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A World Connected by LightPaul Chamberlain, President, Linmore LED Labs, Inc. 

Imagine every light could connect you to the Internet

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By 2025 there won’t be enough RFcapacity to meet demand.

Please wait...

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RF data pipes are too small to service our demands.

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LiFi can offer 1000 x the bandwidth

0.3THzof RF spectrumfor WiGig, WiFi,

TV, cellular& everything else

6THzof wireless spectrum

needed in thenext 20 years

at current growth

20xmore than available

RF spectrum

340THz

of visible light spectrum alone

Light is the answer

“The Great Radio Spectrum Crunch”- IEEE Spectrum

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Spectrum Crunch

Winzer, Neilson, “From Scaling Disparities to IntegratedParallelism: A Decathlon, JLT, 2017r a Decade

In 20 years (6G?), this means 12,000 bandwidth

500 MHz used for WiFi in 5 GHz band will need to become 6 THz RF is only 0.3 THz!!

20 times shortfall! 

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What is LiFi?

A real mobile wireless connection through light.

Bidirectional, fully networked, high speed communications using the light spectrum.

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1,000x bandwidth of RFUnprecedented speed potential

Higher data densityEnergy efficient lighting + data

Inherently safe & secureBidirectional

Centimetre accurate locationLicense exempt spectrum

Planned 5G/WiFi interop

Why Add LiFi?

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How it works

The communications backhaul connects to the LiFi Access Point (AP) via a wired connection.

The AP connected to an LED modulates the light at super fast speeds to send data.

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How it works

Data is received back to the AP using a photo sensitive receiver.

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Secure No Interference Data Density Location Services Efficiency Smart Lighting

LiFi Benefits

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LiFi: inherently more secure and safe.

Secure meeting rooms

Secure field communications for defence

User Behavioural Analytics

Geo-Fencing & Asset Tracking

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Unprecedented Data Density.

No dead spots

More bandwidth

Reliable and Fast

LiFi can operate in RF hostile zones.

Power Plants

Hospitals

Airplanes

Manufacturing Facilities

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Location Services

Retail & Tourism

Advertising

Smart Lighting

Every light can independently controlled

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- Light can be contained within walls.

- Each light has it’s own IP address so secure data can be geofenced to

certain areas.

- Assets can be tracked based own their location under each light.

A LiFi Use Case

Secure Office Networking with LiFi

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- LiFi can achieve approximately 1,000 times the data density of Wi-Fi

offering more data per square metre which reduces the need to share

the wireless bandwidth with other users.

- Each LiFi enabled light provides each user with data speeds which are

not compromised by the number of active users.

- You can simply extend your lighting network to increase your

bandwidth.

A LiFi Use Case

Data Density for Enterprise

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- LiFi enabled lights have their own separate IP address which can be

used to gather important behavioural patterns by tracking users

movements within a particular environment.

- Location services can be extremely influential for retails and leisure

establishments who can use LiFi to improve attractions, exhibits or

stores to increase performance or sales acquisitions by using

influential metrics.

A LiFi Use Case

Location Services in Retail & Leisure

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Industry 4.0 and most modern production facilities struggle with radio frequency

interference. However LiFi can not only provide wireless communications in modern

connected manufacturing facilities. LiFi can enable industry 4.0 with fast reliable and safe

wireless communications.

A LiFi Use Case

LiFi conquering RF interference.

LiFi Adoption

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65Deployments

20Countries

16Use Cases

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Smart Buildings

“The installation of high bandwidth LiFi in our offices fits our vision and perfectly fits with our client’s demands of increased mobility, system security and connectivity. “

Pierre Sorel, Sogeprom’s Deputy CEO

Leisure and Tourism

Crantec LDA Integrated LiFi technology in a smart table with a touch display for use in the leisure and tourism industries in Portugal.

The table offers reliable and fast wireless communications.

The Secure Wireless Mobile Headquarters of the Future

LiFi, which uses the visible light spectrum instead of radio frequencies for high-speed wireless data communication, offers substantially greater security and safety, as well as helping to reduce infrastructure complexity and energy consumption.

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We see LiFi in every light every device

connecting everything and

everyone