Google Loon Project : Will bring Internet to Remote Areas
Detailed on the official Google blog this week, the research firm has announced an ambitious plan to bring Internet access to most of the world, the population of AM that anyone can,
AOT enable Web access or is in a completely remote area without an ISP. Called Project Loon, Google is looking to the sky for the answer, instead of a network cable to the ground. The start of a collection of giant balloons connected network hardware, these balloons float about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) into the air being pushed by winds that come into the stratosphere.
After Loon project launched balloons in the air, the network devices to communicate with a special antenna balls Internet, are fond of someone, AOS home. Each balloon will also communicate with other balloons in the air and this network is the retransmission of an Internet connection from a local ISP in the area. Network devices in the project Loon balloons are designed to filter out all the other signals in the area and in particular focus on providing Internet connectivity to users on the ground.
As for the launch and management of a balloon across the Earth, the computer is communicating with the air traffic control in the area to let them know when you are launching a new series of balloons. In addition, the air traffic control is notified when the balloons Loon project are on the way down and the team can accurately predict when the end of a balloon landing. The balloons are floating about twice as the path of a typical commercial flight, so that the PM there is no possibility that a plane will run on a balloon. In fact, you need a telescope to observe one of these devices project Loon in the air.
In terms of speed, Google is the aim of download and upload speeds that are compatible with the typical 3G cellular network. As someone on the ground won, AOT be playing Xbox Live or Skype video conferencing, can check email, surf the web and experience a world of connectivity that simply was not, Aot available. For example, people living in remote and rural areas, would be able to communicate in the event of natural disasters and have immediate access to weather information and other current events.
According to an interview with Wired, the material of polyethylene balloon is just three thousandths of an inch thick, but able to handle the pressure at high altitudes. Weighing about 22 pounds, the balloons are underway computer, hardware GPS and other electronic devices. There are also the solar panels mounted on the platform, specifically designed to keep the batteries charged all the time great all the power. In addition, the team has added a transponder for the air traffic control does not lose sight of the ball, the position of the brand.
For now, the management team is to limit the service pilot project Loon fifty residents of New Zealand. Assuming that the project is successful, the team wants to find other countries around the world to collaborate in order to release more balloons and increase the range of the network. Sharing is sexy
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