Abstract :
The application of cellular technology to meet the needs of the community
is still hampered due to the quality of the network which is still unstable, causing
bad coverage. 4G network coverage (LTE) must be ideal in order to be able to cover
the areas of the City of West Purwokerto and North Purwoketo to the maximum. To
improve the quality of 4G networks (LTE) can be done with optimization of sectoral
antenna physical tuning. Physical tuning of sectoral antennas includes changes in
antenna height, azimuth and antenna tilting. In this final project, physical sector
tuning antenna optimization is done using the Automatic Cell Planning (ACP)
method to meet the needs of coverage in the areas of West Purwokerto and North
Purwokerto based on the acquisition of existing site data which is simulated with
Atoll software. Optimization of physical tuning of sectoral antennas using the
Automatic Cell Planning (ACP) method will then be compared with the results of
coverage prediction based on existing site data. Obtaining the percentage of
existing site coverage does not meet the telecommunications operator KPI standard
that is 78,491% RSRP parameters are above -100 dBm and 65,698% CINR
parameters are above 0 dB. The results of optimization of physical tuning of
sectoral antennas using the Automatic Cell Planning (ACP) method have met the
telecommunications operator's KPI standard that is 90.037% RSRP parameters are
above -100 dBm and 94.868% CINR parameters are above 0 dB.
Keywords: LTE, Optimization, Physical Tuning, ACP, Atoll.