LI-FI TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION
• Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) is a bidirectional, high-speed
and fully networked wireless communication
technology similar to Wi-Fi.

• LI-FI is a technology that uses the light emitting

diodes to transmit the data wirelessly.

• LI-FI is fast and cheap practical version of WI-FI,

based on visible light communication (VLC).

• VLC is a data communication medium, which

uses the visible light between 400 Thz (780 nm)
and 800 Thz (375 nm) as optical carrier for data
transmission
 History
The technology truly began during the 1990's
in countries like Germany, Korea, and Japan
where they discovered LED's could be
retrofitted to send information.  Harald Haas
continues to wow the world with the potential
to use light for communication.

HE DEMONSTRATED IT IN THE YEAR

2012.

PROFESSOR,UNIVERSITY OF
EDINBURGH, UK
Li-fi environment
PRESENT SCENARIO

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Mobile phones
transmit 600 TB data
every month.

Wireless
communication has
become an utility like
electricity and water.
 RADIO SPECTRUM ISSUES

◎ CAPACITY
 Radiowaves
 Cost and Expensive
 Less Bandwidth compared to other spectrums
 Insufficient spectrum for increasing data
◎ EFFICIENCY
 Millions of base stations consume huge amount of
energy for
1.Transmitting the radio waves
2.To cool the base station cabins
 5% Efficiency
 RADIO SPECTRUM ISSUES

◎ AVAILABILITY

 Available within the range of Base stations

 Limited availability
 Unavailable in aircrafts

◎ SECURITY

 Less secure(passes through the walls)

 Anyone with knowledge and bad intention can
misuse it
Alternative of radio waves
 WHY ONLY VLC ??
Gama
Radio Infrared Visible Ultraviolet Rays
X- Rays
Waves Rays Rays Rays

 Gama rays cant be used as they could be dangerous.

 X-rays have similar health issues.

 Ultraviolet light is good for place without people, but other wise
dangerous for the human body

 Infrared, due to eye safety regulation, can only be used with low
power.

HENCE WE LEFT WITH THE ONLY THE VISIBLE - LIGHT

SPECTRUM.
 Working Process
 Operational procedure is very simple, if the led is on, you
transmit a digital 1, if its off you transmit a 0. The
LEDs can be switched on and off very quickly, which
gives nice opportunities for transmitting data. Hence all
that us required is some LEDs and a controller that code
data into those LEDs. We have to just vary the rate at
which the LED’s .

 Flicker depending upon the data we want to encode .

 Thus every light source will works as a hub for data

transmission .
 LI-FI CONSTRUCTION
The LI FI product consists of 4 primary sub-assemblies:
• Bulb
• RF power amplifier circuit (PA)
• Printed circuit board (PCB)
• Enclosure

1. The high concentration of energy in the electric field vaporizes the contents of the
bulb to a plasma state at the bulb’s center; this controlled plasma generates an
intense source of light.

2. The PCB controls the electrical inputs and outputs of the lamp and houses the
microcontroller used to manage different lamp functions.

3. An RF (radio-frequency) signal is generated by the solid-state PA and is guided

into an electric field about the bulb.

4. All of these subassemblies are contained in an aluminum enclosure

 How It Works ??

 On one end all the data on the internet will be streamed to a

lamp driver.

 When the led is turned on, the microchip converts the digital
data in form of light.

 On the other hand, this light is detected by photo sensitive

devices.

 Next this device is amplified and processed and then fed to

the device.
APPLICATION AREAS

◎ TRAFFIC LIGHTS

Traffic lights can communicate to the

car and with each other. Cars have
LED-based headlights, LED-based
cack lights, and cars can
communicate with each other and
prevent accidents in by exchanging
information.
APPLICATION AREAS

◎ HOSPITALS

In operation theatre, Li-Fi can be

used for modern medical
instruments
APPLICATION AREAS
◎ AIRLINES

Whenever we travel through airways

we face the problem in
communication media , because the
whole airways communication are
performed on the basis of radio
waves. To overcome this drawback
on radiowaves , li-fi is introduced.
APPLICATION AREAS

◎ INTRINSICALLY SAFE ENVIRONMENT

It can be used in petroleum or chemical

plants where other transmission or
frequencies could be hazardous.
APPLICATION AREAS

◎ ON OCEAN BED

Li-Fi can even work underwater

were Wi-Fi fails completely, thereby
throwing open endless opportunities
for military/navigation operations.
APPLICATION AREAS

◎ STREET LAMPS

There are millions of street lamps

deployed around the world.

Each of these street lamps could be a

free access point.
 LIMITATIONS
 There should be line of sight between sender
and receiver

 Visible light cannot penetrate through solid

objects

 High installation cost of the VLC systems

 Interferences from external light sources like

sun light, normal bulbs, and opaque materials
in the path of transmission will cause
interruption in the communication

 A major challenge facing Li-Fi is how the

receiving device will transmit back to
IS IT A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY

• Yes, this is already proven.

• Dr. Harald has demonstrated his invention using an

ordinary table lamp that successfully transmitted data
at speed exceeding 10 mbps.

• To prove that light bulb was the source of data

stream, he periodically blocked the beam of light,
causing the connection to drop.
FUTURE OF LI-FI
 “
In November 2014, Li-Fi pioneers pureLiFi joined
forces with French lighting company Lucibel aiming to bring
out Li-Fi enables products, by the end of 2015.
pureLiFi already have two products on the market: Li-
Flame Ceiling Unit to connect to an LED light fixture and Li-
Flame Desktop Unit which connects to a device via USB,
both aiming to provide light and connectivity in one device. 
Plus, with faster connectivity and data transmission it’s an
interesting space for businesses.
 Continued..

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Li-Fi is reportedly being tested in Dubai, by UAE-based
telecommunications provider, du and Zero1. Du claims to
have successfully provided internet, audio and video
streaming over a Li-Fi connection.
What's more, reports suggest that Apple may build future
iPhones with Li-Fi capabilities. A Twitter user found that
within its iOS 9.1 code there were references to Li-Fi
written as 'LiFi Capability' hinting that Apple may integrate
Li-fi with iPhones in the future. 
Li-Fi has proven itself as a
viable, efficient and secure
solution.
 CONCLUSION
The possibilities are numerous and can be explored
further. If this technology can be put into practical
use , every bulb can be used something like a Wi-Fi
hotspots to transmit wireless data and we will be
proceed onwards the

Cleaner, Greener, safer and Brighter

Future
Thanks..!!