Varsha Somshekhar

vsomshekhar@gmail.com | +1 (682)407-2213 | Dallas,TX | linkedin.com/in/varshasomshekhar/

 

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Networking concepts and Protocols: Ethernet OSI Model UDP TCP/IP SMTP GRE NAT IPTV DNS ARP RIP OSPF SNMP PAT LAN STP/RSTP EIGRP BGP DHCP RAID MPLS MAN WAN VLAN NAS Routers IMAP POP3 VPN SDWAN SSL Switches IPSec SSH HTTP QoS SIP 802.11 IEEE VoIP

Software: Wireshark, PuTTY, My Traceroute (MTR), pfSense, Cisco Packet Tracer, Graphical N/W Simulator 3, Cisco Meraki’s Dashboard, Matlab, Visual Studio, Command line interface

OS and Programming Language: LINUX, Python, C

Wireless Technologies: 4G, CoMP, RTP, IMS, MACA, CDMA, OFDMA, Zigbee, GSM, LTE, TDD, FDD, Wi-fi, Bluetooth

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EDUCATION:

Master of Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering                                                                           Dec 2018

The University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA | (GPA: 3.6/4.0)

Courses: Data Communication Networks, Wireless Communications, Advanced Data Communication Networks, Advanced Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Digital Communications, Digital Image Processing.

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering                                                              May 2016

Vishvesvaraya Technology University, Bangalore, India | (GPA: 3.6/4.0)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Intern, Jaguar elevators, Bangalore, India                                                                                                Jan 2016

• Performed root cause analysis and Troubleshooting procedures to collect logs and errors using networking tools
• Co-ordinated with different teams as required in integrating new services/devices to jaguar lab network
• Performing system level analysis and testing as per technical specifications

Voluntary Research Assistant, UTA                                                                                                            May 2018

• Analysed the signal flow in fibre-optic cables for the dispersion
• Resolved issues related to: windows server, network and software issue, LAN cable maintenance
• Increased the data transmission rate and speed by avoiding the degradation of signal due to a dispersion in cable

 

ACADEMIC PROJECTS:

Network Traffic Monitoring & windows Remote Manager                                                                            May 2018

• Observed trends in network traffic by monitoring and projecting traffic trends usage patterns.
• Identified Top Talkers and Conversations in the network by determining users and applications consuming peak times
• Exclusively managed devices by categorizing devices and grouping the data into logical groups
• Improved resource utilization accounting with real-time bandwidth and network usage statistics

Network Traffic analysis and protocols of the Internet using Wireshark                                                           May 2017

• Analysed the flow, errors and loss of individual data packet.
• Identified the packets captured by filtering with respect to DNS, TCP/IP, ARP and UDP protocols in Wireshark
• Used basic commands such as netstat, tcpdump, ipconfig, ping, traceroute, tracert to verify implementation and basic troubleshooting of network

Implementation of 5G Polar codes                                                                                                              May 2017

• Using the concept of channel polarization, converted given channels into extreme channels (with high and low capacities)
• Studied and implemented the construction, encoding and decoding of Polar Codes
• Witnessed the influence of encoding speed on the performance of Polar Codes and its applications

System-Level Design for a Mobile Wireless User Terminal                                                                             Dec 2017

• Designed a simulation reference system for a general packet data channel subject to Rician flat fading using MATLAB
• Designed a demodulator for such a fading channel with QPSK modulation

An Internet of Things (IoT) application for soldier monitoring, safety, responding & tracking system                                                                                                                       May 2016

• Developed a comprehensive product to establish wireless communication between the base station and the soldiers
• Used sensors, GSM modem, GPS and Microcontroller to detect the problem and alert authorities through IoT cloud

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

CCNA Routing & Switching certification | Python programming for Network Engineer