Abstract :
The development of mobile broadband technology currently experiencing rapid
progress in accordance with the human need for information. Technology General Packet
Radio Service (GPRS) which is the development of GSM technology for internet services
on users unreached area coverage or handset does not support 3G network. To determine
the quality of a mobile network can use the test drive methods by looking at the signal
value parameters RxLevel and RxQual. To determine the quality of the data it can be seen
from the value of the maximum throughput speed of upload and download results. 2G
signal coverage measurement results in the Bay area in Purwokerto not meet the standards
Key Performance Indicator ( KPI ) set by the operator PT . AXIS tbk ie for values ≥ -85
dBm RxLevel not hit the target more than 80 % is 39.97 % while for RxQual ≥ 7 dBm has
not reached the target of 80 % ie 49.02 % . EDGE maximum throughput value is 30 Kbps
for uploading and EDGE maximum throughput value is 90 Kbps for download . Max
throughput measurement results EDGE test download to the File Transfer Protocol ( FTP
) reached 29.8 Kbps , and thus for the download throughput value does not reach the
target Key Performance Indicator ( KPI ) is 90 Kbps been set by the operator . As for the
maximum throughput value is 10 Kbps GPRS upload and value for maximum throughput
of 15 Kbps GPRS to download . Max throughput measurement results of a test GPRS
download to the File Transfer Protocol ( FTP ) reached 8.1 Kbps , and thus for the
download throughput value does not reach the target Key Performance Indicator ( KPI ) is
15 Kbps been set by the operator .
Keywords : General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), RxLevel, RxQual, Enhanced Data
Rates For GSM Evolution (EDGE), Troughput.