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Project Loon is an invention made to ensure proper internet connectivity everywhere around the world. The loon is made of parachute, antennas, solar panels, GPS trackers and many such components. They float around stratosphere and provide us internet connectivity.

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Project Loon: Technical Seminar On

Project Loon is an invention made to ensure proper internet connectivity everywhere around the world. The loon is made of parachute, antennas, solar panels, GPS trackers and many such components. They float around stratosphere and provide us internet connectivity.

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Megha Kenchareddi
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SRI TARALABALU JAGADGURU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Technical Seminar On

Project Loon
By,
Megha Kenchareddi
Under the guidance of ,
Mrs. Vinoda B M.Tech

Asst. Prof .,Dept. of CSE


Project Loon

Balloon Powered
Internet For Everyone
Objective

Project Loon is developed to provide


Internet access to rural and remote
areas.
Introduction
 Balloons are flied around 20 km above the
ground level.

 Balloons provides Internet using the same


technology used by cellular devices on land.
The Pilot Test
 On 16 June 2013, 30 balloons
were launched from New
Zealand’s South Island.

 About 50 local users in and


around Christchurch and the
Canterbury Region tested
connections using antennas.

Fig 1: Pilot Test


Loon Movement
• Loon balloons are directed by rising or
descending into a layer of wind blowing in the
desired direction of travel by using wind data
from NOAA.

• By moving with the wind, the balloons can be


arranged to form one large communications
network.
Fig 2: Navigation of Wind
Fig 3: Loon Design
Architecture of Loon

 ENVELOPE

 SOLAR PANELS

 EQUIPMENT

Fig 4: Architecture
Envelope
• Envelopes are made from polyethylene plastic
• Filled with helium which stand 15m wide by 12m
tall when fully inflated.
• Resistant to UV rays.
• Function at dramatic temperature changes.

Fig 5: Envelope
Solar Panels
• In full sun, these panels produce 100 Watts of
power.
• It uses high efficiency monocrystalline solar cells.
• Project Loon is able to power itself using only
renewable energy sources.

Fig 6: Solar Panels


Electronics
• A small box hanging underneath the inflated
envelope.
• This box contains circuit boards, radio antenna,
GPS, sensors, and batteries.

Fig 7: Electronics
Antenna
• Antennas can provide wireless Internet
connectivity to ground areas at up to 10Mbps.
• It currently uses ISM bands specifically 2.4 and
5.8 GHz bands.

Fig 8: Antenna
Loon Connectivity
• There are two types of communications:
1. Balloon-to-balloon communication
2. Balloon-to-ground communication.
• Subscriber-to-ISP
• ISP-to-Subscriber

Fig 9: Transmitting Signals


Maintenance
• If a balloon fails or needs maintenance, Google staff
brings the balloon down.

• A trigger mechanism would deflate it by releasing gas


and releases a parachute that brings the balloon
down to the Earth in a controlled descent.

• GPS equipment tracks where the balloon is landing.


WORKING

Fig 10: Working of Loon


• A user with the antenna sends signals via a radio
frequency to a balloon close to him/her.

• The balloon sends the signals to neighboring


balloons.

• The wireless mesh network is constantly adjusting


as balloons move.

• Finally, the balloon close to the request user


broadcast the data to the grounds via a radio
frequency over ISM bands.
Advantages

• Education.
• Health and Medicine.
• Use of Renewable Energy.
• Weather Surveillance.
Disadvantages
• Maintenance.
• Balloon can work for few months only.
• Hardware Failure.
• Internet Privacy.

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