Semi-automated microwave radio link planning tool

Link Budget is a main estimate in telecommunication microwave link planning for accurate and reliable link. This software program is a comprehensive path design tool and it can be used for radio links operating in the microwave frequency range. When a link budget is prepared, many parameters are considered for calculations. Therefore this software program is very essential tool in the telecommunication industry. This paper presents a software tool that can be used to prepare link budgets by providing essential parameters. Moreover this software can be used for applications such as frequency selection according to ITU (International Telecommunication Union) standards, graphical representation of the radio path profile between any two geographical locations on the loaded terrain and generates the Fresnel zone according to the frequency. Furthermore this software tool can be interfaced with a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver to gather geographical locations and based on this information, microwave frequency band is suggested according to regulatory body guidelines.