Radio Link Planning made easy with a Telegram Bot
Marco Zennaro, Marco Rainone, Ermanno Pietrosemoli
TL;DR
BotRf is a user-friendly Telegram Bot that simplifies radio link planning for non-experts by guiding them through feasibility assessments, leveraging open source tools and GPS features on smartphones.
Contribution
The paper introduces BotRf, a novel Telegram Bot that makes radio link planning accessible and easy to use for non-experts, with low bandwidth requirements.
Findings
Effective in low-bandwidth environments
Utilizes smartphone GPS for coordinate entry
Demonstrated successful use in Venezuela
Abstract
Traditional radio planning tools present a steep learning curve. We present BotRf, a Telegram Bot that facilitates the process by guiding non-experts in assessing the feasibility of radio links. Built on open source tools, BotRf can run on any smartphone or PC running Telegram. Using it on a smartphone has the added value that the Bot can leverage the internal GPS to enter coordinates. BotRf can be used in environments with low bandwidth as the generated data traffic is quite limited. We present examples of its use in Venezuela.
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Taxonomy
TopicsICT in Developing Communities · Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies · Wireless Communication Networks Research