Project

Google’s Project Loon

Presented by:Priya ManikpuriM.Sc.(CS)-Final , Sem-IShri.Shivaji Science college, Nagpur

Contents Introduction Objectives Features Loon Movement Loon Design Loon Connection Advantages Disadvantages Future Scope Conclusion

Introduction Developed by Google X

Key people: Rich DeVaul, Mike Cassidy and Cyrus Behroozi.

Officially announced on 14 June 2013.

A network of balloons travelling on the edge of space.

Provide Internet access to rural and remote areas.

Objectives For helping with communications after natural

disasters. To assure that the connection do also have a speed. To ensure there is no part of the globe that cannot

access the web.

Features Fly between 60,000 and 90,000 feet.

Create an aerial wireless network with up to 3G-like speeds.

Solar-powered and have rechargeable batteries.

Equipped with GPS and weather monitoring equipment.

Earlier Communicated with unlicensed 2.4 and 5.8 GHz ISM bands. Now LTE.

Loon Movement

Navigation with the Wind StratosphereThe method is defined in two ways:

Loon Design

Envelope

Solar Panels

Electronics

Envelope

Made from sheets of polyethylene plastic.

Filled with helium gas.

Height: 40 feet Width: 50 feet

Parachute attached to the top of the envelope.

Solar Panels Electronics powered by an array of

solar panels.

flexible plastic laminate supported by a light-weight aluminium frame

Uses high efficiency monocrystalline solar cells

Approximately 100 Watts of power in full sun

Electronics A small box (10 kg)

It contains:

circuit boards

radio antennas

lithium ion batteries

Loon Connection Special antenna installed on the ground.

Main components inside the shell: -the radio -the antenna -Reflector

There are two kinds of communications:

Balloon-to-balloon network Balloon-to-ground station

Advantages Availability of Information in rural and remote areas

Use of Renewable Energy

Education

Health and Medicine

Lower Cost to build

Disadvantages Need over flight permissions in countries

Durability of balloons

Hardware failure

Weather Adversities

Future Scope

Weather Surveillance.

Internet access directly on the mobile phones.

Google itself can become an ISP.

Conclusion Wireless communication encircling entire globe is always a

boost to the Internet. This project would be considered a milestone in the era of

wireless communication. It would also make it possible to bring people back online

after disasters.

“Give a child a balloon and maybe they'll smile for a day. Give them one with Wi-Fi and the possibilities, Google hopes, are limitless.”

Thank You !

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