2. Content
Introduction
What is Visible Light Communication (Li-Fi)
History
How Li-Fi Works?
How it is different?
Wi-Fi vs Li-Fi
Applications
Advantages
Disadvantages
Conclusion
3. Introduction
Li-Fi is a wireless optical networking technology that
uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for data
transmission.
However, Li-Fi bulbs are outfitted with a chip that
modulates the light for optical data transmission.
Li-Fi data is transmitted by the LED bulbs and
received by photoreceptors.
Li-Fi Based on Visible light communication (VLC)
4. What is Visible Light Communication (Li-Fi)
Visible Light Communication (Li-Fi) is bidirectional, high speed
and fully networked wireless communications similar to Wi-Fi.
Li- Fi is a subset of optical wireless communication (OWC) and
can be a complement to RF communication (Wi-Fi or Cellular
network), or a replacement in contexts of data broadcasting.
5. What is Visible Light Communication
Visible Light Communication is a Data Communication Medium, which
uses the Visible Light between 400 THz(780nm) and 800THz(375nm) as
optical carrier for Data Transmission
6. History
Professor Harald Haas, from the University of Edinburgh in the
UK, is the original founder of Li-Fi.
Haas promoted this technology in his 2011 TED Global talk and
helped start a company to market it.
In October 2011, companies and industry groups formed to
promote high-speed optical wireless systems .
The first Li-Fi Smartphone prototype was presented at the
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas from January 7–10 in
2014.
8. Existing wireless technology - Why do
we need an alternate technology?
CAPACITY - 1000 times more then the Radio wave.
EFFICIENCY - Highly efficient because LED consumes less energy.
AVAILABILITY - Light is present every where and Data is present where
light is present.
SECURITY - Light is blocked by the walls and hence will provide more
secure data.
15. Advantages of LI-FI
Li-Fi can solve problems related to the insufficiency of radio
frequency bandwidth because this technology uses Visible light
spectrum that has still not been greatly utilized.
High data transmission rates of up to 10Gbps can be achieved.
Since light cannot penetrate walls, it provides privacy and
security that Wi-Fi cannot.
Li-Fi has low implementation and maintenance costs.
16. Disadvantages
Light can't pass through objects.
A major challenge facing Li-Fi is how the receiving device will
transmit back to transmitter.
High installation cost of the VLC systems.
Interferences from external light sources like sun, light, normal
bulbs, opaque materials.
17. Conclusion
The possibilities are numerous and can be explored further.
If his technology can be put into practical use, every bulb can be
used something like a Wi-Fi hotspot to transmit wireless data and
we will proceed toward the cleaner, greener, safer and brighter
future.
18. References
IEEE Papers
Optical wireless communication system and
channel modeling CRC Press Taylor & Francis
Group
www.wikipedia.com
www.google.com
YouTube
22. Challenges and Solutions
Main challenges for indoor VLC systems are
Connectivity while moving: users need to be connected
when they move inside the indoor environment
Multiuser support: in large areas is vital, many users need to
have access to the network at the same time
Dimming: is an important feature in VLC when
communications is integrated with lighting
Shadowing: happens when the direct paths from user to all
sources are blocked
Some solution has been proposed for each one
23. Challenges and Solutions
Solution for connectivity
This problem is similar to the connectivity problem in cellular network when you
move from one area of the city to another area while speaking with cell-phone
The solution is called “handover”, using which the user is transferred from one
BS to another
Handover is done in the area that two BS’s have common coverage
Similar solution can be used in signal processing domain for VLC
The user can be transferred from one light source to another in the area that is
under the coverage of both
24. Challenges and Solutions
Solution for multiuser support
One solution is time division
multiplexing (TDM)
Each frame is divided into equal
time slots
Each user transmit data in one time
slot in a predefined order
The other solution is code division multiple access (CDMA)
Codes are assigned to users
Each user transmit its data using the assigned signature pattern
It is used in 3G and 4G cellular networks
CDMA has been adopted and developed for optical systems
Optical orthogonal codes (OOC) are used as signature pattern for
users
25. Challenges and Solutions
Solution for multiuser support
Last solution is spatial multiplexing
Can use to increase data rate or to add users
Rely on LED arrays and multiple receivers
Or can use an imaging receiver (camera)
26. Challenges and Solutions
Solution for dimming
Two main solutions are proposed for solving dimming
problem in VLC systems
Pulse width modulation (PWM) is combined with other
modulation schemes in order to control the duty cycle of the
transmitter signal
By controlling the width of the PWM signaling, the
dimming level can be controlled
The other solution is using modified forms of PPM
In these schemes multiple pulses are transmitted instead of
one pulse
By controlling and changing the ratio between the number of
pulses and the length, the dimming level can be altered
27. Challenges and Solutions
Solution for shadowing
As shown before, the
impulse response in VLC
systems has two parts
When the line-of-sight
(LOS) part (which is
received via direct path) is
blocked, the impulse
response is only the second
part
Then the data can be
recovered using the second
part which is indeed the
received data from the
indirect paths (multipath
signal)