Hannes van der Merwe

Planning & Optimization activities of the 4G Radio Access Network.

Manage the commissioning process with the contractors and professional teams ensuring that effective communication takes place within the wider project management team. Perform local, remote and desktop commissioning and design reviews and support to Project lead Engineers. Support QAQC procedures with respect to all aspects of the commissioning process.

Project & Operations Management of various projects in the Telecoms and Renewable industries. Responsibilities include Design, Supply & Service of various solutions.

Co-founder and Managing Member of VDE. Responsibilities include the managing and control of key activities in furthering the business, securing supply lines and customers in the Solar & Alternative Energy Industry. Vector Digital Energy is the Sole Distributor of Chint Solar Power Inverters to Namibia.

Responsibilities include the managing and control of key activities for the Radio Access Network including Network Planning & Roll Out and Network Maintenance.

• Location planning of new buget year sites. o Ensure optimal coverage area. • Site Surveys o Reporting and Documenting. o Analyses on Planning tool for optimal site placing. o Recommendations to management. • Coordinating IOS(Intelligent Optimization System) data gathering and recommendation & Frequency implementations. o Statistical performance monitoring after frequency downloads. • BSS planning o BTS interconnectivity to BSC table design. o Transmission requirement planning. o Timeslot grooming & routing Planning. o BSS signalling & circuit planning. o Radio Cell size and position planning. o RF Link Budget Calculations for Cell Extenders(Repeaters). • Radio Capacity Planning o Signalling link utilization & TCH Congestion monitoring. • Radio Frequency Cell Planning o Monitors & correct use of available spectrum. • Monitoring of Network Quality & Performance. o Make corrective database parameter changes. • Database feature implementation. o GSM Dual Band  GSM900 & DCS1800 dual layer activation.  Single BCCH implementation.  Handover parameter optimization.  Dual band cell parameter optimisation. o GSM DTX(ul & dl). o Frequency Hopping. o Micro-cellular layer implementation. • BSS Database standardisation. • Optimize Neighbour Cell and BSS Parameters. • BSS Database Audits and update of Network diagrams. • Advance support for customer queries. o Drive tests & real time analyses. o Post drive test logs analyses. o Recommendations to Radio or clients. o Ensuring customer satisfaction.