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• PRESENT SCENARIO OF WirelessComunicaion
• ISSSUES WITH RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM
• COMPARING THE EM SPECTRUM
• CONSTUCTION AND WORKING OF LI-FI
• OVERCOMING THE ISSUES
• ADVANTAGES
• LIMITATIONS
• APPLICATIONS
• CONCLUTION
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We have 1.4 million cellular base stations deployed
We also have 5 billion of mobile phones
Mobile phones transmit 600TB of data every month
Presently Wifi uses radio waves for communication
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We transmit wireless data through radio waves.
Radio waves are limited.
Radio waves are scarce and expensive.
We only have certain range of it.
With advent of new technologies like 3G, 4G we
are running out of spectrum.
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There are 1.4 million cellular radio base stations.
They consume massive amount of energy.
Most of this energy is not used for transmission
but for cooling down the base stations.
Efficiency of such a base station is only 5% and
that rise a big problem.
EFFICIENCY
8. Availability of radio waves or RF signals causes
another concern.
We have to switch off mobile phones in airplanes.
Radio waves cannot be used under water
It is not advisable to use mobiles at places like
petrochemical plants and petrol pumps, nuclear
power plant etc.
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AVAILABILITY
9. Radio waves penetrates through walls.
They can be intercepted.
If someone has a knowledge and bad
intentions then he may misuse it.
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SECURITY
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What is Li-Fi / VLC ?
Use of the visible light portion of
the electromagnetic spectrum for data
transmission.
LED light bulbs are turned into high
speed wireless communication devices,
somewhat like a Wi-Fi, hence the name
Li-Fi
(VLC=Visible light Communication)
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1. CAPACITY
10,000 TIMES MORE SPECTRUM THAN
RW.
LIGHT DEVICES ARE ALREADY PRESENT,
SO INFRASTRUCTURE IS AVAILABLE
ALREADY AND INSTALLED.
2. EFFICIENCY
HIGHLY EFFICIENT BECAUSE LED
CONSUMES LESS ENERGY.
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3. AVAILABLITY
LIGHT IS PRESENT EVERYWHERE.
CAN BE USED UNDERWATER ALSO.
4. SECURITY
LIGHT WAVES DOESNOT PENETRATE
THROUGH WALLS.
HENCE THEY CAN’T BE INTERCEPTED.
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WE CAN USE LI-FI IN HOSPITALS AND
AIRCRFTS ALSO.
CHEAPER THEN WIFI , SINCE VISIBLE
LIGHT SPECTRUM IS A FREE SPECTRUM
BAND.
LED CONSUMES LESS ENERGY
THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF STREET
LAMPS CAN BE COVERTED TO LI-FI
SPOTS.
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There should be line of sight between sender
and receiver
Visible light cannot penetrate through solid
objects
Interference with other electromagnetic waves
makes the transmitting data to distort
Light cannot approach the range and
penetration of radio waves
High installation cost of the VLC system.
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• AIRLINES
• TRAFFIC LIGHTS
• MEDICAL ASPECTS
• SMART MUSEUMS
• SMARTER POWER PLANTS
• ON OCEAN BED
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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 Wi-Fi
hotspot to transmit wireless data and we will
proceed onwards for a..
Cleaner, Greener, Safer and Brighter future.