Perbaikan Saidi Dan Saifi Dengan Optimisasi Radio Gateway Over Internet Protocol Di Area Banyuwangi

Abstract

Among the many problems faced by PLN, one of them is communication in areas that are not covered by radio frequency (blank spots). With the existence of limits related to radio frequency because the black spot can have an impact on the speed of service, both in terms of recovering when there is interference, communication for coordination between officers, and maintenance work. Whereas efforts to expand the radio frequency coverage area by building repeater link towers and BTS tower rental require relatively large costs. Information technology that is experiencing current developments makes it easy for everyone to communicate through various media, one of which is an internet connection. The widespread development of infrastructure owned by telecommunications providers, the wider the availability of internet connections in the blank spot area. To overcome the blank spot area that affects SAIDI and SAIFI, Radio Gateway Over Internet Protocol is used in the working area of ​​PT. PLN (Persero) Banyuwangi Area that connects radio communication with mobile phones through the internet network. From the calculation results using the average formula in the Mircosoft excel program the previous SAIDI average value is 0.42 hours/customer in each month. Meanwhile, the value of SAIDI averaged around 0.097 hours/customer. For the previous SAIFI average value is 0.398 times/customer in each month. Meanwhile, the average SAIFI value is around 0.14 times/customer. Using the T-Test analysis, it is known that the t value of the data SAIDI = 5.38 with t table = 1.71 while for SAIFI it is known that the value of tcount data SAIDI = 6.74 with t table = 1.71