Your superpresurizados balloons, capable of delivering internet signal, have already flown million kilometers worldwide. And Google believes it is close enough to place in the stratosphere to form a ring able to ensure continuous Internet signal in a small part of the planet already.
giant Internet told the BBC that will allow you to do a test to provide continuous data service to people living below the path of aerostats, next year. And the announcement coincided with which they made three cell phone companies in Indonesia to test network transmissions through the so-called Project Loon next year.
Sri Lanka also signed an agreement to be part of the ambitious project, which seeks to employ giant helium balloons to bring internet connections to remote areas of the planet.
Speed 4G
Google first disclosed its plan of balloons overpressure in June 2013, when it launched 30 “envelopes” of inflatable plastic from New Zealand.
Each balloon It has two radio transceivers for receiving and sending data streams , a computer flight, a GPS locator, a control system of altitude balloon rises or falls depending on the wind and solar panels to feed the device.
The original configuration was speed 3G data but now can offer 10 megabits per second devices connected to the balloon through antennas on the ground. For a point of reference, the average connection in the UK is 15 megabits per second.
Other developments
“In the early days, lasted balloons five to 10 days, but have now reached the 187 days “said Mike Cassidy, vice president of the project to the BBC. “And we have also improved the process of launching” he said.
“Before we needed 14 people and a couple of hours throwing a balloon, now with the automatic crane can launch every 15 minutes, with the help of two or three people “, he said. According to Cassidy, if all goes as planned, the experiment must achieve one of its objectives in 2016 .
“ We need about 300 balloons or less to make a continuous chain around the world “, he explained. “So, as the wind moves some out of range, another takes its place. We look forward to next year our first ring around the world and find some way to generate continuous coverage in certain regions “.
” And if all goes well then we will launch a pilot platform for business customers, “he explained
Because each balloon only provides connectivity to a land area of 40 km diameter below him. the initial ring is limited a relatively small part of the planet while driving on a section of the southern hemisphere.
Cheaper cables
Google has suggested that Loon project could be a cheaper solution than installing fiber optic cables and the construction of cellular antennas through the islands of Indonesia, which contain the jungles and mountains.
says that the scheme can help address the fact that more than 100 million people of the 255 million inhabitants of the country are disconnected.
“From Sabang to Merauke, Many people living in areas without Internet infrastructure, so we expect the internet powered by balloons may someday help give them access to information and opportunity to the Web, “Google said in a blog.
The three local networks that are associated with the scheme are XL Axiata, Indostat and Telkomsel. “Any country that is struggling to get wired or wireless infrastructure will land based satellites, or other Internet distribution mechanisms in the sky as a viable solution,” said Chris Green, consultant Davies Murphy Group technology.
The advantage of a globe on satellite-based system is that it should be cheaper to maintain, once they can be overcome all technical challenges.
“What may initially seem like a complex delivery method could become a highly innovative at a very intractable problem at ground level solution,” said Green.
Google yet You are considering other options. it is also conducting a separate effort called Titan, which aims to use drones solar energy to provide Internet to unconnected parts of the world.
Meanwhile, Facebook is also developing a scheme based on similar drones. NASA has also experimented with technology and believes that overpressure balloons could be deployed in the atmosphere of Mars ever
-. Leo Kelion
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