Telco Engineering Handbook
A carrier-grade telecom engineering knowledge base: 7 reference documents distilled from 17 years in mission-critical infrastructure (12 in mobile network operations, RAN and core, across 2G/3G/4G/5G).
Every document is standards-based (3GPP, ITU-T, ICNIRP — public standards) or anonymized methodology — no operator, vendor or confidential material.
The handbook pairs with the automation repository — telco-network-automation — where the same discipline is implemented as tested tooling.
Start here
| If you are... | Start with |
|---|---|
| Operating networks | RAN KPI Reference → Alarm Correlation |
| Interviewing candidates | Stress Testing & Redundancy → Alarm Correlation |
| Working in HPC/quant | Core Network Evolution — the invariants section |
The knowledge base
- RAN KPI Reference — 3GPP-standard KPI definitions: accessibility, retainability, mobility, utilization
- Alarm Correlation — severity taxonomy (ITU-T X.733), root-cause patterns in alarm storms, MTTR
- Stress Testing & Redundancy — failover, load, MTTR and soak tests methodology
- MML Command Reference — MML-style verb grammar and patterns per domain
- Spectrum Refarming — pilot-cluster gating and the KPI gates that matter
- Core Network Evolution — 2G/3G → EPC+IMS → 5G SBA, and the invariants
- RNI/EMF Analysis — ICNIRP-based immission analysis and hot-spot mitigation
Author
Matias Gonzalez — github.com/maezgonz · Systems Engineer → HPC & Quantitative Analysis · MSc in HPC @ USC