Exploring the technical challenges of DVB-T2 implementation in indonesia

Abstract

The transition from analogue to digital broadcasting that promises many opportunities has motivated International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to urge all countries to immediately perform it. Besides that, most countries also have realized the importance of it. However, there are many challenges and problems which make the transition process are relatively slow, including Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to formulize the recommendations to deal with the challenges and problem related to the DVB-T2 implementation - a digital broadcasting transmission standard that has been chosen by Indonesia. Two countries which have totally migrated to digital and switched off their analogue broadcasting - Sweden and United Kingdom (UK) - was selected to explore their technical challenges and the efforts to cope with it. Analysis of the current status and circumstances in Indonesia was done to create the proposed recommendations. The results indicated that there were some similar challenges faced by both Sweden and UK. However, the efforts for those challenges were not same. Indonesia could choose the best practices of these countries that are proper with the situation and condition. It is expected that the recommendations will give the input and support for the acceleration of the digital transition process.