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Jonas Charaf

5G Technical Lead with Software Development Experties

I am an enthusiastic researcher working in the wireless communication field with software development and data analytics expertise. Keen on learning new things and constantly looking for new challenges.

About Me

I am a senior Open RAN technical lead specializing in 5G Open RAN performance, QoS, and sustainability.

I have lead projects at Capgemini’s Engineering such as the German funded project: “i14y Lab”

I have also worked as 5G NR researcher at Deutsche Telekom were I focused on cutting-edge technologies and conterbuted to Horizon 2020 EU projects such as 5GMoNArch. My impactful work is evidenced by tangible results, including patents and research papers.

Work Experience

02/2023 - 08/2024

Senior Open RAN Technical Lead @ Capgemini Engineering

-Project lead for i14y Lab project from Capgemini Engineering side.

- Plan and design of the E2E test setups, configurations, tools and requirements concerning the i14y Lab

- Defining of scope for different project deliverables

- Setting up the project communications internally and externally with the project partners

- Actively supporting 5G and connectivity related pre-sales activities

- Representative on behalf of Capgimini and i14y Lab at official events such as Fyuz23

01/2022 - 02/2023

5G Consultant @ Capgemini Engineering

- Design and creation of E2E reference architecture of future 5G and beyond Testlabs.

- Integration and validation of test cases into the E2E 5G and beyond architecture.

- Working closely with project partners (Vendors, SMEs...).

02/2019 - 12/2021

5G Researcher @ HTWK Leipzig

- Working on several projects in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom.

- Working in an agile environment as a contributor to software projects.

- Parsing and evaluating 5G NR/LTE measurement results.

- Performing LTE and 5G drive tests and measurements. Deploying web servers in a cloud-based environment such as AWS.

- Deploying open-source EPC on EC2 instance in AWS cloud.

- Supervising students on their master thesis and project work.

09/2018 - 01/2019

Research Assistant @ HfTL Leipzig

- Data Analytics of RAN KPIs.

- Interactive visualization of simulation and measurement data.

- Working alongside Telekom Innovation labs and other companies in Germany and Europe on 5G projects.

- Investigating and implementing NR-related features for the Next-Generation RAN.

- Building data models using LTE KPIs.

05/2017 - 08/2018

Research Assistant (Flexikant) @ HfTL Leipzig

- Thesis: Extension and Evaluation of SD-RAN concepts based on OpenAirInterface.

- Working on Software Defined Radio equipment.

- Supporting students with their assigned projects and thesis.

- Analyzing measurement data.

- Performing LTE drive tests and measurement campaigns using the Accuver software tool.

Publications

Skills

  • LTE/5G NR
  • Software Defined Radio
  • Data Analytics
  • REST API
  • Web Development
  • Machine Learning and Neural Networks
  • Python
  • React.JS
  • Go
  • C++/C

Education

Accomplishments

Contact Me

Feel free to reach out via email or connect with me on LinkedIn.