Optimization of new telecommunication tower selection at Bangkalan Regency using simulated annealing method

The application of technology, particularly, the wireless communication is broadly used in these current days. Hence, the devices supporting a telecommunication network are also increased significantly. The telecommunication tower is the main device to provide the telecommunication network for mobile users. As the growth of the mobile users every year, the needs of telecommunication towers also rise. However, to build the telecommunication tower, there are some criteria which must be fulfilled such as; area, environment, air space, etc. Therefore, it is required a cell planning. A cell planning is one of the techniques used to arrange the location of telecommunication tower, which can be added or reduced by considering to the municipal region. In this study, we used simulated annealing method to optimize the cell planning technique at Bangkalan Regency. In 2014, the total numbers of telecommunication towers were 235 with BT S of 352. According to the numerical results, in 2019, the total numbers of telecommunication towers are 307 with BTS of 540. Therefore, to supply the total devices of telecommunication towers, the new telecommunication tower and BTS are required. The region selection of the new telecommunication tower includes 18 sub-districts at Bangkalan Regency.