Study On Determining Priority Of Base Transceiver Station Construction
Widyo Nugroho
Postgraduate Student of Technology Management Department, Sepuluh November Institute of Technology, Surabaya
Abstract
BTS tower construction is often conducted only based on the perspective of the cellular operator company, that can provide benefits in terms of getting a wider coverage area. It is very clear that in the construction of BTS, operators only consider the determination of location based on their interests, ie the location of the appropriate BTS can maximize the coverage of coverage area coverage and service traffic. For the sustainable development, the selection of BTS construction sites should consider points of view from all stakeholders. Mobile operators consider the best location from a maximum profit standpoint for the long term, without negating the variables of government interest, considering from the point of view of the suitability of spatial and environmental allocations. Thus, it is necessary to analyze the decision-making in the appropriate location selection, either from the viewpoint of government, operators, or other relevant stakeholders. This study uses an empirical approach based on statistical methods (factor analysis) and mathematics in decision-making system (Decision Support System). Types of data used are qualitative data and quantitative data. The data are arranged in the form of variables are then elaborated to be done the factor analysis of these variables to obtain which variables that play a role in the construction of BTS tower. To identify variables that play a significant role, the process of factor analysis can also explain the closeness of relationships between variables, then the closely related variables are grouped into one group of factors, while the variables that do not play a significant role in the activities will be eliminated. This insignificant variable does not mean that the literature that states the variable is in the wrong role, but the variable is not appropriate to apply to the condition of this study so that its influence is not significant. Thus, the factor analysis process plays a role in the preparation of hierarchical structures that will be used in decision analysis using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. In this study, the AHP process is the final analysis that generates the priority of the BTS construction site.
Keywords: base transceiver station, factor analysis, analitical hierarchy system
Topic: Innovation, IT, Operations and Supply Chain Management