The Perks Of Li Fi Technology Products

By Melissa Young


Li-Fi stands for light fidelity and has revolutionized the speed at which wireless communication travels. So say goodbye to Wi-Fi and hello to li fi technology products. The light fidelity technology arose from the brainchild of a University lecturer Harald Haas who has certainly made his mark in the way communication technology works. We must remember though that despite the thought and planning from Haas, a past inventor Alexander Graham Bell was one who invented the photophone which transmitted talking via flickers of sunlight. It is upon a similar basis that the li-fi technology was based.

Light fidelity is rather similar to Wi-fi itself in that both systems work to transmit data electronically. The only difference being the source that the systems used to transmit the data. Whereas Wi-fi uses radio waves the li-fi system relies entirely on visible light waves. How this works is that it allows for a photodetector to gain light signals which eventually converts data into content that can be streamed.

The light fidelity hype is spreading like wildfire. Not only have the United Kingdom brands and companies developed an interest in this technology but other countries too. Dubai in the UAE is known to be one emirate that is testing those systems. French investment firms are also buying into the trend by promising to get their staff connected to the internet by only using light fidelity systems.

It s hard to compare and contrast Wi-Fi and li-fi systems. Both systems being highly similar in terms of the premise that they are built on but entirely different in terms of the waves that they rely on for internet connectivity. Light fidelity is known to be way faster than the common Wi-Fi connection. However, the 224 gigabytes per second speed rate itself cannot vouch that li-fi is by far better than Wi-Fi.

Public Wi-Fi is still seen as ideal because people in public places can easily and effectively connect to Wi-Fi. With the light fidelity system, this ease of connection in public spaces is much more complicated. In areas where there is limited light bulbs or an outage of light bulbs than obviously, the light fidelity connectivity system suffers the brunt.

The speed of li-fi can in no way be denied to be this type of connectivity s best asset. Due to the increased speed, data can be transferred at much higher levels and much more devices will be able to connect to each other with ease.

Due to the evolution of connectivity, the connectivity spectrum had to be broadened in some way to incorporate many more users. The light fidelity system has thus taken the future connectivity demands into consideration. In this way, li-fi allows for spectrum utilization that is actually one thousand times greater than the spectrum used for radio frequencies.

Like with Wi-Fi, Li-Fi too has its fair share of advantages and disadvantages. However, one cannot help but take their hat off to the brains behind the creation of light fidelity- Harald Haas. The professor did certainly consider connections in even the most hostile of environments. Needless to say, he took the idea of a secure connection to an entirely new level.




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