Design and Analysis of Fiber to the Building for Smart Building in Student Center Universitas Indonesia

Information and telecommunications technology advancements have made data transfer speeds between devices crucial. The new student center building in Universitas Indonesia, established on October 24, 2018, serves as a facility for students to carry out various student activities. Thus, an adequate internet connection is needed. One way is to implement a Fiber To The Building (FTTB) network as a telecommunication network architecture using a 10-gigabit Passive Optical Network (XG-PON) to transmit data from one place to another within the scope of the building. FTTB implementation aims to support becoming a smart building by providing a network architecture for connecting smart devices. This research proposes a design for the FTTB network, including the building location survey process, tools selection, equipment setup, and system feasibility testing. The system feasibility test will consider several parameters, such as the Power Link Budget (PLB) and Rise Time Budget (RTB). Based on the research results, the PLB value has successfully met the minimum performance criteria, with a result of 20.46 dBm and −13.06 dBm, surpassing the required downstream and upstream minimum values of −28 dBm and −8 dBm, respectively. The RTB value has also satisfied the minimum performance criteria, with a result of 0.0521 ns, which is lower than the required downstream and upstream values of 0.07 ns and 0.28 ns. Moreover, the FTTB network can provide a bandwidth of 1,304.8 Mbps, accommodating 400 users. These findings indicate that the proposed network can meet the determined specifications.