GOOGLE PROJECT LOON

Under The Guidance of : Submitted by:

Mr. K.Purna chand, M.Tech P. Eswar Varma

Department of Computer science and engineering 12215A0503

CONTENTS

Introduction

What is project Loon

Working principle of project Loon

Technology Used

Equipment used

Advantages

Disadvantages

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INTRODUCTION

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

A balloon is a flexible bag filled with air or gas.

The balloon is also considerably used to gather weather information such as atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed.

It allows people to communicate with others as well.

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WHAT IS PROJECT LOON

History In 2008, Google had considered

contracting with or acquiring Space Data Corp., a company that sends balloons carrying small base stations about 20 miles (32 km) up in the air for providing connectivity to truckers and oil companies in the southern United States, but didn't do so.

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CONTINUE…

Unofficial development on 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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WORKING PRINCIPLE OF PROJECT LOON

Each super-pressure balloon is massive with a whopping 15-meter diameter.

It is made of very thin, very light polyethylene plastic though, so it lifts up the sky easily.

It is strong enough to lift the flight computer and other electronics. All these are powered by a solar power panel.

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USER CONNECTIVITY

Users of the service connect to the balloon network using a special Internet antenna attached to their building.

The signal travels through the balloon network from balloon to balloon, then to a ground-based station connected to an Internet service provider (ISP).

The system aims to improve communication during natural disasters to affected regions.

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TECHNOLOGY USED

The small box (payload) hangs below the envelope, and looks very similar to the basket in a hot air balloon.

It holds electronic devices, such as circuit boards, radio antennas, solar panels, batteries, GPS, and devices to monitor weather conditions.

The circuit boards control the overall balloon system and radio antennas are for communications.

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EQUIPMENT USED

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A Google Project Loon

Balloon

Batteries

EQUIPMENT USED

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Solar panel is Used to charge batteries in balloon

Solar panel

EQUIPMENT USED

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EQUIPMENT USED

ADVANTAGES

Lower Cost

Availability of Information

Use of Renewable Energy

Weather Surveillance

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DISADVANTAGES

Hardware Failure  

internet privacy

Not a replacement of satellite communication.

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CONCLUSION

Project Loon is an ambitious project and the world will highly benefit from it.

Project Loon, an initiative to help fill in those internet gaps through the use of networked balloons.

The goal is to provide broadband-like internet for the two-thirds of the world that doesn’t have access to a reliable internet connection by balloon.

It is still in experimental phase.

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GOOGLE PROJECT LOON

Thank You.

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