Balloon powered Internet.

1. Projec
t
Google’s
Project Loon
Presented by:
Priya Manikpuri
M.Sc.(CS)-Final , Sem-I
Shri.Shivaji Science
college, Nagpur

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

3. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Loon Movement
 Navigation with the Wind  Stratosphere
The method is defined in two ways:

8. Loon Design
Envelope
Solar Panels
Electronics

9. 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.

10. 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

11. Electronics
 A small box (10 kg)
 It contains:
 circuit boards
 radio antennas
 lithium ion batteries

12. 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

14. Advantages
 Availability of Information in rural and remote areas
 Use of Renewable Energy
 Education
 Health and Medicine
 Lower Cost to build

15. Disadvantages
 Need over flight permissions in countries
 Durability of balloons
 Hardware failure
 Weather Adversities

16. Future Scope
 Weather Surveillance.
 Internet access directly on the mobile phones.
 Google itself can become an ISP.

17. 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.”

18. Thank You !
Any questions?