Students create AI-based software to reduce call drops; may hit market soon

Trying to address the issue of call drops in congested areas, a group of four students have developed a software that uses artificial intelligence to optimise cellular antenna orientation based on cluster strength.

What started out as a final semester project for engineering students Niranjan Akella, Arumalla Koushik Reddy, Yeseswi Sree Neeli and Bachu Sai Nikheel is now a patent pending technology and may soon go to market.

Akella said the idea germinated when the four realised that their own campus saw call drops frequently. “We had to work on a final semester project and thought if we can use AI (artificial intelligence) to address this issue, it would be ideal,” he said.