Time For Gbps Faster Communication - LiFi
Time For Gbps Faster Communication - LiFi
- Li-Fi is a label for wireless-communication systems using light as a carrier instead of traditional radio frequencies, as in Wi-Fi.
- Guys time to adopt a new technology and transfer your data at GB per second and leaving the speed of Kbps & Mbps transfers of data.
- Li-Fi should not be confused with the more general term Visible Light Communications (VLC), which is the use of the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to transmit information. The term Li-Fi was coined by Professor Harald Haas from the University of Edinburgh in the UK and pureVLC™’s CSO, and refers to a type of VLC technology that delivers a networked, mobile, high-speed communication solution in a similar manner as Wi-Fi. Therefore, the fundamental pre-requisite for Li-Fi is a bi-directional link over the same medium. The term was first used in this context by Harald Haas in his 2011 TED Global talk on visible light communication.
- In October 2011, a number of companies and industry groups formed the Li-Fi Consortium, to promote high-speed optical wireless systems and to overcome the limited amount of radio-based wireless spectrum available by exploiting a completely different part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The consortium believes it is possible to achieve more than 10 Gbit/s, theoretically allowing a high-definition film to be downloaded in 30 seconds. In fact, Dr Gordon Povey provides a top level overview of VLC development until the end of 2011.
- Li-Fi is a new paradigm for optical wireless technology to provide unprecedented connectivity within a localized data-centric environment. The increasing demand for higher bandwidths, faster and more secure data transmission as well as environmental and undoubtedly human friendly technology heralds the start of a major shift in wireless technology, a shift from RF to optical technologies.
