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Last updated August 2017

How does LiFi work? How does LiFi work in a Will LiFi work in my pocket? How is LiFi more secure
bright room with sunlight? than other wireless
LiFi is high speed, bidirectional, and fully No LiFi does not work in your pocket, unless you technologies?
networked wireless communication of data LiFi can operate in daylight and even in direct have a transparent suit.
using light. LiFi comprises of multiple lightbulbs sunlight conditions, as the modulated light pureLiFi is developing the security components
that form a wireless network. can still be detected. LiFi relies on detecting LiFi is a complimentary technology that works and technologies that enable security specialists
the fast changes in light intensity and not on alongside other wireless technologies such as to deliver more secure wireless communications.
When an electrical current is applied to a LED the absolute or slowly varying levels caused by Wi-Fi. If the light signal to a LiFi enabled device
light bulb a stream of light (photons) is emitted natural disruptions in daylight or sunlight. LiFi is below the receiver’s threshold then it will not LiFi is significantly more secure than other
from the bulb. LED bulbs are semiconductor technology modulates the light at very high receive data. In that instance, radio systems wireless technologies because light can be
devices, which means that the brightness of the rates and sunlight is constant light and therefore or cellular networks, if available, will continue contained in a physical space. Our doors and
light flowing through them can be changed at can be filtered out at the receiver. to deliver data. However, the moment the blinds can be shut, and physical barriers and
extremely high speeds. This allows us to send a Our team at pureLiFi has tested our receivers device begins to receive light from a LiFi light adjustments can be implemented to contain
signal by modulating the light at different rates. outdoors under 77,000 Lux of sunlight. bulb, then the device will resume high speed and protect the light. We can create the
The signal can then be received by a detector communications using light as an additional conditions that allow us to shut the door on our
which interprets the changes in light intensity How does LiFi work when you communications medium. wireless data.
(the signal) as data. turn off the lights?
  It should be understood that the existing
The intensity modulation cannot be seen by If all power to a light is turned off then there
security protocols for encryption and
the human eye, and thus communication is just is no LiFi. However, LiFi technology can be
Can we see LiFi lights
authentication can be leveraged in LiFi systems
as seamless as other radio systems, allowing enabled to dim low enough that a room will
to provide even more secure wireless systems.
the users to be connected where there is LiFi appear dark and still transmit data.
flicker?
enabled light. Using this technique, data can be
transmitted from a LED light bulb and back at Currently, pureLiFi’s technology provide How much does LiFi cost?
The LED lights used to transmit LiFi signals
high speeds. communications at light levels down to 60
are modulated at such a fast rate that the eye pureLiFi is currently working towards
lux. For comparison the British standard for
INTERNET INTRANET SERVER cannot perceive the modulation or “flicker”. This miniaturisation of LiFi technology. Ultimately
minimum light level for reading is 400 lux.
is similar to the way our eyes do not interpret the end goal is to have LiFi in every mobile
There are also other options for using invisible
the break between film frames in a motion device. This means that the technology will be
ROUTER & SWITCH parts of the light spectrum such as infra-red,
picture. Just as you see a smooth motion on the affordable for integration into handsets, tablets
which is currently already being used for
cinema screen, you will see an uninterrupted and laptops.
sending information back to the lightbulb
source of steady light streaming from a LiFi
POE OR PLC

(uplink).
ACCESS POINT
enabled luminaire. Ultimately the end consumer will see minimal or
no cost associated with LiFi as the goal is to have
As a comparison, the lowest frequency at which LiFi embedded in every wireless mobile device.
Is LiFi a line of sight technology? the lights are modulated is 1MHz and this is
10,000 times higher than the refresh rate of our Today companies can speak to pureLiFi
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Light bounces off of surfaces and therefore LiFi computer screens. about working with us on proof of concept
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is not strictly a line-of-sight technology. projects and other types of installations. These
installations are priced based on individual
LiFi is a cellular communication system and the requirements.
data rate is not dependent on the line of sight
but on the signal quality at the device. Signal
quality can be defined by the ratio of the desired
TRANSMITTER RECEIVER
data vs any interfering data and noise.