PRESENTATION ON LIFI (LIGHT FIDELITY)

Seminar coordinator: Prepared By:

Ms. Anaahat Preet Kamal Singh
ECE (Group 3)
UE105069




INTRODUCTION
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WHAT IS LI-FI??
LI-FI is transmission of data through illumination,
sending data through a LED light bulb that varies in
intensity faster than human eye can follow
LI-FI comes under VLC(VISIBLE LIGHT
COMMUNICATION)



HISTORY
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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.


WORKING
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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.

Working principle

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PRESENT SCENARIO
1.4 Million 5 Billion
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PRESENT SCENARIO
Radio Spectrum is congested but the demand for
wireless data double each year. Every thing, it
seems want to use wireless data but the capacity is
drying up.
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Radio
Waves
Infrared
Rays
Visible
Rays
Ultraviolet
Rays
X- Rays
Gama
Rays

Gama rays cant be used as they could be dangerous.
X-rays have similar health issues.
Ultraviolet light is good for place without people, but other wise
dangerous for the human body.
Infrared, due to eye safety regulation, can only be used with low
power.


HENCE WE LEFT WITH THE ONLY THE VISIBLE - LIGHT SPECTRUM.
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Transmission element
Signals from the data input is
modulated to intensity of light.
Transmission side simply
contains an led lamp which
transmits the modulated light
signals.
This led lamp contains a series of
LEDs which proto fits according
to the input given .
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Receiving element
Receiving elements are AVALANCHE PHOTO
DIODE and image sensor.
Avalanche photo diode is responsible for converting
the light signal into electrical signal and further the
procedure is carried out by image sensor.
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Illustration
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DIFFERENCE B/W
TECHNOLOGIES
TECHNOLOGY SPEED
Fire wire 800 Mbps
USB 3.0 5 Gbps
Thunder bolt 20 Gbps
Wi-Fi 150 Mbps
Bluetooth 3 Mbps
IrDA 4 Mbps
Wi-Gig 2 Gbps
Giga-IR 1Gbps
Li-Fi >10 Gbps
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POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF LI-
FI
Li Fi technology is still in its infancy .However some areas where it seems
perfectly applicable are:-

TRAFFIC LIGHTS
Traffic lights can communicate to the car and with each other.


Cars have LED-based headlights, LED-based cack lights, and cars
can communicate with each other and prevent accidents in by
exchanging information.
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INTRINSICALLY SAFE
ENCIRONMENTS
Visible Light is more safe than RF, hence it can be used in places
where RF can't be used such as petrochemical plants, airplanes etc.
PUBLIC INTERNET HOTSPOTS
There are millions of street lamps deployed around the world.

Each of these street lamps could be a free access point.
POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF LI-
FI
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ON OCEAN BEDS
Li-Fi can even work underwater were Wi-Fi fails completely,
thereby throwing open endless opportunities for military/navigation
operations.
POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF LI-
FI
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ADVANTAGES
Availability
Efficiency
Easy to use
Fast data transfer
Harmless
Low-cost

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DISADVANTAGE
The major disadvantage here is the fact
that these signals cannot penetrate
walls. So if you want to move from one
room to another, you will need to have
a wired bulb present in that room as
well!
A major challenge facing Li-Fi is how
the receiving device will transmit back
to transmitter.
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CONCLUSION
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 a Wi-Fi
hotspots to transmit wireless data.

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