IMPLEMENTASI BROADBAND POWERLINE (BPL) PADA PERUMAHAN SAWANGAN PERMAI DEPOK DAN APARTEMEN KELAPA GADING JAKARTA

Abstract

Computer network installation sometimes face some problems, such as high cost investment, difficult installation process, and adding new wires acrossing rooms / buildings, it is possible to look scattered. Another method to solve these problems is needed. The computer network installation can be done using preinstalled medium, by using powerline / power wiring. Broadband Powerline (BPL) is the data communication technology using powerline / power wiring as its medium. BPL uses “master-slave” communication concept to connect with each other. The systems use three kinds of equipment such as Head-end, repeater, and CPE (Customer Provided Equipment). This final project will focuses on throughput and stability of BPL-based computer network as well as the installation of BPL at Sawangan Permai residential in Depok and Kelapa Gading Apartement in Jakarta. A homeplug PLC Adapter was used on this research. The result is obtained using the Free Download Manager 3.0 application software. The research result shows that BPL network at the apartment gives better throughput and stability than BPL performance at the residential gives. The result also shows that BPL has more optimum performance on a minimum noise and the shorter distances between CPE and head-end or repeater. Keywords : homeplug PLC Adapter, broadband powerline, head-end, repeater, CPE, master-slave communication. throughput.