Mustapha Razzak

(13 months) IOT Engineer
IT Consultant: Acumen Solutions, London, UK
Client: Alcatel CIT – Data network, Orvault, France
Test Engineer: Fix-Mobile Convergence (FMC) solution (BT Kennet project)
Responsibilities:
- Planning and testing FMC solution on Alcatel NGN platform for BT (British Telecom)
o Providing and managing test plans, test campaigns and test results following client quality control
o Support for test executioners and for customer (alpha beta deployment)
o End-to-end testing for the Fix-Mobile Convergence solution (Kennet project): Basics voice and data calls, security (VPN/EAP-TLS, Certificates), call functionalities (PBX), roaming performance (WiFi-WiFi and WiFi/GSM), voice quality (subjective and objective tests: MOS, PESQ, PESQ-LQ), battery testing and performances

- Equipments integrating and network troubleshooting
o Configuration of: Alcatel 8640 CMM (Corporate Mobility Manager 4.2.1.1) on OSP 2.3 (Open Service Platform) (NGN virtual PBX), Cisco Catalyst 500 switches
o Installation, configuration and management of WLAN networks (Colubris/Cisco): Access Points (AP), AP controller and wireless Network Management System (NMS)
o Installation, provisioning and configuration hybrid (WiFi/GSM) handsets (HTC: Qtek 8310, S620, HP iPAQ, Nokia) on Windows Mobile 5 (wm5) and wm6.

Sector: IT - Telecommunications

(2 years) Research engineer at the laboratory EMAT, Université de Moncton, New-Brunswick, Canada
Responsibilities:

- Project carrier in modelling optical fiber communications systems
o Optimization of optical fast data transmission using a new high order dispersion compensation module based on the self-imaging phenomenon (Talbot effect)
o Simulating propagation through optical fiber, optical fiber based components and radio over fiber (RoF) communications systems (Software development in C++ and Java)

- Project carrier in automating manufacturing and testing optical components (fiber Bragg grating)

- Development of a pedagogical Web-Based e-Learning environment for teaching telecommunications courses (Java: (AWT/Swing)/HTML/DHTML/Javascript)
(e.g. http://www.umoncton.ca/genie/electrique/cours/hamam/Telecom/Telecom.htm)

- Supervising many engineers and students

Sector: Research and development

(3,5 years) Research engineer at the department of Optics, ENST de Bretagne, Brest, France

Project: Design and implementation of an optical switch using LCD modulator for DWDM communications systems

CRISTO project: RNRT (French national research network on telecommunications) with industrial partners: France Telecom R&D, Alcatel, Thomson, Opto+

Responsibilities:
- Successfully implementation of an optical switch using a LCD modulator: Tested and validated by FT R&D and Alcatel CIT - France
- Development of test bench for LCD modulators “Hardware and software (LabView/C)”
- Optical and electrical characterization of liquid crystal on-Silicon (LCOS) based light modulators
- Simulating and modelling optical systems: “propagation, filtering, computer generated holograms, fiber-mode, grating, etc” (software developed with C++ under Linux and Windows).
- Signal processing and implementation of new sophisticated functions (European patent)

Sector: Universities and higher education institutions

(12 months) Mater’s project, department of Optics, ENST de Bretagne, Brest, France

Project: Design and fabrication of dual-band computer generated holograms for optical interconnections

Responsibilities:
- Design and manufacturing (clean room) dual-band diffractive optical elements suitable for use in two transmission windows (1.33µm and 1.50µm)
- Optical fiber alignment process for free-space optical interconnections.
- Simulation and manufacturing holographic optical element and micro-optics in clean-rooms.

Sector: Universities and higher education institutions