1. LIGHT FIDELITY (LI-FI)
Rishabh Gupta
208116004
M.Tech, Comm.
Systems
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Guided by-
Dr. D. Sriram Kumar
Associate Professor
NIT Trichy
2. Contents
• What is lifi??
• History
• How it works?
• Why lifi??
• Architecture
• Commercialization
• Standards
• LiFi Misconceptions
• Applications
• Li-fi v/s Wi-fi
• References
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3. • LI-FI is transmission of data through illumination, sending
data through a LED light bulb that varies intensity faster than
human eye can follow
What is li-fi?
5. History
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Harald Haas
• 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
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continue…..
• VLC technology was exhibited in 2012 using Li-Fi.
• By August 2013, data rates of over 1.6 Gbit/s were demonstrated over a single color LED.
• In September 2013, a press release said that Li-Fi, or VLC systems in general, do not
require line-of-sight conditions.In October 2013, it was reported Chinese manufacturers
were working on Li-Fi development kits.
• In April 2014, the Russian company Stins Coman announced the development of a Li-Fi
wireless local network called BeamCaster. Their current module transfers data at 1.25
GB/s but they foresee boosting speeds up to 5 GB/s in the near future.
• In the same year a new record was established by Sisoft (a Mexican company) that was
able to transfer data at speeds of up to 10 GBit/s across a light spectrum emitted by LED
lamps.
• In July 2015, IEEE has operated the APD in Geiger-mode as a single photon avalanche
diode (SPAD) to increase the efficiency of energy-usage and makes the receiver more
sensitive.
8. Why Li-fi….???
• Speed
• Security
• Energy efficient
• Safety – an alternative to radio waves,
with potentially harmful effects
• Data Density
• Localization
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12. Li-Fi Misconception…..
LiFi is a line-of-sight
technology
LiFi does not work in
sunlight conditions
Lights cannot be dimmed
LiFi is for downlink only
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14. • Single-Carrier Modulation (SCM)
• OOK, PPM and PAM
• Multi-Carrier Modulation
• Aco OFDM, OFDM, flip OFDM
• LiFi Specific Modulation scheme outlined in IEEE802.15.7 where signals are
encoded into colour intensitie semitted by red, green and blue (RGB) LEDs.
• In CSK, incoming bits are mapped on to the instantaneous chromati cities of the
coloured LEDs while maintaining a constant average perceived colour.
• no flicker effect over all frequencies.
• the constant luminous flux implies a nearly constant LED driving current which
reduces the possible in rush current at signal modulation, and thus improves LED
reliability.
Modulation Techniques For Li-fi…..???
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Standards
• Like Wi-Fi, Li-Fi is wireless and
uses similar 802.15.7 protocols.
• the IEEE 802.15.7 standard is out-of-
date, it fails to consider the latest
technological developments in the field
of optical wireless communications,
specifically with the introduction of O-
OFDM.
• Nonetheless, the IEEE 802.15.7 standard
defines the physical layer (PHY)
and media access control (MAC) layer.
16. Standards
• Physical layer houses light transceiver.
• MAC layer provides channel access for all types of
data and control message transmissions.
• Upper layer consists of network layer and
application layer. Network layer takes care of
providing network configuration, network
manipulation, message routing etc.
• Application layer takes care of providing intended
functionality as needed by the VPAN or LiFi
device.
• DME (Device Management Entity) is also
supported by LiFi or VPAN network architecture. It
makes interfacing between dimmer and PHY/MAC
a reality.
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17. Market Penetration of Li-fi…..???
• Li-Fi is a disruptive technology which
will shift business models, creates
opportunities ripe for exploitation,
and is on track to become a $113bn
industry by 2022.
• A number of companies offer uni-
directional VLC products, which is not
the same as Li-Fi - a term defined by
the IEEE 802.15.7r1 standardization
committee.
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18. Problem Issues in Li-fi…..???
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Connectivity while moving
Multiuser support
Dimming
Shadowing
27. Future scopes…..
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• Internet-of-Things (IoT)
• 5th generation of cellular systems
(5G) and beyond
• car-to-car communication
• In R.F restricted environment
• Solar li-fi
• Lightning pole as a hotspot
28. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li-Fi
http://purelifi.com
https://www.youtube.com/
H. Haas. (2011, Aug.).Wireless data from every light bulb. TEDWebsite.[Online]
S. Dimitrov, H. Haas, Principles of LED Light Communications: Towards
Networked Li-Fi, Cambridge, U.K.:Cambridge Univ. Press, Mar. 2015.
Harald Haas, LiFi: Conceptions, Misconceptions and Opportunities
Sihua Shao, Abdallah Khreishah (2015), ‘Design of a visible light communication
enhanced WiFi system’, IEEE 10 mar 2015
References
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