AIRBORNE INTERNET

The Emerging Trend in the Mobile World,

Building Network in the air

By
Sailaja Datla
Santhi Priya.Ch
 INTRODUCTION
• Ground based internet
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• Satellite internet
Previous We are familiar with ground-based broadband internet
service which provide reliable network using co-axial
Next cables (through land-lines) or simply the ‘wired’ service
from source.
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But when it comes to a location where these are unavailable
(rural areas) satellite internet is the option thus noticed.
This could effect on high cost and time delay factor.
So to complement the ground based ‘wired’ broadband and
satellite broadband but not to replace them AIRBORNE
INTERNET was planed.
 HISTORY
A.I has begun as a supporting technology for NASA’s SATS
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providing a general purpose multi-application data channel to
aviation i.e.
Previous • to track aircraft for the air traffic control system
• Info about weather, surrounding space environment
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• Aircraft-aircraft communications
• And other security applications like- tracking, deviation
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monitoring
Discovering that this A.I shouldn’t be just limited to SATS-class
aircraft and that of all aviation and even transportation, has the
potential to benefit from A.I, internet service facility has been
adapted.
 AIRBORNE INTERNET

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• Airborne internet is a private secure and reliable
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peer-to–peer aircraft communications that uses
same technology as commercial internet.
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• It is an implementation which connects aircraft to a
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ground-based internet access node, including the
information which is passed across communication
link.
• It provides airborne access to wealth of internet
information and resources
 THE NEED OF AIRBORNE INTERNET

Home • The Need for Airborne Internet is seen as the perfect

answer to the demand for fast, reliable access to the
Previous Internet as well as quick and easy file 'sharing.'
• Conventional telephone lines, for example, are capable
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of transmitting only 56,000 bits (56k) per second under
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ideal conditions
• Satellite-based Internet provides a way around the
'wired' problem with satellite Internet is a perceivable
'time lag' involved in transmitting data cost involved in
sending an internet-capable satellite out of the earth's
atmosphere 
HOW DOES SATELLITE INTERNET OPERATE? 

Home • As discussed satellite internet could be considered for

providing internet to “non-connected” areas
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• Satellite Internet does not use telephone lines or cable
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systems, but instead uses a satellite dish for two-way
(upload and download) data communications
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Two-way satellite Internet consists of:

• Approximately a two-foot by three-foot dish
• Two modems (uplink and downlink)
• Coaxial cables between dish and modem 
 HOW DOES SATELLITE INTERNET OPERATE? 
The firms that offer or plan to offer two way satellite include
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• Standband
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• Pegasus Express
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• Teledesic
• Tacyon- US, western Europe, Mexico
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The disadvantages are that it might result in high cost, with

time delay and like satellite TV trees and heavy rains can
effect reception of internet signals
Complementing this satellite airborne internet is planned
 AIRBORNE INTERNET-How it works?
Home • Accessing the airborne Internet is relatively simple.
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• An aircraft (with specifications) is taken into the
sky to an altitude of 52,000 – 69,000 feet fairly
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above the ground,
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higher that the commercial traffic area,
undisturbed by the weather conditions.
 BEING DEVELOPED BY

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Three companies are panning to provide high-speed
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wireless internet connection by placing aircraft
patterns over 100’s of cities using HALO technique
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• using light-weight planes to circle overhead
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These airborne networks will overcome the last-mile

barriers facing conventional Internet access options
 COMPONENTS

Home • The A.I won’t be completely

wireless. There will be
Previous ground based components to
any type of airborne network.
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• The consumers will have to
install an antenna in order to
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receive signals from the
network hub overhead.
• The networks will also work
with established ISP’s who
will provide their high- Airborne-Internet systems will
capacity terminals for use by require that an antenna be
attached to the side of your
the network
house or work place
 AIRCRAFT BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE

Home In this section , we will take a look at the three aircraft

that could be bringing you broadband Internet access
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from the sky :
There are at least three US companies working on the
Next airborne Internet concept .
One company envisions the use of lighter-than-air
Help crafts (blimps or dirigibles) as their main Internet
carriers in the sky.
A second company has developed an aircraft
specifically for the purpose
All three companies believe their systems will be
operational within the first decade of the 21st century 
 COMPANIES PLANNING TO PROVIDE..
companies are planning to provide high-speed wireless Internet connection
Home • Angel Technologies : is planning an airborne Internet network, called
High Altitude Long Operation (HALO) uses lightweight planes to circle
overhead and provide data delivery fast
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This diagram shows how

the HALO Network will
enable a high-speed
wireless Internet
connection
 COMPANIES PLANNING TO PROVIDE..

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• Aero Vironment has teamed up with NASA on a

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solar-powered, unmanned plane that would work
like the HALO network
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• Sky Station International is planning a similar

venture using blimps instead of planes. 
PROTEUS- HALO Overhead :Angel Technologies
 
Designed with long wings and low wing loading. Proteus will fly at heights of 15.3 and
18.3 km and cover an area up to 75 miles (120.7 km) in diameter 
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Proteus Aircraft
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9,000 pounds at
Weight takeoff
5,900 pounds empty
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77 ft 7 inches (23.7
m)
Wingspan
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feet (28 m)
Length 56.3 ft (17.2 m)
Height 17.6 ft (5.4 m)
2 turbofan engines
Engines 2,300 pounds of
thrust
Range 18 hours
The Proteus plane will carry 65 knots (75
the network hub for the HALO mph/120.7 kph)
Speed
Network to 250 knots (288
mph/463.5 kph)
 PROTEUS

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• The heart of Angel's Proteus plane is the one-ton
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airborne-network hub
• Network hub consists of an antenna array and
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electronics for wireless communication
Help • An 18-foot dish underneath the plane is
responsible for reflecting high-speed data signals
from a ground station to your computer 
 FLOATING ON AIR 

Home • Sky Station International is counting on its blimps,

in the race to deliver high-speed Internet access
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from high altitudes and calls them as lighter-than-
air platforms, and plans to station these airships,
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one over each city.
Help • Each station would fly at an altitude of 13 miles (21
km) and provide wireless service to an area of
approximately 7,500 square miles (19,000 square
km). 

• The blimps can carry pay-loads of about 2200.

 FLOATING ON AIR

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Sky Station Blimp

Each blimp will be equipped Diameter 203 ft (62 m)
with a telecommunications
payload to provide wireless Length 515 ft (157 m)
broadband connections
Width approx. 300 ft (91 m)

Power Solar and fuel cells

 NASA'S SUB-SPACE PLANS 

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NASA is also playing a role in a potential airborne
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Internet system being developed by Aero
Vironment
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The Helios aircraft will be equipped with telecommunications equipment

and stay airborne for six months straight. 
 HELIO’S
Helios Aircraft
Home The Helios prototype is constructed
2,048 pounds (929
out of materials such as carbon Weight
kg)
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Wingspan 247 ft (75.3 m)
Styrofoam, covered with a thin,
transparent skin. Length 12 ft (3.7 m)
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The all-wing plane is divided into six Wing Area
1,976 square ft
(183.6 m2)
sections, each 41 ft (12.5 m) long. 
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14 brushless, 2-
horsepower,
Propulsion
direct-current
electric motors

1 to 3 hours in
prototype tests
Range
6 months when
fully operational

19 to 25 mph (30.6
Speed
to 40.2 kmph)
 ADVANTAGES

Home • Increase productivity and economic growth

• The growth in connectivity will enable higher-
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volume air-craft operations and
allow people in transit (i.e., passengers) to use
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otherwise unproductive time
communication and transportation mobility will
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increase, creating new markets
• With A.I internet can be accessed at high altitude
i.e. even in aircrafts
• Low cost
• Fast, reliable access to the Internet as well as
quick and easy file 'sharing.'
 CONCLUSION

Home Thus this airborne internet technology has a wide

range of utilities in the field of aviation services like
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• Aircraft monitoring and air traffic management,
Next weather information etc
• And also provides an opportunity to access the
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internet at very high altitudes that is, in the
aeroplanes and other conventional services
Thus it is a further new trend in this mobile world
which is establishing the connectivity by building
network in the air.