So this week we planned, arranged, and carried out the event titled IEEE Day Lectures on LTE Development. The event was organised by the IEEE Indonesia Section and the IEEE Comsoc Indonesia Chapter, supported by IEEE Student Branch University of Indonesia and IEEE Student Branch Telkom Institute of Technology.

The venue was at @America. @America is a public room owned and managed by the US Embassy in Jakarta. Located in a business centre just in the centre of Jakarta, it is a high-technology cultural centre where people can explore, experience, and express their interests in fresh and exciting ways. In its physical and virtual spaces, the visitors can experience cool and cutting-edge technology, interactive games, and live events designed to generate interest and create communities.

In 2009-2010, the Comsoc Chapter has carried out a series of lectures, seminars, and technical meetings discussing the aspects of 4G Mobile Networks. In 2011, some network providers have started to implement some of the technologies discussed. The IEEE Day Lectures was to start the discussion of current implementation of technologies related to 4G Mobile in Indonesia. It commenced a series of discussion about many aspects, including the LTE Deployement, WiMAX positioning, IPTV implementation over 4G, cognitive radio, policies on spectrum, context-aware applications, etc.

The IEEE Day Lectures itself presented the speakers:

1. Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, Introduction to IEEE, and 4G Mobile Technology
2. Anto Sihombing, Digital Video Broadcast over LTE Network
3. Hazim Ahmadi, Lesson Learnt from LTE Trial in Indonesia
4. Arief Hamdani Gunawan, Regulatory and Industry Aspects of LTE

Seminar on WiMAX Network Dimensioning

Purwokerto, June 12th 2010.
Presenters: Hadi Hariyanto MSc & FX Ari Wibowo MSi
Discussions:

• Introduction to WiMAX: features, AAS/MIMO, QoS, dimensioning
• Coverage Aspects in RF Planning: link budget, propagation models (Cost 231 Hata, Stanford Univ, ECC-33), adaptive modulation, MIMO, BS calculation, fixed vs mobile WiMAX.
• Capacity Aspects in RF Planning: capacity dan traffic model, throughput and capacity calculation, radio bandwidth, MIMO and frequency planning, BS calculation.

Contact: Nova Rismartanto (+62-856-4733-6666, richie_te@yahoo.com)

Lecture on New Convergence

Brawijaya University, Malang, June 19th 2010
Lecturer: Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, M Ary Murti, Arief Hamdani Gunawan
Discussions:

• 4G Mobile Technologies: OFDMA, CR/DSA, All-IP Network, Context-Aware Applications, IMS
• 4G Candidates: LTE and WiMAX II, comparison, interoperability, applications
• New Convergence: How to configure IMS, SDP, IPTV, Web 2.0

Contact: Department of Electrotechnics, Brawijaya University

Full-Day Training on LTE

Yogyakarta, June 26th 2010
Instructor: Arief Hamdani Gunawan
Syllabi:

• Introduction
• OFDM Technology Overview
• Bandwidth Utilisation, TDD and FDD
• Dimensioning
• Business Cases

Contact: Nova Rismartanto (+62-856-4733-6666, richie_te@yahoo.com)

Bertempat di Asiatic Meeting Room, seminar diselenggarakan pada 10 April 2010. Koordinator di Purwokerto adalah Sdr Aries. Dari IEEE Indonesia Section hadir vice chairman Arief Hamdani Gunawan, dan dari IEEE Comsoc Indonesia Chapter hadir vice chairman F.X. Ari Wibowo.

Materi seminar meliputi: pengenalan atas IEEE, presentasi 4G requirement, presentasi LTE sebagai 4G candidate, dan presentasi WiMAX II sebagai 4g candidate.

A message from UPH Rector Jonathan Parapak was for technology personnel to also pay attention to content as well. “The advanced technology is no doubt something good for human beings, but contents are also no less important since sophisticated technology would be useless if only used for negative things. The impact of the technology itself should be devoted to the welfare of society,” he said in the speech.

Information technology is growing fast each day. Now maybe we are familiar with the term 3G or even 3.5G for the latest one of data transmission process through internet. However, soon we will be dazzled by 4G technology, which has the speed up to 100MB/sec for uploading and 1GB/sec for downloading.

All of this was discussed in the workshop that presented five speakers who are competent in their respective field. Ihan Martoyo from UPH discussed “4G: It Is Not What You Think”, H. Arief Gunawan from Telkom and IEEE with the topic “LTE: The Technology Details”, Hadi Hariyanto from Telkom and IEEE on “WiMAX II: Technology and Challenges”, Denny Setiawan from UI on “4G Policy and Regulatory Challenges”, and Kusuma Lienandjaja from Ericsson Indonesia with the topic “Business Opportunities with 4G.” (UPH/cyn)

Seminar on the first day opened by the Dean of Technics Faculty of Hasanuddin University. The IEEE Communications Society Indonesia Chapter sent three representatives as key speakers for the seminar: Dr Irwan Prasetya Gunawan, Muhammad Ary Murti, and FX Ari Wibowo (Vice Chair of Comsoc Indonesia Chapter). Themes of the seminar are the technology, network, and the business potency of Digital Television.

Berbeda dengan seminar sebelumnya pada serial ini, seminar di UPH ini dihadiri juga oleh IEEE Indonesia Section Chair, Arnold Ph Djiwatampu. Dari UPH hadir Rektor Jonathan Parapak. Juga diberikan porsi yang lebih besar untuk memperkenalkan program-program IEEE untuk memberikan support dan benefit bagi para mahasiswa dan profesional di bidang engineering. Susunan acara yang diselenggarakan, berturut-turut:

1. Arnold Ph Djiwatampu (IEEE Indonesia Section Chair), Pembukaan
2. Jonathan Parapak (Rektor UPH), Sambutan Penerimaan
3. Muhammad Ary Murti: Pengenalan IEEE, societies, Indonesia section, chapters, membership.
4. Kuncoro Wastuwibowo (Comsoc Indonesia Chapter Chair): 4G Mobile Technologies, network, service, cognitive radio, candidates
5. Arif Hamdani Gunawan (IEEE Indonesia Section Vice Chair): LTE –> evolution, features, architecture
6. Prof. Dr. Dadang Gunawan: IEEE Student Branch
7. Arif Hamdani Gunawan: LTE –> radio access, OFDMA & SCFDMA, implementation plan
8. Kuncoro Wastuwibowo: WiMAX II –> evolution, features, architecture

Peserta berasal dari UPH Surabaya dan kampus-kampus lain di sekitar Surabaya, serta beberapa profesional yang mendalami bidang telekomunikasi mobile.

As the previous series, this one also commenced in Bandung, today. This seminar was conducted in the Hotel Nalendra, Cihampelas. The participants who attended the seminar today include Mrs. Koesmarihati of Mastel (previously, she was Telkom’s Director of Development, CEO of Telkomsel, and Chairperson of BRTI), some Heads of Department and officials from Universities (Universitas Hasanuddin, Universitas Ahmad Yani, Maranatha University, ITENAS, IT Telkom), the representatives of the operators & providers (Telkom, XL Axiata, DAAITV, Nasio), and several other professionals.

The materials in this seminar:

• Muhammad Ary Murti, IEEE as a Professional Organization
• Arief Hamdani Gunawan, Digital TV & IPTV Network
• Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, Video Coding, Compression, & Formats
• Irwan Prasetya Gunawan, Quality of Service & Quality of Experience
• Satrio Dharmanto, IPTV Implementation in Several Countries

This seminar is also supported by Multikom as a sponsor. Next Digital TV discussion will be delivered in the form of lecturing at Bina Nusantara University next weekend.

1. Muhammad Ary Murti: Pengenalan IEEE, societies, Indonesia section, chapters, membership.
2. Kuncoro Wastuwibowo: 4G Mobile Technologies, network, service, cognitive radio, context awareness, candidates
3. Arif Hamdani Gunawan: Candidate I –> LTE, evolution, features, architecture, OFDMA & SCFDMA, implementation plan
4. FX Ari Wibowo: Candidate II –> WiMAX II, comparison of 802.16e vs 802.16m, specifications, features, architecture

Peserta datang dari Bandung, Yogyakarta, dan berbagai kota lainnya. Diskusi cukup tajam, membahas spesifikasi detail, spekulasi mengenai lenyapnya UMB , hingga pengembangan aplikasi di atas teknologi 4G.

Setelah Yogyakarta, Teknologi 4G akan juga dibawakan ke kota-kota lain, sementara di awal 2010 nanti juga IEEE akan mulai meluncurkan tema-tema yang berbeda untuk lecturingnya. Lecturing ini akan disampaikan melalui beberapa metode sesuai tujuan. Bentuknya dapat berupa kuliah umum di kampus, lecturing intensif seperti saat ini, atau conference yang lebih besar. Namun untuk ini tentu akan diperlukan dukungan lebih banyak volunteer .

Seperti yang disiratkan tajuk seminar ini, terdapat lebih dari satu gerbang menuju ke teknologi mobile 4G. Di sisi network, setelah tumbangnya UMB, kita memiliki LTE dan WiMAX II. Tapi banyak parameter lain yang menandai 4G. Cognitive radio memungkinkan perangkat2 kita secara cerdas memilih spektrum dan platform telekomunikasinya mengikuti kebutuhan, lokasi, dan parameter lain, yang secara umum disebut dengan konteks. Pun aplikasi tengah mengarah ke aplikasi peduli konteks (context-aware applications).

Seminar ini dibuka IEEE Comsoc Chapter Chair, Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, dengan memaparkan kebutuhan dan requirement atas 4G, baik dari sisi reguirement oleh ITU, maupun oleh kebutuhan industri. Selain cognitive radio, dibahas skema all-IP network (yang artinya juga dukungan atas IPv6), antena cerdas (MIMO, spatial multiplex), dan OFDMA. Lalu Arief Hamdani Gunawan (vice chair IEEE Indonesia Section) melakukan diskusi panjang dan mendalam tentang LTE, lengkap dengan SAE. Kemudian Kuncoro membandingkan dengan mengulas mengenai WiMAX II yang masih berstatus pre-standard (IEEE 806.16m).

Sebagai penutup, seminar diakhiri dengan diskusi tentang context-aware application dan pervasive computing. Seminar berikutnya akan diselenggarakan di Yogyakarta, Jakarta, dan Pulau Bali serta Sumatra.