R.Felicia Grace R.Gayathri

1. Presentation Title
Presentation Subtitle

2. 60%
still without internet connection
According to the report, number of internet users worldwide was 3.17 billion, up from
2.94 billion in the previous year

3. Project Loon
(Balloon powered internet)
connect people in rural & remote areas
fill coverage gaps
bring online after disaster

4. Technology Behind
floats in STRATOSPHERE
LTE technology
operate in 2.2 GHz and 2.6 GHz LTE bands - US,Asia & Europe
cover - radius 40 kilometers
700 MHz LTE band - 4 times as large

5. Design
ENVELOPE
SOLAR PANEL
EQUIPMENT

6. Envelope
Polyethylene Plastic
5m - width 12m - height

7. Solar Panel
monocrystalline solar cells
100 watts of power/ balloon

8. Equipment
Wi fi router
Lithium ion batteries -store power

9. Advancements Made
Stratospheric craft -> without any propulsion
Balloons sturdier -> stay longer
Average stay -> 100 days
Exploit -> changing altitude
Perfect aerial chain -> Quasi-Continuous Service

10. How Loon connects?

11. Journey
2012 Initiative - New Zealand
2013 Pilot tests - California, Northeast Brazil
2014 Febuarary - 50 days
November - 130 days
March - 187 days
2015 Sri Lanka full coverage using LTE

12. Pros and Cons
Pros
easy accessible
user friendly
fast efficient
work beyond terrestrial barriers
Cons
maintenance charge
cost
less life time
not yet implemented all over

13. Project Loon
- skynet

14. Conclusion
In countries like Africa & Southeast Asia the
technology designed in the project could allow to
avoid using expensive fiber cable. Google will
certainly push the human race forward and bring
in a new era of digital age from,
PIGEON ->WHATSAPP->LOON

15. Thanks!
Any Queries?
by
R.Felicia Grace
R.Gayathri
Department of CSE
Kongu Engineering College