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

The aim is to update the public about the development of LTE, which is previously introduced in our lecture and seminar series titled Opening The Gate to 4G Mobile Networks. The lecture offered to inform the public about the current implementation of LTE in Indonesia, its regulatory and industrial aspects, its planned and projected applications, etc.

• Venue: @America, Pacific Place Level 3, Jakarta
• Date: Thursday, October 6th 2011
• Time: 18:45 – 20.45 (UCT+7)

Speakers:

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

The event is opened for public, freely.

Seluruh tutorial dipaparkan oleh para pakar bidang-bidang yang dilingkupi dalam ruang minat IEEE Comsoc. Setiap tutorial memerlukan waktu antara 2 hingga 5 jam. Tutorial gratis yang saat ini sedang aktif diantaranya:

• Next Generation Wireless Broadband
  Tutorial ini memberikan landasan yang kuat atas bakuan teknologi broadband wireless, yang meliputi WiMAX II (IEEE 802.16m), IEEE 802.22, dan LTE, dengan berbagai variasi keunggulannya. Topik yang dikaji meliputi layer fisik (PHY), modulasi dan coding adaptif, transmisi OFDMA dan SC-FDMA, sistem multi-antena, layer MAC (medium access control), transmisi FDD dan TDD, serta format frame. Juga dipaparkan kajian atas wireless relay, co-operative network, dan peningkatan kinerja cell edge pada jaringan OFDMA.
• Generalized DFT for OFDM Communications
  DFT (discrete Fourier transform) merupakan hal yang membangun bagian inti pada berbagai jenis teknologi transmisi broadband, dari xDSL hingga OFDM. Tutorial ini memaparkan Generalised DFT fasa non linear yang baru saja diperkenalkan, yang menawarkan peningkatan cukup besar pada DFT non linear. Contoh-contoh yang dibawakan meliputi kemampuan adaptif GDFT untuk mengatasi degradasi kinerja penguatan daya RF dan kinerja BER. Beberapa metode perancangan GDFT efisien dan kinerjanya dalam skenario komunikasi di dunia nyata juga ditelaah di sini.
• IPv6 Transition
  Komunikasi nirkawat generasi keempat mengharuskan aliran informasi yang seluruhnya dilakukan menggunakan protokol Internet dari ujung ke ujung. Dengan skala pemakaian komunikasi mobile yang besar, IPv4 tak mungkin lagi dipertahankan untuk pengalamatan piranti mobile di seluruh dunia di tahun-tahun mendatang. Maka transisi ke IPv6 merupakan hal yang harus mulai diseriusi, khususnya bagi pihak-pihak yang akan menjadi pelopor 4G Mobile.

Klik pada judul setiap tutorial untuk mulai mengikuti.

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)

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.

VISIT THE FREE PAPERS HERE

Hot topics on LTE available for free access include:

• LTE radio interface
• LTE/ WiMax Radio performance Comparison
• LTE Link Layer Design
• QoS in LTE Networks
• Femtocell Access Control Strategy in LTE and UMTS
• FPGA based wireless testbed for LTE Applications
• LTE OFMDA systems (3G LTE simulations using measured MIMO channels

Plus many more papers from the IEEE Communications Society Digital Library all with limited time free access!

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.

Wireless Access Technologies

Presented by Javran Erfanian for 2 hours, this online tutorial provides an end to end picture of wireless access technologies focusing on generations of mobile technology standards. A general perspective of wireless communications and radio transmission is provided, along with the fundamental, relevant concepts such as multiple access, modulation and coding, physical layer attributes.

The tutorial explores the increasing sophistication in the evolution of wireless access generations.

Free access is for a limited time only. Sponsored by Anritsu.

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