Google’s Internet Balloon (project loon)

Presented by:Harsh Gupta

Computer Science & Engg. 1204310018

Dr. S.K. Gupta Dr. Yashpal Singh

(Under guidance) (Head of Department)

CONTENTS

1. Introduction1.1 What is Google’s Internet balloon? 1.2 Why it is needed?

2. Working 2.1 How loon connects? 2.2 How loon moves? 2.3 How user connects to loon?3. Components 3.1 Envelop 3.2 Solar Panel 3.3 Equipments4. Advantages5. Disadvantages6. Current Scenario7. Conclusion

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What is Google’s Internet Balloon?

1. Project Loon is a research and development project being developed by Google with the mission of providing Internet access to rural and remote areas. 

2. Project that aims to provide Internet all over the world via a ring of balloons floating in the sky, about 20 kilometres above the ground.

3. Unofficially the project began in 2011 under incubation in Google X with a series of trial runs in California’s Central Valley. The project was officially announced as a Google project on 14 June 2013

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Key Idea :Why loon is needed ?

1. Many of us think of the Internet as a global community. But two-thirds of the world’s population does not yet have Internet access.

2. Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters.

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1. Each balloon covers ground area about 40 km in diameter.2. Speed is comparable to 3G. 3. Uses ISM bands (specifically 2.4 and 5.8 GHz bands).

How loon connects?

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How Loon Moves?

3. Project Loon uses software algorithms to determine where its balloons need to go, then moves each one into a layer of wind blowing in the right direction.

4. By moving with the wind, the balloons can be arranged to form one large communications network.

1. Project Loon balloons travel approximately 20 km above the Earth’s surface in the stratosphere.

2. Winds in the stratosphere are stratified, and each layer of wind varies in speed and direction.

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How user connects to loon?

1. Users of the service can connect to the balloon network using a special Internet antenna developed by Google which is attached to their building.

2. The signal travels through balloon network.

3. After balloon to balloon jumping it will finally reached to the ground based station connected to an ISP then it will be global. 7/16

Envelop

Solar panels

Equipments

Components:

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Envelop:1.Project Loon’s balloon

envelopes are made from sheets of polyethylene plastic and stand fifteen meters wide by twelve meters tall when fully inflated.

2.A parachute attached to the top of the envelope allows for a controlled descent and landing whenever a balloon is ready to be taken out of service. 9/16

Solar Panels:1. Each unit’s electronics are

powered by an array of solar panels that sits between the envelope and the hardware.

2. In full sun, these panels produce 100 Watts of power - enough to keep the unit running while also charging a battery for use at night.

3. By moving with the wind and charging in the sun, Project Loon is able to power itself using only renewable energy sources.

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Equipments :1. A small box containing the

balloon electronic equipment.

2. This box contains circuit boards that control the system.

3. Radio antennas to communicate with other balloons and with Internet antennas on the ground.

4. And batteries to store solar power so the balloons can operate during the night .

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Advantages :

1. Easy to use. 2. Increasing Internet usage. 3. Lower Cost4. Use of Renewable Energy5. Weather Surveillance

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Disadvantages :

1. Maintenance.2. Hardware Failure3. Balloon can work for few week

only.4. International politics 

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Current scenario :1. Google and France space agency accounced

partnership on 11 dec 2014 that will allow Project Loon, Google's balloon-based Internet service, to ramp up in France.

2. Google is in talks with indian government and telecommunication companies. The company hopes to begin production by 2016.

3. People of Christchurch New Zealand are already connected to loon where google successfully done its pilot test on 16 june 2013. 

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Conclusion :1. The main aim of Google’s LOON FOR ALL project is to

provide cheap efficient Internet access to the remote areas of the world where Internet facilities are at a minimum due to the high cost of Underlying Optic fibre cables to get connected to the internet.

2. By this lots of Homes, schools, local business enterprises and all can be connected to the worldwide network and can join hands in the growing up and development process.

3. This project can not on transmitting or receiving only used to transmit and receive internet data, but can also used in the weather field and can also used to collect information about the area on which they are.

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Queries ?Thank You !