2016 International Conference on Advanced Communication Control and Computing Technologies (ICACCCT)
Integrated Lifi(Light Fidelity) For Smart
Communication Through Illumination
R.Mahendran1
PG Scholar, Embedded SystemTechnology1
S.A Engg College., Chennai1
Mahendranr93@gmail.com1
Abstract---Wireless technology has bloomed to a great
extent that it require wireless technology to transmit a lot
of data every day. Nowadays, wireless communications
has become important in communication process. The
main way to transmit wireless data is by using
electromagnetic waves i.e. radio waves. However, radio
waves can support less bandwidth because of compact
spectrum availability and intrusion. Solution to this is
data transmission using Visible Light Communication
(VLC). Wi-Fi deals with wireless coverage within
premises, whereas Li-Fi is perfect for high compactness
wireless data coverage in defined area and for mitigating
radio interference issues. In Li-Fi basically we focus to
transmitting multimedia data between two terminals
using LED’s. Li-Fi is a transmission of data through
illumination, in which data can be sent through a LED
light bulb that varies in intensity faster than human eye
can follow. The light which we are using in our daily life
is not only used for providing light but also for
communication by illumination. Transmission of image
through LiFi technology is done. Using visible light for
data transmission including many advantages and
eliminates the disadvantages of transmission of data
through electromagnetic waves
Index Terms---LIFI,VLC,LED, DMT, RS232,PLC.
I. INTRODUCTION
Wireless communication schemes likeWi-Fi
especially uses radio/micro wave frequencies for data
transmission, primarily because of the possibility of
high sensitivity receivers and ability to provide broad
coverage at low frequencies and high frequency line of
sight communication. But, radio frequency can support
only a finite bandwidth due to confined spectrum
availability. The idea behind this communication
scheme is transmission of ‘Data through illumination’.
The intensity of the LEDs is varied by alternating the
current passed through them at very high speeds.
However, the human eye cannot recognize this change
and the LEDs appear to have a constant intensity. This
ON-OFF activity of LED lights facilitate data
transmission using binary codes i.e., when the LED is
ON, logical ‘1’ is transmitted and when the LED is
OFF, logical ‘0’ is transmitted.[1]
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Electronic devices acquires data with
photodiode within area of light visibility. This means
that everywhere where LEDs are used, lighting bulbs
can deliver not only The light but wireless connection
at the same time. With increasing requirement for
wireless data, lack of radio spectrum and issues with
hazardous electromagnetic pollution, LiFi emerges as a
new greener, healthier and cheaper alternative to WiFi.
Wireless systems and to overcome the confined
amount of radio based wireless spectrum available by
attaining a completely different part of the
electromagnetic spectrum. The consortium believes is
possible to achieve more than 10 gbps. Li-Fi also used
in sensitive areas without causing interference.
However, the light waves used cannot pervade through
walls .Later in 2012, Pure VLC, a firm set up to
depreciate Li-Fi, for firms installing LED-lighting
systems. Moreover Li-Fi makes feasible to have a
wireless Internet in specific environments where due to
interferences or security considerations wifi is not
allowed[2]
White LED’s are used for indoor wireless networks for
communication. These equipments should have
capacity of wireless optical communication. The
medium of communication is visible light. The
communication throughout the whole room is provided
by high power lighting equipment. This is often easy to
install and low in terms of cost. However, arrangement
of lighting device is fixed over the white ceiling. So, it
is difficult to install new communication cable between
pc and LED or among LED lightings. On the other
hands, power line communication make it possible to
use electricity for this medium of communication in
Power line channel each terminal connected to power
line can communicate[3]
It is desirable to achieve more than 10Gbps
speed using this optical wireless technology also
known as Li-Fi. The communication is done in direct
line of sight manner by deploying transmit-ter and
receiver .The speed of data transmission will reduce or
data transmission will stop if line of sight is not used.
As only photo receptors are used it is also more secure
than other wireless networks , which can receive data
within transmitted cone of light signals.[4].
LED lights a particularly popular choice,
because they can flicker quickly enough to transmit a
meaningful amount of data and are widely used for
illumination purposes [5].
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In this paper, Image transmission between two
devices is done by using the medium of visible light of
electromagnetic spectrum. LiFi is always a greater
technology providing greater speeds
communication. In this LiFi image transmission works
based on a simple technology. When LED light is ON
digital data bit stream of one is transmitted. When LED
light turns off, digital bit stream of zero is transmitted.
Based on this simple technique image transmission was
done through visible light communication.
support for the 16-bit Thumb instruction set. A 128-bit
wide memory interface enable 32-bit code execution at
the maximum clock rate. For critical code size
for applications, the 16-bit Thumb alternative mode
reduces code by more than 30% with minimal
performance penalty.
C.Power supply

II.EXISITING SYSTEM VS PROPOSED SYSTEM.

The inconvenience in existing method is that,
Wifi system provides ,
1)High radiated radio waves is used for data
communication between two devices.
2)Secured data transmission is not available here ,even
though, wps key encryption can be provided ,it can
also be hacked in many ways.
Fig 1.Power supply
3)It also provides damage to your health as its radio
wave transmission.
Connector:
4)Interference of signals is also a major concern.
2-pin screw terminal is basically a connector
which is used to interface power supply section with
The proposed system will overcome these other circuits through wires .
disadvantages, Bridge Rectifier:
W10 full wave bridge rectifier is used to
1)No interference on radio frequency signals as this
convert incoming AC signal into varying DC signal.
communication totally depends on light. i.e it consist of ripple at the output.
2)It is based on a simple technique of illumination Filter Capacitor :
cum communication. Filter capacitor of 2200μf at output of bridge
3)Moreover data speed of this LIFI is extremely fast rectifier is used to provide less ripple at the output
when compared to other means of communication.
which is suitable for most electronic circuits.
4)Since the communication is based on visible light
which is the most used part in electromagnetic Regulator:
spectrum for communication. Regulator IC is used to provide constant DC
5)As,data transmitted through light so health problems or smooth output with no ripple
will takes place.
III.LIFI DATA TRANSMISSION
The algorithm used is image compression and
decompression algoritm. The block diagram for LiFi communication
includes personal computer(PC),RS232 level shifter,
A. Serial Communication data modulation unit which consists of
The serial communication is used, to transfer microcontroller to modulate data ,LED array, photo
to a device located many meters away . In serial diode and demodulation unit.
communication, the data is sent one bit at a time, in
which the data is sent a byte or more at a time. The
ARM has serial communication capability built into it,
thereby making probable fast data transfer using only a
few wires. It provides the data in byte-sized chunks,
When microprocessor communicates with the outside
world ,. The ARM transfers and receives data serially
at many baud rates. The baud rate in the ARM is
programmable. This is done with the help of timer 1.

B.ARM microcontroller
The ARM7TDMI core is the most
extensively used 32-bit embedded RISC
microprocessor solution. Speed critical control signals
are pipelined to grant system control functions to
exploit the fast-burst access modes supported by many Fig. 2.Block Diagram for LiFi data transmission between
memory technologies. the ARMv4 ISA which adds two devices

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A.USB to TTL V.EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

As image can be transmitted between two
devices a serial port cable should be there for serial Experimental setup basically comprises of transmitter
communication. Recommended Standard 232(RS232) setup and receiver setup.
is used for this type of communication where data can
be transmitted bit by bit over long distances. This is A.Transmitter Setup
widely used communication for data transmission.

B. ARM Microcontroller
As LED lights should OFF and ON to
transmit data. its not visible to our human eye. So fast
switching should be required for efficient transmission
of 0s and 1s.this is made by pulse width modulation
technique. According to the data provided ARM
microcontroller will modulate signals using PWM
technique and convert it to digital form to serve as a
input value for LED array, which is the sequence of
led lights. This current is known as biased current
which led into led array unit.

C.Visible light communication

Digital data of 1s and 0s are passed by
alternative switching of LED bulb lights through
visible light communication. Data from led light array Fig 4.Transmitter setup
are transmitted through visible light which is then
captured by photo detector and this diode converts B.Receiver Setup
light signals into electrical signals which is then
demodulated by data demodulation unit and is filtered
to get required appropriate output on the receiver side
of personal computer(PC).The final voltage signal
should correspond to the received light pulses which
are then decoded in the final decoder block, thus
extracting the digital data

IV .FLOW CHART

Flow chart for LiFi image transmission is

Fig 5.Receiver setup

VI. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

A.Transmitter part
In transmitter part the image is said to be
transmitted by transmitting an image from pc via data
modulation unit and through led array. Image can be
converted to digital signals of 0s and 1s in data
modulation unit and provides series of pulses such that
image can be converted into digital signals of binary
bits. Image gets selected from series of stored images
and is then selected and transmitted successfully.
Once the image is transmitted it reaches receiver side
Fig 3. Flow chart for LiFi

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through visible light communication scheme. The goal
of transmitter part is to transmit image.
Fig 6.data modulated and given to leds.
B.Receiver part
Fig 7.Demodulation and decoding of original image
The goal of receiving part is to receive the
image that is transmitted from the transmitted
successfully.
Fig 6.Hardware Implementation
The goal of receiving part is to receive the image that
is transmitted from the transmitter part successfully.
VII. CONCLUSION
This technology is still under research and
surely it will be a breakthrough in communication .It
assures data speed of 100gbps which is entirely greater
than radio waves. In this paper transmission of image
is done through this LiFi technology. The scope of this
LiFi was ultimately greater. The goal of this paper is
LiFi provides secured ,low cost ,easy data
transmission and provides reliable communication. It
can also be used in industrial ,medical, military
applications. LiFi is still in its beginning stages, but
improvements are being made rapidly, and soon this
technology will be able to be used in our daily lives. It
is intended that this research will provide the starting
steps for further study .Inspite of the research
problems it is our belief that the VLC system will
become one of the most promising technologies for
the future generation in optical wireless
communication.
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