JAPHETH

LUCHU
BARASA
Core 5GC/IMS (Cloud) integration
PROFILE EDUCATION
To provide sustainable solutions to Bsc Electrical and Electronics Engineering
engineering communication problems 2001 - 2006
Telecommunications and Microwaves major
Some key Units include:
CONTACT  Error control coding schemes BCH, trellis, Reed solomon codes
 Electrodynamics, waveguides, VSWR stub matching
PHONE:  Multiple access techniques TDMA, FDMA, CDMA&WCDMA
+254783495904  Digital Signal processing (DSP)
 Digital Modulation Techniques (GMSK, MSK, FSK etc)
Linkedin profile  Antennas and radio wave propagation.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/japheth-  Companding mechanisms In PCM
luchu-b5455724/  Cyphering and cryptoanalysis
 Microwave circuits
EMAIL:
[email protected]
TECHNICAL SKILLS
HOBBIES The following Technical Skills have been acquired
 Ericsson Cloud Execution environment. Bare metal Open
Reading the bible
stack.
Attending church
 Docker
Singing
 Kubernetes
 Virtual IMS nodes (vCSCF,vMTAS,and vSBG)
 Ericsson 5G nodes (MME,AMF,SMF, UPF,SAPC)
REFERENCES  Ericsson UDC (CUDB, HSS-FE, HLR-FE) both classic and Virtual
George Rabar  Ericsson IMS-VoLTE-VoWiFi
Program Director Ericsson Kenya LTD  Ericsson 2G,3G,4G and 5G
Mobile: +254731000428  Cloud,NFS, VNF, SDN and Open Stack
Email:[email protected]  Ericsson (MkVi, MkViii, MkX, EPG, DSC, WMG, ePDG,
ePDGSSR8020)
Donald Mudanya  Ericsson M-MGW
PS core Solution Architect  Ericsson M-MSC
Mobile: +254733601556  Huawei Msoftx3000
 Huawei UMG8900
Email: [email protected]
 Huawei HLR 9820
Pastor Arthur Likhakasi
JCRM ministries
Mobile: +254722961353 WORK EXPERIENCE
Email:[email protected]
Ericsson Kenya LTD Core MSS/IMS/UDC&Cloud Integration Engineer
2008–To present
Key functions:
 Design Integration and testing of Ericsson CEE, Cloud
execution environment
 Design Integration and testing of Ericsson BSP 8100
 Design integration and testing of vMSC-S, MGW
 Design integration and testing of Ericsson vHLR-FE,vHSS-FE and
vCUDB
 Design integration and testing of Ericsson IMS nodes
vCSCF,vMTAS,vSBC, and vBGF
 Deployment of Ericsson Cloud environment on Dell EMC VxFlex
 VNF onboarding on CEE (open Stack) bare metal Cloud
environment
 Ericsson (MkVi, MkViii, MkX, EPG, DSC, WMG, ePDG,
ePDGSSR8020)
 Ericsson 2G,3G,4G and 5G
 Ericsson 5G nodes (MME,AMF,SMF, UPF,SAPC)
 Ericsson IMS-VoLTE-VoWiFi
 End to end MSS solution design, Data transcript creation and
integration and testing
 MNP Design and implementation in MSS and UDC
environment.
  IMS implementation in Ericsson vHSS-FE and CUDB
 5G core implementation in Ericsson vUDC on CEE 9.5
 Startup of BSP8100, CEE9.5, HSS/HLR classic and virtual HSS-FE
and Virtual HLR-FE and its virtual equivalent vCUDB
 Core CS LI (Lawful Intercept) implementation
 KPI analysis and interpretation for Core MSS and UDC (CUDB,
HLR-FE, HSS-FE)
 IMS centralized services in Core CS (HLR-FE, UPG, CUDB and
MSC-S/MGW)
 Migration strategy and implementation from classic HLR to
Ericsson UDC.
 MSS migrations from one or more MSC-S to newer versions.
vMSC-S
 Integration with PRA ISDN lines (PBX)

Huawei Technologies
2007–2008
Core Soft switch Integration and support Engineer
 Integration of MSOFTX300
 Integration of UMG8900
 Integration of HLR 9820
 Integration of UA5000
 Integration of SoftX300 for NGN solution
 PRA /BRA and POTS integration

Project Highlights Core MSS/Cloud/UDM Integration

Engineer
2021 April–to date Airtel Seychelles, Core Virtualization
 CEE 9.5 start up an integration
 BSP8100 start up and integration
 vMSS start up and integration and migration
 vHLR-FE start up and integration and migration
 vCUDB start up and integration and migration
 vSBG start up and integration and migration
 vBGFtart up and integration and migration


2020 Dec–to 2021 march Zain Jordan, UDC expansion

 HLR-FE introduction and traffic redistribution 1+1+1
 2 HSS-FE modernization by traffic migration
 CUDB DSG expansion
 Ericsson VoLTE and VoWIFI implemenation
2020 Aug–to Nov MTN Nigeria, DSG expansion/IMS support
 6 DSG expansion on CUDB 3+3+3
 Subscriber reallocation and defragmentation in CUDB
 IMS BSP support on CEE
 vCSCF start up and integration
 vMTAS start up and integration
2020 Feb–to July Jawwal Palestine, MNP Design and implementation
 Design MNP end to end Core MSS and UDC solution for Mobile
number portability
 Create and run Data transcripts for testing phase
 Develop a migration strategy for MNP implementation
 Execute Final migration to MNP
2019 STC Saudi Arabia, HSS-FE, HLR-FE and CUDB support
 Massive subscriber changes in CUDB (7+7+7) for VVIP
subscriptions
 HSS-FE TSP to HSS-FE CBA migration
 CUDB EBS to BSP replacement
 Centralized IMS implementation in Core CS (HLR-FE and UDC)

2019 to 2008 experiences

 Tigo Tanzania UDC migration CUDB, HLR-FE and HSS-FE
 MTN Rwanda Core/MSS UDC migration and modernization
 Telma Madagascar 4G and 5G design and implementation in
non-standalone 5G
 MTN Swaziland MSS migration
 Mascom Botswana SRP migration
 BTC Botswana, HSS classic implementation
 3G implementation in Core CS in Airtel Malawi
 MGW upgrades in orange Kenya
 MGW expansion in Tigo Rwanda
 MSC-BC capacity expansion in Movicel Angola
 Movicel Angola green field Core introduction
 Airtel/Tigo Ghana Core meger.
 HLR Migration for Wataniya Palestine.
 MGW/MSS green filed for Orange Kenya and Bintel Azur
congo