key standards and protocols and the critical issues of compatibility, internetworking, and voice/data convergence. You will learn how to successfully design and integrate WCDMA/UMTS, CDMA2000, and SCDMA into existing cellular/PCS networks.

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In 3G Wireless Networks, experts Clint Smith and Daniel Collins dissect critical issues of compatibility, internetworking, and voice/data convergence, providing you with in-depth explanations of how key standards and protocols intersect and interconnect.

Book Description
Written by leading experts in the field, the first edition of WCDMA for UMTS quickly became established as the best-selling and most highly respected book on the air interface of 3G cellular systems. Fully revised and updated the second edition now covers the key features of 3GPP Release '5 ensuring its position as the leading principal resource in this constantly progressing area.
Designed for multimedia communications, WCDMA will create numerous new business opportunities for manufacturers, operators, and content and applications providers. The second edition provides a deep understanding of the WCDMA air interface, its capabilities and its optimal usage - the key to success in the UMTS business, making this practical approach highly accessible to operators, network and terminal manufacturers, service providers, university students and frequency regulators.

Explains the key parts of the 3GPP/WCDMA standard and the current status of UMTS licensing

Presents network dimensioning and coverage and capacity for WCDMA including capacity upgrade paths and capacity per km2

Introduces radio resource management algorithms and features inter-frequency hand-overs and inter-system hand-overs to GSM

Examines the coverage and capacity of WCDMA up to 2Mbps using numerous simulation results and presents antenna diversity gain measurements in the WCDMA experimental system

Introduces TDD and discusses its differences from FDD

Discusses reference terminal classes
Key features of the 2nd edition include:
New chapter on High Speed Downlink Packet Access, HSDPA

New sections on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
Expanded coverage of:
TCP protocol over WCDMA packet channels

Base station and mobile performance requirements

WCDMA for the Americas - WCDMA1900

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Designed for multimedia communications. Provides a deep understanding of the WCDMA air interface, its capabilities and its optimal usage. Fully revised and updated.

UMTS Signaling focuses on providing an overview and reference to UMTS UTRAN and Core networks. Details of the standards, the network architecture, objectives and functions of the different interfaces and protocols are described and the latest updates for Rel. 4, Rel. 5 and Rel. 6 features are included. Additionally it comprehensively describes various procedures from Node B Setup to different Handover types in the UTRAN and the Core Network. The focus on wireline interfaces is unique in the market. All signaling sequences are based upon UMTS traces from various UMTS networks (trial and commercial networks) around the world.

With this book you have access to the first universal UMTS protocol sequence reference, which allows you to quickly differentiate valid from invalid call control procedures. In addition all the main signaling stages are explained, many of which had been left unclear in the standards and valuable tips for protocol monitoring are provided.

UMTS Signalling gives you:

* An in-depth description of the tasks and functions of
o UMTS interfaces
o UMTS protocols
* Potential to analyze specific protocol messages
* Support to reduce time and effort to detect and analyze problems
* Explanations of how to locate problems in the network
* Tips and tricks for practical interface monitoring

A valuable resource for Network operators and equipment manufacturers: engineers, technicians, network planners, developers, researchers, designers, testing personnel and project managers.

A complete and practical guide to WCDMA/UMTS cellular network deployment.

After introducing the network architecture of such a system, the WCDMA (UMTS) Deployment Handbook defines the coverage and capacity concepts associated with the dimensioning and design phases. Progressing to a discussion of the main system parameters associated with network optimization and detailing optimization techniques for the main services supported by UMTS, and includes the specifics of indoor deployment and HSDPA networks evolution.

* Covers all stages from planning to optimization with sufficient details as required on a day-to-day basis, and thorough reference information for the reader who wants to understand the concepts in more detail
* Relevant for daily tasks: The approach taken in this book is similar to the work flow of network planner and optimization engineers, allowing such personnel to easily find the relevant information
* Written by the company which made CDMA a household name: QUALCOMM was the first company to use CDMA technology for cellular application and is a technical leader in this domain
* Based on industry feedback: All the contributors to this book have been working in direct interaction with WCDMA operators, throughout the world, since the early days of WCDMA commercial deployment
* Looking to the future: This book addresses the next level of challenge that WCDMA operators will face - deployment of indoor systems and HSDPA

Providing a complete introduction and reference guide to everything associated with the life cycle of a WCDMA/UMTS cellular network, from initial dimensioning through to the successful deployment of indoor solutions, or migration to HSDPA, this book is a must-have for network planners and optimization engineers as well as Telecommunication Engineering students.

A non-technical explanation of GSM. Written in non-engineering language for anybody who needs to understand how Global Systems for Mobile Communications work. Great for sales and customer service staff.

From the Back Cover
Finally a book that proves you don't have to be an engineer to understand GSM. The text of this book is comprehensive enough for the seasoned professional, yet explained in terms that any non telecommunications person can understand. You won't find any complex engineering diagrams, just fun illustrations that make even the most difficult subjects easier to tackle.

GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) provides a service to more than 500 million users throughout 168 countries worldwide. It is the world market leader serving 69 0f all mobile digital users and is currently evolving into UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System).

By describing the critical decisions and the phases of the development this key text explains how the GSM initiative became a success in Europe and how it evolved to the global mobile communication system. Initially the strategy and technical specifications were agreed for Europe and the subsequent evolution to a global solution was achieved by incorporating all non-European requirements and by inviting all committed parties worldwide to participate. The process started in 1982 and the first GSM networks went into commercial service in 1992. The first UMTS networks are expected in 2002 and the fourth generation discussions have begun.

* Presents a complete technical history of the development of GSM and the early evolution to UMTS
* Clarifies the creation of the initial GSM second generation system in CEPT GSM, the evolution to a generation 2.5 system in ETSI SMG and the evolution to the Third Generation (UMTS) in ETSI SMG and 3GPP
* Covers all of the services and system features together with the working methods and organisational aspects

GSM and UMTS provides an interesting and informative read and will appeal to everyone involved in the mobile communications market needing to know how GSM and UMTS technologies evolved.

The accompanying CD-ROM provides nearly 500 reference documents including reports of all standardisation plenary meetings, strategy documents, key decisions, the GSM Memorandum of Understanding and the report of the UMTS Task Force.

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