Prototype of Long-Range Radio Communication for e-Nelayan Devices using LoRaWAN

• Published in: Jurnal infotel (Online) Vol. 10; no. 4
• Main Authors: Fuada, Syifaul, Anindya, Sinantya Feranti, Dawani, Febri, Rifai, Aditia, Adinugraha, Erick, Purwanda, Irfan Gani, Adiono, Trio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Indonesian
• Published: LPPM Institut Teknologi Telkom Purwokerto 30-11-2018
• ISSN: 2085-3688; 2460-0997
• DOI: 10.20895/infotel.v10i4.411

In this paper, development progress of a long-range radio communication-based fishing assistant system called e-Nelayan is reported. The purpose of the system is to increase the productivity, safety, and welfare of fishermen using mobile phone and long-range radio based system that enables them to report maritime violations, access and exchange information regarding weather, fishing area, and marketplace, as well as communicate with mainland using Android-based mobile phone within extended range. We used LoRaWAN as a base technology for long-range communication scheme. In this work, the test conducted to obtain an insight to e-Nelayan device (LoRa-based) received RSSI and its packet loss. The received data collected in a server also includes the GPS tracking data. The test results show that our system can reach about 5 km of distance between end-node to the LoRa Gateway within urban area (LoS configuration) and about 2 km for NLOS configuration.