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Anywhere at Anytime Internet: Google Loon Balloons


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1 Department of Information Technology, Government Engineering College, Mahatma Gandhi University, Idukki Kerala, India
     

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Loon Balloons", the network of balloons which provides Internet for people in rural and remote area, is a recent project undertaken by Google. Though Internet is a global network, large number of people does not have access to it. Loon technology is also helpful in disaster management, e.g.during floods in Kashmir, where a reliable communication system was not available, Google Loon Balloons could be one of the solutions. These balloons with the help of Wi- Fi technology, help to attain unlimited connectivity to the global community of internet. The Loon Balloons provide connectivity to a ground area of about 40 km in diameter using LTE. Using LTE enabled devices and also through their phones, people can directly access the Internet. Google implemented Loon project in New Zealand in June 2013 as a pilot experiment and now improvements are being made in Loon technology based on the pilot test results.

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Loon Balloon, Envelope, Solar Panels, Enodes, Sensor Database, Seismic Waves.
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Authors

Sheba Jiju George
Department of Information Technology, Government Engineering College, Mahatma Gandhi University, Idukki Kerala, India
K. R. Remesh Babu
Department of Information Technology, Government Engineering College, Mahatma Gandhi University, Idukki Kerala, India

Abstract


Loon Balloons", the network of balloons which provides Internet for people in rural and remote area, is a recent project undertaken by Google. Though Internet is a global network, large number of people does not have access to it. Loon technology is also helpful in disaster management, e.g.during floods in Kashmir, where a reliable communication system was not available, Google Loon Balloons could be one of the solutions. These balloons with the help of Wi- Fi technology, help to attain unlimited connectivity to the global community of internet. The Loon Balloons provide connectivity to a ground area of about 40 km in diameter using LTE. Using LTE enabled devices and also through their phones, people can directly access the Internet. Google implemented Loon project in New Zealand in June 2013 as a pilot experiment and now improvements are being made in Loon technology based on the pilot test results.

Keywords


Loon Balloon, Envelope, Solar Panels, Enodes, Sensor Database, Seismic Waves.

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