Abstract The word on just about every Internet user's lips these days is "broadband." We have so much more data to send and download today, including audio files, video files and photos, that it's clogging our wimpy modems. Many Internet users are switching to cable modems and digital subscriber lines (DSLs) to increase their bandwidth. There's also a new type of service being developed that will take broadband into the air. In this paper, we'll learn about the future of the Airborne Internet. We'll take a look at the networks in development, the aircraft and how consumers may use this technology. Land-based lines are limited physically in how much data they can deliver because of the diameter of the cable or phone line. In an airborne Internet, there is no such physical limitation, enabling a broader capacity. The airborne Internet will function much like satellite-based Internet access, but without the time delay. The airborne Internet will actually be used to compliment the satellite and ground-based networks, not replace them. These airborne networks will overcome the last-mile barriers facing conventional Internet access options. This paper addresses some of the trends and issues involved in developing an Airborne Internet capable of achieving this goal. Understanding relationships between these trends and issues and the objectives and functional requirements of the program will allow various participants in this complex program to keep activities in proper perspective. The all-round development and improvement are the key areas of research work performed in this paper.

1. PRESENTED BY:-
RAHUL RAJ
CSE-3rd YEAR
ITS Engg. College
Greater Noida

2.  Mobile connectivity
 Is a growing technology in our society today. Its growth is
fueled by the desire of people to remain connected to "the
network" even while traveling.
 BROADAND
 The word is just about every internet user’s these days is
“BROADBAND”. We have so mush more data to send and
download today, that is audio files, video files and photos,
that it’s clogging on our wimpy modems . Many internet
users are switching from to cable modems and digital
subscribers lines(DSLs) to increase their bandwidth.
 SPEED
 The need is a fast, reliable, secure, easy and quick access of
internet.

3. Wired base connection
Conventional telephone lines, for example, are capable of transmitting only 56,000 bits (56k)
per second under ideal conditions - too slow and often unreliable for large file transmission.
Broadband
Cable or direct subscription lines (DSL) lines can handle up to 100 million bits per second but
the service is not widely available; setting up the infrastructure for a land-based broadband
network with universal access requires enormous investments in time, money and resources.
Satellite based wireless connection
Satellite-based Internet provides a way around the 'wired' problem - since data is sent over the
air, there are no physical limitations on the amount of data that can be transmitted. The only
problem with satellite Internet is a perceivable 'time lag' involved in transmitting data to and
from satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above the earth. A second issue is the cost involved in
sending an internet-capable satellite out of the earth's atmosphere.

5.  Airborne Internet refers to installing a broadband network hub in an
aircraft flying at 52,000 to 69,000 feet above sea level - high enough to be
out of weather disturbances and way outside the flight envelope of
commercial aircraft.
 PEER-To-PEER NETWORK
 Airborne Internet is a private, secure and reliable peer-to-peer aircraft communications
network that uses the same technology as the commercial Internet .
 AIRCRAFT USED AS A HUB
 The aircraft will provide Internet connection to places and establishments within its range.
 WEATHER REPORT
 It is useful in providing the information about weather, surrounding airspace
environment and for aircraft-to-aircraft communications.


6.  Airborne Networking began as a Tech Center idea in support of the
NASA .
 SATS Project proposed in July 1999. (But not limited to SATS
aircraft.)
 In December 2004, the JPDO published the NGATS Plan, validating
this premise, and institutionalizing a plan for network enabled
operations for the NASA (i.e. NGATS)
 Angel Technologies is planning an airborne Internet network,
called High Altitude Long Operation (HALO) uses lightweight
planes to circle overhead and provide data delivery fast.
 Aero Vironment has teamed up with NASA on a solar-powered,
unmanned plane that would work like the HALO network.

8.  The hub and spoke system consisting of a handful of major air
carriers servicing only the largest of the country’s airports is at or
near saturation. To address this problem, NASA has conceived of
the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS).
 Supporting this new transportation concept is an Airborne
Internet (AI).
 “A client-server-based architecture will provide information
services on an “Airborne Internet” to support collaborative air
traffic management Aircraft and landing facilities will be
interconnected nodes in a high-speed digital communications
network providing instant identification and information services
on demand with seamless linking to the global transportation
system.” - Bruce Holmes, SATS Program Manager, NASA

9.  A HALO overhead-Angel technologies
 Sky station blimp- Sky station
International
 NASA’s sub space plans- Aero
vironment

10.  Angel technologies
 Proteus plane
 Provides faster data delivery

11. THE PROTEUS-ANGEL TECHNOLOGIES MODEL
AIRCRAFT WHICH WILL CARRY NETWORK HUB

14.  External antenna
 Internet hub installed in aircraft

15. Airborne-Internet systems will require that an antenna be attached to the
side of your house or work place.

16. Proteus will fly at heights of 15.3 km and 18.3
km and cover an area up to 75 miles(120.7 km)
in diameter
PROTEUS AIRCRAFT
Weight 9,000 pounds at take-off
5,900 empty
Wingspan 77ft 7 inches(23.7 m)
Expandable to 92 ft.
Length 56.3 ft. (17.2 m)
Height 17.6 ft.(5.4 m)
Engine 2 turbofan engines
2,300 pound of thrust
Range 18 hrs.
Speed 65 knots(75 mph/120.7 kph)
to 250 knots(288 mph/463.5
kph)

17.  The heart of Proteus plane is one-ton airborne network
hub.
 Network hub consists of an antenna array and
electronics for wireless communication.
 A 18 foot dish underneath the plane is responsible for
reflecting high speed data signals from ground station
to your computer

18. SKY STATION’S SOLAR POWERED BLIMP
WHICH WILL CARRY THEIR NETWORK HUB

19. FLOATING ON AIR
 SKY STATION International is counting on its blimp in the race to
deliver high speed Internet access from high altitudes and call them
as lighter-than-air platforms.
 Each station would fly at an altitude of 13 miles(21 km) and provide
service to an area of approximately 7,500 miles(19,000 Sq km)

20.  Lower Costs
 Reduced Risks
 Increase in productivity and economic growth
 Increased flexibility
 Real Time

21.  The commercial aviation’s hub and spoke system today are badly
overloaded.
 Thus, there is a need to bring into use the small and mid size
airports, which is only possible via the airborne internet concept.
 If and when those planes and blimps start circling to supplement
our current modes of connection, downloading the massive files
we've come to crave for entertainment or depend on for business
purposes will be a snap -- even if we live somewhere in that "last
mile.“
 Airborne Internet will start out with a few obvious applications,
but as bandwidth capability increases, so will the number of
applications…… or will it be that the number of applications will
increase and in turn will create a demand for greater bandwidth?
Only time will tell…

22.  www.airborneinternet.org
 www.airborneinternet.com
 airborneinternet.pbwiki.com
 spacecom.grc.nasa.gov
 www.aerosat.com
 ieeexplore.ieee.org
 www.tc.faa.gov/act4/insidethefence

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