A

Seminar Report
on
Airborne Internet

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

Ms. Palak Dhall Divjot
Assistant Professor 2020002
Department of Computer Applications BCA 2nd Sem
TIMT, YNR
CONTENTS
 What is Airborne Internet?

 Why Airborne Internet?

 Working and Principles of Airborne Internet

 Implementation System

 Requirements

 Comparison between Satellite & Airborne Internet

 Airborne Internet Consortium

 Advantages and Disadvantages

 Conclusion
 What is Airborne Internet?
 The meaning of the word airborne is  Aircraft-ground
transported by air.  Ground-ground
 The Airborne Internet is a proposed  Aircraft-aircraft
network in which all nodes would be
located in aircraft.
 An internet broadband which provides
high speed wireless internet connection
by placing aircraft in fixed path over
hundreds of cities.
 One of the major achievement of
NASA.
 It aims at providing communication
link between-
Why Airborne Internet?
There are mainly two reasons for the
development of Airborne Internet: Small aircraft transportation
system: Need for a
Need for higher bandwidth: o SATS controls traffic inhigher
air.
In an airborne Internet, there is bandwidth
o Reasons
Provides internet for people
no such physical limitation, in transit Small aircraft
enabling a broader capacity. transportation
system
 Working of Airborne Internet
• At least three different methods have • Third method- blimps
been proposed for putting
communication nodes aloft. • The airplane specially designed for
high altitude flight will circle at high
• First method- manned aircraft altitudes for extended periods of time
• Second method- unmanned aircraft • Three successive shifts on station of 8
hours each can provide continuous
coverage of an area for 24 hours per
day, 7 days per week.
Implementation System

Angel
Technologies Proteus Plane

Sky Station
International Blimps

AeroVironment
with NASA Helios Aircraft
Angel Technologies
• It is planning an airborne Internet network, called High Altitude Long
Operation (HALO), which would use lightweight planes to circle
overhead and provide faster data delivery.
• Consumers would get a connection comparable to DSL

The Proteus Plane

Sky Station International
• It is counting on its blimps to beat Angel to the punch in the race to
deliver high-speed Internet access from high altitudes.
• Sky Station calls its blimps lighter-than-air platforms, and plans to
station these airships over at least 250 cities worldwide, one over each
city.

Blimps
AeroVironment with NASA
• They are working on a solar-powered, lightweight plane that could fly
over a city for six months or more, at 60,000 feet, without landing.
• It would work like the HALO network.

The Helios Aircraft

Requirements
• The Airborne internet won’t • The networks will also work
be completely wireless. with established Internet
• The consumers will have to Service Providers (ISPs)
install antenna on their
homes or business
Comparison between Satellite &
Airborne Internet
Airborne Internet Satellite Internet

Time Delay Small delay Big delay

(Relatively less) (Not significant)

Frequency 28-38 GHz 4-6 GHz

9-13 GHz

Power Low Power More Power

Cost Low cost Hight cost

Airborne Internet Consortium

The mission of the Airborne Internet Consortium (AIC) is to define, develop, and
promote the common system elements necessary to deploy comprehensive
aviation-based digital datalink capabilities throughout the nation using evolving
Internet technologies.
Advantages
No or Significant Time delay
Provide Critical Information
Cost Advantage Over Satellite
More Productive Time
Uses Solar Energy
Overcome Last-Mile

Disadvantages
Affect Our Environment
Cannot Replace Satellite Internet
Conclusion
• Airborne Internet is about information connectivity. This
technology has a wide range of utilities in the field of
aviation services like aircraft monitoring, weather
information, etc.
• There will be an increased demand for greater bandwidth
from Airborne Internet in aircraft.
• Airborne Internet will start out with a few obvious
applications, but as bandwidth capability increases, so will
the number of applications.
Thank
You