Wi-Fi networks dependent on radio waves are growing more congested all the time—and can’t be used everywhere—so various researchers and companies are betting light waves from LED lamps and overheads can also stream data and connect people to the internet. So-called Li-Fi technology, which uses a much more abundant slice of the wireless spectrum, is also more energy-efficient than Wi-Fi, though for now people need a special USB drive to use it. Light waves can’t pass through walls like radio waves do, but that also makes the networks more secure. A group from the world’s largest technical association, IEEE, will have draft standards for LiFi ready by yearend for companies that want to commercialize the technology, says its chairman, Bob Heile.
Imagine a world where every LED light could connect you to the internet. Imagine LiFi
in February pureLiFi was at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona demonstrating the future of wireless communications through light.
This is an exciting opportunity for us to demonstrate:
- The world’s first LiFi integrated luminaire
- The world’s smallest and fastest LiFi dongle
- Fluid handover experience between lights
Mobile World Congress in 2018
pureLiFi will be returning to Mobile World Congress in 2018 to demonstrate our new products and our vision of wireless communications through light.