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AIRBORNE INTERNET FULL REPORT
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ABSTRACT
Now-a-days, the word on just about every Internet user's lip is "broadband." We have so much data to send and download, including audio files, video files and photos, that it's clogging our wimpy modems. Many Internet users are switching to cable modems and digital subscriber lines (DSL’s) to increase their bandwidth. There's also a new type of service being developed that will take broadband into the air.
Our paper explains some of the drawbacks that exist in satellite Internet and introduces the airborne Internet, called High Altitude Long Operation (HALO), which would use lightweight planes to circle overhead and provide data delivery faster than a T1 line for businesses. Consumers would get a connection comparable to DSL. The HALO Network will serve tens of thousands of subscribers within a super-metropolitan area, by offering ubiquitous access throughout the network’s signal "footprint". The HALO aircraft will carry the "hub" of a wireless network having a star topology. The initial HALO Network is expected to provide a raw bit capacity exceeding 16 Gbps.
The concept of basic network connectivity could be used to connect mobile vehicles, including automobiles, trucks, trains, and even aircraft. Network connectivity could be obtained between vehicles and a ground network infrastructure.
INTRODUCTION
High Altitude Long Operation (HALO) airplane is specially engineered for providing wireless communications networks, as a compliment to the existing system. The HALO airplane has a fixed-wing airframe with twin turbofan propulsion. The HALO Network will serve tens of thousands of subscribers within a super-metropolitan area, by offering ubiquitous access throughout the network’s signal "footprint". The HALO aircraft will carry the "hub" of a wireless network having a star topology. The initial HALO Network is expected to provide a raw bit capacity exceeding 16 Gbps, which by utilizing packet-switching could, for example, serve 50,000 to 100,000 subscribers requiring links with DSL-equivalent peak data rates in both directions.
SATELLITE INTERNET
It takes weeks, sometimes months, to get a terrestrial broadband connection installed. Sometimes it takes that long before the provider admits that it cannot be delivered at all. Satellite Internet does not require the user to have any particular type of software, hardware or network. The system meshes with any combination of PCs, Macs, and UNIX or mainframe computers. It will plug into any network and performs well. Adding capacity can be handled remotely, meaning your satellite Internet can easily grow as your company grows. A temporary increase for a special situation can be handled without any difficulty.
WORKING
The data travels from the satellite equipment at the customers location to the satellite, and then to the teleport for routing to the Internet. The teleport is a secure facility where many large aperture satellite dishes are operated. The SES American operations center is located at the teleport and our equipment is located in a leased area inside the Network Operations Center (NOC).
HALO Aircraft
The aircraft has been specially designed for the HALO Network with the Communications Payload Pod suspended from the underbelly of its fuselage. The HALO Aircraft will fly above the metropolitan center in a circular orbit of five to eight nautical miles diameter. The Communications Payload Pod is mounted to a pylon under the fuselage. As the aircraft varies its roll angle to fly in the circular orbit, the Communications Payload Pod will pivot on the pylon to remain level with the ground.
CONCLUSION
Using this wireless broadband "super-metropolitan" area network, tens to hundreds of thousands of subscribers could be integrated each at multi-megabit per second data rates. A HALO aircraft will ope
rate above commercial airline traffic to serve as the hub of the millimeter wave wireless broadband network providing ubiquitous coverage as well as dedicated point-to-point connections. Broadband wireless services will be delivered to diverse enterprises to promote new forms of dialogue and interaction.