2. Basically, WI-FI is a facility allowing computers, smart phone, or
other devices to connect to the Internet or communicate with one
another wirelessly within a particular area.
But with this led based Wi-Fi technology…
Wi-Fi gets a light-assisted boost, with a new LED-based system that
can up transmission bandwidth by a tidy 10 times.
WHAT IS A WI-FI TECHNOLOGY?
3. TECHNICAL DETAILS
• Researchers at the Oregan State
University who invented this new
technology claim that it can be
integrated with present-day Wi-
Fi systems.
• Helping alleviate bandwidth issues that
generally plague congested locations.
• For example- public access areas and
offices where a multitude of devices are
online concurrently.
4. TECHNICAL DETAILS
• These advancements are result of recent developments in the
ability to modulate LED light
• The process of rapidly switching the light off and on to
conform with the data signal being transmitted.
• Since this technology is light-based, it works in free-space
systems where the transmitting and receiving stations are
within line of sight of each other.
5. ADVANTAGES
• Improving the experience for users
• This new wireless technology, christened WiFO, can theoretically transmit
data at up to 100 mbps
A speed that only some of today’s new standards can match.
However, WiFO is capable of delivering 50 to 100 megabits per second to
individual users; current-day systems are capable of providing only a tenth
of that speed per user. The eventual gains are better user experiences across
the board.
• Uses inexpensive and relatively simple components such as photodiodes
that are connected via usb port for current systems
6. Given that a provisional patent has already been secured for this
technology, it could make its way to upcoming laptops,
tablets and smart phone soon.
Editor's Notes
According to Thinh Nguyen, an OSU associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.
