Ranjit Kumar Katakam

Background

About Ranjit Kumar Katakam

More than Ten years of experience in developing software for telecommunications industry. Experience in design and development of protocols and applications for various networks from SS7 to 4G (LTE) networks. Involved in several full Lifecycle implementations and has a very good understanding of all phases of software development starting from requirements gathering, design, development, testing and deployment at customer sites. Good at interfacing with customers and managing their expectations. Specialization- Expertise in various small cell Socs like INTEL-T2200, T3300, BENETEL, QUALCOMM and ASTRI solutions. End to End knowledge on FlexRAN solutions- Development and Integration of LTE stack with Transcede and FlexRAN solutions- Visited customer labs across the Globe for troubleshooting such as AT & T, Intel, Facebook, Corning Wireless, KLAS Telecom and Benetel etc - Good knowledge on Flexran installation/Trouble shooting. Expert in end to end system debugging comprises of BBU, FPGA, RRU and EPC- Good understanding on LTE Network slicing, Career aggregation, eCSFB and Optimization features- experience on L2/L3 layer (RRC/MAC/RLC/PDCP) development of cellular wireless technology LTE being part of the developement of eNodeB- Integration of other eNodeB layers/modules, to support end-to-end setup using commercial UEs and EPC Nodes-Designed and developed PHY_SIMULATOR(which can generate the messages that are expected from UE) to test MAC and SCHED-Having good knowledge on End to End testing with actual UEs-Excellent ability at translating the 3GPP specifications into a design/code-Good knowledge on LTE-Carrer aggregation feature-Telecommunications protocol implementation and support for 3G core network (RANAP, RUA, HNBAP, SCTP and its user adaptation layers,SCCP) ATM and VOIP protocols.