Resume
Summary
o Working in 3GPP standardization for more than 7 years.
o Expert in 3GPP specification and standardization process for Non-terrestrial networks (NTN), LTE, enhanced coverage mode (non-BL UE), eMTC/NB-IoT and NR UP MAC.
o Expert in MAC, RLC, PDCP and RRC layers and ASN.1 in LTE.
o Experienced with US patenting process, holding more than 40 granted US patents, hundreds of pending patent applications and several IEEE journal and conference papers.
o Expertise in short range wireless networks (Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi) focusing on MAC protocols.
Experience
o Senor Staff Engineer in Standards, (2023 – present), Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
o Working as RAN2 delegates for Rel-19 and 6G NR NTN and IoT NTN in 3GPP standards.
o Staff Engineer in Standards, (2020 – 2023), Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
o Working as RAN2 delegates for Rel-17/18 NR NTN and IoT NTN in 3GPP standards.
o Systems Engineer in Standards, (2016 – 2020), Intel Corporation
o Intel RAN2 lead on Rel-16 LTE eMTC/NB-IoT (and LTE UE supporting CE mode) work items in 3GPP standards and on the maintenance of Rel-15 and earlier LTE and part of NR user plane MAC in 3GPP specifications.
o Responsibilities included but not limited to defining solutions, writing contributions with proposals in the interest of company, handling CRs, ASN.1 review, company delegation in 3GPP standards, preparing tutorials, liaison to another working group internally or externally.
o Led Intel RAN2 on Rel-15 NR user plane MAC (SR/BSR/DRX) and Rel-15 eMTC/NB-IoT work items in 3GPP standards.
o Engineer in Research and Simulation, (2013 – 2015), Intel Corporation
o Developed new simulation models for LTE evolutions (e.g., extended DRX, PSM, enhanced coverage) in OPNET and MATLAB and analysis of Rel-13 eMTC/NB-IoT power saving features.
o Graduate Researcher (2009 –2012), TRTech Winnipeg, Canada
o Body area sensor network, IEEE 802.15.4 MAC, Bluetooth.
o Teaching Assistant (2011 –2012), ECE, University of Manitoba
o works on TCP (Tahoe, Reno, New Reno) behavior and CSMA/CA mechanisms using NS2.
o Research Assistant (2008 –2008), TC Department, AIT, Thailand
o distributed asynchronous TDMA scheduling algorithms in sensor networks.
Education
o PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada.
o Master of Science in Communication Networks and Services, Telecom SudParis (ex. INT), Evry, France.
o Master of Engineering in Information and Communication Technologies, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.
o Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and communication Engineering, Pokhara University, Nepal.