Light In simple words is a sensation of visibility.
Without light it is impossible to have sight. Light works with the phenomenon of reflection and refraction. Light is also a source of energy. Basic use of Light as energy is in generation of electricity with photovoltaic cells. HISTORY OF LIFI TECHNOLOGY 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. Prof. Harald Haas from Edinburgh University continues to wow the world with the potential to use light for communication.
Prof. Harald Haas WHAT IS LI-FI? Li-Fi is the transmission of data through illumination by taking the fiber out of fiber optics by sending data through a LED light bulb. This varies in intensity faster than human eye can follow. It is the fast and cheap wireless communication system which is a optical version of the Wi-Fi. HOW LI-FI WORKS.. 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. flicker depending upon the data we want to encode. HOW LI-FI IS DIFFERENT? Li-Fi technology is based on LEDs for the transfer of data. The transfer of the data can be with the help of all kind of light i.e., Light may be Invisible, Ultraviolet or Visible part of spectrum. The speed of the internet is incredibly high and the user everything in just a few minutes. APPLICATION AREA OF LI-FI TECHNOLOGY: Some of the applications of Li-Fi are given below: Airways Green information technology Free from frequency bandwidth problem Increase communication safety Multi user communication Lightings points used as hotspot
USES ON APPLICATIONS: Can be safely used on plains because it does not interfere with radio equipments. Li-Fi never gives side effect on any living thing . It does not require any band width spectrum. Due to VLC, the node or terminal attach to our network is visible to host of network. Li-Fi supports the broadcasting of network. Any lightings device is performed as a hostport.
Limitations 0r challenges- # light can't pass through objects #. Interferences from external light sources like sun light, normal bulbs, and opaque materials in the path of transmission will cause interruption in the communication. #High installation cost of the these systems
#A major challenge facing Li-Fi is how the receiving device will transmit back to transmitter. CONCLUSION The concept of Li-Fi is currently attracting a great deal of interest, not least because it may offer a genuine and efficient alternative to radio-based wireless. As a growing number of people and their devices access wireless internet, the air waves are becoming increasingly clogged, making it more and more difficult to get a reliable, high-speed signal.