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.