Kyocera SLD Laser Announced The Demonstration Of The World's Fastest LiFi System That Delivers Data Rate Of 90 Gbps At The CES 2022

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    Kyocera SLD Laser Announced The Demonstration Of The World's Fastest LiFi System That Delivers Data Rate Of 90 Gbps At The CES 2022

    Kyocera SLD Laser

    KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc. (KSLD), a world leader in commercialisation of laser light sources, has made the announcement of demonstrating LiFi data rate of 90 Gbps from their LiFi system at the CES 2022. The company is demonstrating its DataLight innovation for automotive and consumer applications at the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, January 5 - 7, 2022.

    James Raring, CEO of Kyocera SLD Laser, stated that: “We are thrilled to announce KSLD's achievement of world record LiFi data rate of 90 Gbps and our demonstration of this DataLight innovation at CES 2022 in our exhibition booth. To pioneer the future of lighting and wireless connectivity, our ultra-high speed LiFi technology is eye-safe, impervious to ambient lighting, secure, efficient, and RF-free. KSLD is commercialising LiFi solutions for customers in mobility applications, automotive, and undersea, as well as RF-sensitive environments such as airplane cabins, smart factories, healthcare, secure government facilities, and smart cities.”

    KSLD's DataLight LiFi innovation uses dual-emission visible and infrared LaserLight sources. These sources enable customers to commercialise potent intelligent illumination systems including functionality of spatially dynamic lighting, night vision illumination, accurate sensing and 3D LIDAR, as well as optical power transmission. DataLight engines can be configured for customer specific applications and have exciting potential to be performance optimised using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

    KYOCERA SLD Laser is pioneering the future of light. As stated on their website, new ideas are being harnessed to realise tomorrow’s product innovations.

    The next generation in lighting has arrived, shining brighter and farther than ever before. In the last decade, LED enabled a new generation of lighting that changed everything. Now, LaserLight outshines the limits of LED to deliver safe, high luminance white light from an incredibly small point source. LaserLight doesn’t just offer superior technology, it’s enabling entirely new opportunities.

    KYOCERA SLD are commercialising revolutionary semi-polar GaN LaserLight for the next generation of display, automotive, and specialty applications. LaserLight sources are used directly in single color and R-G-B applications, or integrated into laser pumped phosphor architectures.

    As an independent spin-off from Soraa Inc, SLD Laser was founded in 2013 by several leading global pioneers in solid state lighting, including Dr. Shuji Nakamura, a 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics for his groundbreaking work with LEDs, Dr. Steve Denbaars, Dr. James Raring, and Dr. Paul Rudy. Our laser technology incorporates a robust intellectual property portfolio of over 500 patents. SLD Laser was acquired by KYOCERA Corporation and has commenced operations as a Kyocera group company under the name KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

    Article source: https://www.kyocera-sldlaser.com/news/kyocera-sld-laser-achieves-world-record-lifi-communications-data-rate-100-times-faster-than-5g

    CES 2022

    As stated from their website, CES® is the most influential tech event in the world and the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector.

    CES showcases companies including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and more. It also includes a conference program where the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers address the industry's most relevant issues.

    CES® 2022 will be held in Las Vegas from the 5th January 2022 providing a global audience access to major brands and startups, as well as the world’s most-influential leaders. Over 1900 companies have committed to exhibiting in Las Vegas and many more are being added each week.

    What is LiFi?

    LiFi, also known as "Light Fidelity" is a wireless optical networking technology, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit data. In 2011, professor Harald Haas made a LiFi demonstration at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Global Talk on Visible Light Communication (VLC).

    VLC uses light as a medium to deliver high-speed communication like Wi-Fi and complies with the IEEE standard IEEE 802.15.7. The IEEE 802.15.7 is a high-speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication technology-based standard similar to Wi-Fi's IEEE 802.11.

    How does LiFi work?

    LiFi is a high speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication of data using light. LiFi constitutes of several light bulbs that form a wireless network.

    When an electrical current goes through to a LED light bulb, a stream of light (photons) emits from the lamp. LED bulbs are semiconductor devices, which means that the brightness of the light flowing through them can change at extremely high speeds. The signal is sent by modulating the light at different rates. The signal can then be received by a detector that interprets the changes in light intensity (the signal) as data. Also when the LED is ON, you transmit a digital 1, and when it is OFF, you transmit a 0.

    LiFi Benefits

    The primary benefits of LiFi are as follows:

    • Security: Provides entirely secure access. Where there is no light there is no data.

    • Safety: Does not produce electromagnetic radiation and does not interfere with existing electronic systems.

    • Localisation: Allows localisation due to the small coverage area of LiFi access point - localisation can be used for very precise asset tracking.

    • Data density: Provides ubiquitous high-speed wireless access that offers substantially greater data density (data rate per unit area) than RF through high bandwidth reuse.

    Credit to Oledcomm

    LiFi Applications

    LiFi can be used for so many applications and the list is increasing every year. You can read our updated list of Li-Fi applications at the following link:

    https://www.lifitn.com/blog/2021/2/13/top-30-li-fi-applications-updated-list-including-potential-applications

    Credit to pureLiFi

    In conclusion, if you are also interested to hear more information about the OWNII Coin or enquire about LiFi devices such as the LiFiMax and Trulifi, you can contact us through our chatbot or by sending an email through our contact us form. If you enjoyed this post and would like to hear more updates about LiFi technology, subscribe to our newsletter. Don’t forget to subscribe to our social media accounts. You can also join our Telegram group about LiFi technology on this link:

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    Oledcomm Unveils The LIFIMAXTab, The World First LiFi Android Tablet

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      Oledcomm Unveils The LIFIMAXTab, The World First LIFiI Android Tablet

      Credit to Oledcomm

      Oledcomm

      Oledcomm designs and develops LiFi network interface devices that enable high-speed wireless data communication. It also serves LiFi equipment in the telecom, datacom, personal electronics, and industrial markets. The company’s product portfolio includes hubs, routers, switches, adapters, drivers, power supplies, and more.

      Oledcomm was founded in 2012 and is based in Paris, France. Oledcomm's adventure began in 2005 in the research laboratories of the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin with the first work on communication by visible light.

      Following years of research & development and a passion for innovation, Oledcomm became the pioneer of LiFi (Light Fidelity) solutions and innovation on a global scale.

      Based in the Paris region, Oledcomm employs around 20 people and designs complete solutions for LiFi operation, including microcontrollers, LiFi photoreceivers and software platforms.

      Today, after more than 28 patents, 15 years of R&D, over 500 trusted clients and several awards, Oledcomm is pursuing a strong mission: to transform the 14 billion points of light in the world into a powerful communication network.

      LIFIMAXTab

      The LiFiMAX Tab will be unveiled at the CES 2022. Oledcomm, the leader in high-speed Internet by invisible light, achieves 3Gbps in point-to-point connections and introduces LiFiMAXTab®, the first Android tablet with built-in LiFi.

      The tablet has a 10.1 "screen of 1920 x 1200 pixels with an 8-core MediaTek SoC (up to 2 GHz) with 4 GB of memory and 64 GB of storage. Two sensors of 2 and 5 MP are present, with an 8000 mAh battery, Wi-Fi 5. Nothing very exceptional… like the version of Android which is already showing a certain age: only 10.0, while 12 is available in the final version.

      This tablet therefore does not need a dongle to use LiFi, and it can reach up to 150 Mbs for downlink and uplink rates. The LiFiMAXTab will be available for sale from February 2022, at a starting price of around 400 euros (£340).

      Benjamin Azoulay, President of Oledcomm explains: “As every year since 2018, Oledcomm further emphasizes its leadership in LiFi by offering the first Android tablet with built-in LiFi, thus making LiFi available to all mobile devices. The tablet allows all family members to connect to the Internet, providing a reliable, stable connection without RF frequencies and a signal that cannot be intercepted outside the room".

      CES 2022

      As stated from their website, CES® is the most influential tech event in the world and the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector.

      CES showcases companies including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and more. It also includes a conference program where the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers address the industry's most relevant issues.

      CES® 2022 will be held in Las Vegas from the 5th January 2022 providing a global audience access to major brands and startups, as well as the world’s most-influential leaders. Over 1900 companies have committed to exhibiting in Las Vegas and many more are being added each week.

      What is LiFi?

      LiFi, also known as "Light Fidelity" is a wireless optical networking technology, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit data. In 2011, professor Harald Haas made a LiFi demonstration at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Global Talk on Visible Light Communication (VLC).

      VLC uses light as a medium to deliver high-speed communication like Wi-Fi and complies with the IEEE standard IEEE 802.15.7. The IEEE 802.15.7 is a high-speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication technology-based standard similar to Wi-Fi's IEEE 802.11.

      How does LiFi work?

      LiFi is a high speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication of data using light. LiFi constitutes of several light bulbs that form a wireless network.

      When an electrical current goes through to a LED light bulb, a stream of light (photons) emits from the lamp. LED bulbs are semiconductor devices, which means that the brightness of the light flowing through them can change at extremely high speeds. The signal is sent by modulating the light at different rates. The signal can then be received by a detector that interprets the changes in light intensity (the signal) as data. Also when the LED is ON, you transmit a digital 1, and when it is OFF, you transmit a 0.

      LiFi Benefits

      The primary benefits of LiFi are as follows:

      • Security: Provides entirely secure access. Where there is no light there is no data.

      • Safety: Does not produce electromagnetic radiation and does not interfere with existing electronic systems.

      • Localisation: Allows localisation due to the small coverage area of LiFi access point - localisation can be used for very precise asset tracking.

      • Data density: Provides ubiquitous high-speed wireless access that offers substantially greater data density (data rate per unit area) than RF through high bandwidth reuse.

      Credit to Oledcomm

      LiFi Applications

      LiFi can be used for so many applications and the list is increasing every year. You can read our updated list of Li-Fi applications at the following link:

      https://www.lifitn.com/blog/2021/2/13/top-30-li-fi-applications-updated-list-including-potential-applications

      Credit to pureLiFi

      In conclusion, if you are also interested to hear more information about the OWNII Coin or enquire about LiFi devices such as the LiFiMax and Trulifi, you can contact us through our chatbot or by sending an email through our contact us form. If you enjoyed this post and would like to hear more updates about LiFi technology, subscribe to our newsletter. Don’t forget to subscribe to our social media accounts. You can also join our Telegram group about LiFi technology on this link:

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      LiFi Rewind 2021 - A Look Back of LiFi News And Events That Occurred In 2021

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        LiFi Rewind 2021 - A Look Back of LiFi News And Events That Occurred In 2021

        LiFi Rewind 2021

        HAPPY NEW YEAR,

        As a yearly tradition, we look back at news and events in relation to LiFi technology that occurred in the year 2021. 2021 was once again a year of great developments, achievements and advancements of LiFi technology. The following timeline displays the main events that took place in regards to LiFi.

        “Testing of Li-Fi Technology at Malaga’s María Zambrano station by Adif”
        — January 2021
        “Akrund and Navanagar villages in Aravalli district of Gujara have becomed India’s first smart villages with LiFi-based Internet connectivity.”
        — February 2021
        “Light Rider Demonstrate LiFi to South Lakes Seahawk Cyber Club”
        — February 2021
        “Signify And World Forum The Hague Announced The World First LiFi Installation In A Congress Centre”
        — February 2021
        “World’s First Gigabit LiFi-connected Workbench by Pamungkas Sumasta”
        — March 2021
        “pureLiFi Announces The World First Large Scale LiFi Deployment and Deal With The US ARMY Europe and Africa”
        — April 2021
        “Airbus Corporate Jet Announces Partnership With Latécoère Interconnection Systems On Delivering ACJ Smart LiFi Monitors”
        — May 2021
        “pureLiFi Demonstrates Their New LiFi Enabled Phone At The OFC Conference”
        — June 2021
        “Signify and KIXS used Trulifi to create a Fast Field Data Link across runways and taxiways at Airbase Volkel, The Netherlands.”
        — June 2021
        “Oledcomm Presented Their New Gigabit Optical Front End (OFE) Chip At The MWC (Mobile World Congress) Barcelona 2021”
        — July 2021
        “Signify Joins HomeGrid Forum For The Expansion Of G.hn Technology Deployment With LiFi Technology”
        — July 2021
        “University Researchers Released A New Paper On Unexplored Semiconducting Materials for LiFi And Other Next-Generation Data Communications”
        — August 2021
        “Ahmedabad-based Nav Wireless Technologies Pvt Install LiFi Technology at The Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL)”
        — September 2021
        “Lucibel Announces The 3rd Generation of Their LiFi Products, The “Lucipanel””
        — September 2021
        “Rolland-Plaisance Media Library Tests Li Fi Technology Products From Lucibel, Ellipz And Signify”
        — October 2021
        “Orange, The First French Operator, Engaging In LiFi Technology At Their New Store In The Kirchberg Shopping Centre”
        — October 2021
        “PureLiFi Tells LEDs Magazine That “Laser Light Will Better Serve LiFi””
        — October 2021
        “Huneed And Latécoère Demonstrated LiFi Technology For Ships At The Seoul ADEX 2021”
        — October 2021
        “OWNii Coin (LiFi Cryptocurrency) Launch Update 2021”
        — November 2021
        “A Research Team From The IMDEA Networks Institute Introduces The PassiveLiFi, A Battery-Free System That Uses LiFi To Transmit RF Backscatter”
        — November 2021
        “Airbus Announced The Launching Of “The ACJ Smart LiFi Monitor” Developed In Partnership With Latécoère.”
        — November 2021
        “pureLiFi Named On EE Times Silicon 100 List For The Second Year In A Row”
        — November 2021
        “HomeGrid Forum Forms A New Leadership Team Including Five Task Forces to drive G.hn innovation and deployments”
        — December 2021
        “pureLiFi Announced Another Big Deal To Supply The US Army With Additional Kitefin LiFi Systems”
        — December 2021
        “Celebration of LiFi Excellence of Professor Harald Haas For His Research And Scientific Leadership”
        — December 2021


        “KYOCERA SLD Laser Announces World’s First Laser Light Engines for Dynamic Illumination, Sensing and LiFi Communications for Automotive and Consumer Applications”
        — December 2021
        “Researchers at MIT Have 3D printed The World’s Longest Rechargeable Battery As A Fibre 140m Long As Part Of A LiFi System”
        — December 2021




        What is LiFi?


        LiFi, also known as "Light Fidelity" is a wireless optical networking technology, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit data. In 2011, professor Harald Haas made a LiFi demonstration at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Global Talk on Visible Light Communication (VLC).

        VLC uses light as a medium to deliver high-speed communication like Wi-Fi and complies with the IEEE standard IEEE 802.15.7. The IEEE 802.15.7 is a high-speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication technology-based standard similar to Wi-Fi's IEEE 802.11.

        How does LiFi work?

        LiFi is a high speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication of data using light. LiFi constitutes of several light bulbs that form a wireless network.

        When an electrical current goes through to a LED light bulb, a stream of light (photons) emits from the lamp. LED bulbs are semiconductor devices, which means that the brightness of the light flowing through them can change at extremely high speeds. The signal is sent by modulating the light at different rates. The signal can then be received by a detector that interprets the changes in light intensity (the signal) as data. Also when the LED is ON, you transmit a digital 1, and when it is OFF, you transmit a 0.

        LiFi Benefits

        The primary benefits of LiFi are as follows:

        • Security: Provides entirely secure access. Where there is no light there is no data.

        • Safety: Does not produce electromagnetic radiation and does not interfere with existing electronic systems.

        • Localisation: Allows localisation due to the small coverage area of LiFi access point - localisation can be used for very precise asset tracking.

        • Data density: Provides ubiquitous high-speed wireless access that offers substantially greater data density (data rate per unit area) than RF through high bandwidth reuse.

        Credit to Oledcomm

        LiFi Applications

        LiFi can be used for so many applications and the list is increasing every year. You can read our updated list of Li-Fi applications at the following link:

        https://www.lifitn.com/blog/2021/2/13/top-30-li-fi-applications-updated-list-including-potential-applications

        Credit to pureLiFi

        In conclusion, if you are also interested to hear more information about the OWNII Coin or enquire about LiFi devices such as the LiFiMax and Trulifi, you can contact us through our chatbot or by sending an email through our contact us form. If you enjoyed this post and would like to hear more updates about LiFi technology, subscribe to our newsletter. Don’t forget to subscribe to our social media accounts. You can also join our Telegram group about LiFi technology on this link:

        https://t.me/joinchat/FMzOmsEKyJFrU6Af


        Researchers at MIT Have 3D Printed The World’s Longest Rechargeable Battery As A Fibre 140m Long As Part Of A LiFi System

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          Researchers at MIT Have 3D printed The World’s Longest Rechargeable Battery As A Fibre 140m Long As Part Of A LiFi System

          Credit to pureLiFi

          MIT Research Team

          Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has since played a key role in the development of modern technology and science and has been ranked among the top academic institutions in the world.

          Founded in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. The institute has an urban campus that extends more than a mile (1.6 km) alongside the Charles River, and encompasses a number of major off-campus facilities such as the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Bates Center, and the Haystack Observatory, as well as affiliated laboratories such as the Broad and Whitehead Institutes.

          Researchers at MIT in the US recently developed a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in the form of a fibre that could be woven into fabrics.

          As a proof of concept the team produced the world’s longest fibre battery at 140 meters long with a process that could produce a battery as long as 1 km. The 140m fibre has an energy storage capacity of 123 mAh to charge smartwatches or phones and is only a few hundred microns in diameter, making it suitable for weaving into materials for wearable systems.

          The fibre battery is made with the use of new electrolyte gels and a standard fibre-drawing system that starts with a larger cylinder containing all the components and then heats it to just below its melting point. The material is drawn through a narrow opening to compress all the parts to a fraction of their original diameter, while maintaining all the original arrangement of parts.

          This embeds the lithium and other materials inside the fibre, with a protective outside coating, thus directly making this version stable and waterproof. “There’s no obvious upper limit to the length. We could definitely do a kilometre-scale length,” says researcher Tural Khudiyev, who is now an assistant professor at National University of Singapore.

          “This is the first 3D printing of a fibre battery device,” said Khudiyev. “After printing, you do not need to add anything else, because everything is already inside the fibre, all the metals, all the active materials. It’s just a one-step printing. That’s a first.”

          “When we embed the active materials inside the fibrer, that means sensitive battery components already have a good sealing and all the active materials are very well-integrated, so they don’t change their position,” he said. The aspect ratio is up to a million, making it practical to use standard weaving equipment to create fabrics that incorporate the batteries as well as electronic systems.

          A demonstration device uses the fibre battery to power an LED and receiver in a LiFi light-based communication system. The team has also embedded multiple LEDs into the fibre.


          Article source: https://www.eenewseurope.com/news/worlds-longest-fibre-battery-powers-lifi-system

          What is LiFi?

          LiFi, also known as "Light Fidelity" is a wireless optical networking technology, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit data. In 2011, professor Harald Haas made a LiFi demonstration at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Global Talk on Visible Light Communication (VLC).

          VLC uses light as a medium to deliver high-speed communication like Wi-Fi and complies with the IEEE standard IEEE 802.15.7. The IEEE 802.15.7 is a high-speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication technology-based standard similar to Wi-Fi's IEEE 802.11.

          How does LiFi work?

          LiFi is a high speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication of data using light. LiFi constitutes of several light bulbs that form a wireless network.

          When an electrical current goes through to a LED light bulb, a stream of light (photons) emits from the lamp. LED bulbs are semiconductor devices, which means that the brightness of the light flowing through them can change at extremely high speeds. The signal is sent by modulating the light at different rates. The signal can then be received by a detector that interprets the changes in light intensity (the signal) as data. Also when the LED is ON, you transmit a digital 1, and when it is OFF, you transmit a 0.

          LiFi Benefits

          The primary benefits of LiFi are as follows:

          • Security: Provides entirely secure access. Where there is no light there is no data.

          • Safety: Does not produce electromagnetic radiation and does not interfere with existing electronic systems.

          • Localisation: Allows localisation due to the small coverage area of LiFi access point - localisation can be used for very precise asset tracking.

          • Data density: Provides ubiquitous high-speed wireless access that offers substantially greater data density (data rate per unit area) than RF through high bandwidth reuse.

          Credit to Oledcomm

          LiFi Applications

          LiFi can be used for so many applications and the list is increasing every year. You can read our updated list of Li-Fi applications at the following link:

          https://www.lifitn.com/blog/2021/2/13/top-30-li-fi-applications-updated-list-including-potential-applications

          Credit to pureLiFi

          In conclusion, if you are also interested to hear more information about the OWNII Coin or enquire about LiFi devices such as the LiFiMax and Trulifi, you can contact us through our chatbot or by sending an email through our contact us form. If you enjoyed this post and would like to hear more updates about LiFi technology, subscribe to our newsletter. Don’t forget to subscribe to our social media accounts. You can also join our Telegram group about LiFi technology on this link:

          https://t.me/joinchat/FMzOmsEKyJFrU6Af


          KYOCERA SLD Laser Announces World’s First Laser Light Engines for Dynamic Illumination, Sensing and LiFi Communications for Automotive and Consumer Applications

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            KYOCERA SLD Laser Announces World’s First Laser Light Engines for Dynamic Illumination, Sensing and LiFi Communications for Automotive and Consumer Applications

            KYOCERA

            KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc. (KSLD), a world leader in commercialisation of laser light sources, has made the announcement of introducing the world’s first LaserLightTM engines that deliver dynamic white and infrared (IR) night vision illumination along with sensing and LiFi communication functionality for automotive and consumer applications. The company will demonstrate its award winning products, new LaserLight engines, and recent innovations in optical power transfer and lighting disinfection at the Consumer Electronics Show January 5 – 8, 2022.

            Following the successful launching of the white LaserLight into automotive headlights in 2019, the company is now introducing LaserLight engines that feature dual white/IR emission to fuse multiple critical functionalities including dynamic white lighting and infrared night vision illumination that can be combined with sensing and LiFi communications. The high brightness collimated white light provides 1 km beam distance while independently delivering IR illumination for night vision cameras to enable maximum machine vision visibility and safety. White/IR dual emission sources are critical for all mobility applications including automotive, avionics, drones, railway, and marine. In the consumer and professional product space, the dual emission sources will find application in portable lighting products, night vision illuminators, and rangefinders for recreation and outdoor, search & rescue, and security applications. Until now, dual emission white/IR sources have not been possible because LEDs and legacy lamp-based light sources are unable to deliver high brightness white and IR emission from the same point source, and they are incapable of being modulated at the high speeds required for accurate sensing and fast data rates.

            The illumination pattern of KSLD’s LaserLight engines can be electronically adjusted on-demand for efficient and high precision dynamic beam shaping. In sensing and imaging, the fast temporal response of KSLD’s LaserLight enables high-resolution ranging at distances over 250 meters for automotive ADAS systems as well as consumer rangefinding applications. Beyond single-point depth sensing, the LaserLight engines can be combined with imaging sensors to facilitate full 3D LiDAR systems. To support the future of wireless connectivity, the LaserLight engines deliver high-speed, secure, efficient, RF-free LiFi communication with data rates exceeding 1 gigabit per second for mobility applications including car-to-x exterior, vehicle interiors, airplane cabins, as well as future smart cities, healthcare, secure facilities, and smart factories. By providing both white and IR from the same source and combining dynamic lighting, accurate sensing, and high speed communication, KSLD’s LaserLight engines enable customers to commercialize potent intelligent illumination systems. These LaserLight engines can be configured for customer specific applications and have exciting potential to be performance optimized using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

            Beyond lighting, sensing, and communication, KSLD will demonstrate the world’s first optical power transmission over fiber using its innovative, high efficiency GaN laser and photocell semiconductor chip technology at CES 2022. This innovation in the field of power transfer has the potential to replace heavy and sensitive metal wire harnesses in mobility applications with a lightweight, noise-free optical solution, increasing the efficiency and extending the range of electric vehicles and airplanes, while making them more secure and safe. This power-over-light solution can be configured to include optical data communications to deliver data and power to sensors in a distributed system such as a vehicle.

            Using the same GaN laser technology, KSLD will be demonstrating the world’s first LaserLight optical disinfection module, which delivers dual white and violet light emission to provide ambient white lighting while neutralizing bacterial growth for applications in ride sharing vehicles, airliners and healthcare facilities. The LaserLight optical disinfection modules are configurable to deliver light through optical fiber in remote lighting applications where optical disinfection is needed, such as in refrigerators, spas, pools, and fountains.

            KSLD will demononstrate its existing LaserLight white light products which were first adopted in car headlights on the road in 2019, delivering high brightness, high visibility, eye-safe illumination by generating precise beam patterns with minimum glare from miniature modules that save critical space in the car and provide unmatched styling and design freedom. For the automotive aftermarket, KSLD will display LaserLight sources deployed in off-road applications including in podium finisher vehicles since 2018 at the BFGoodrich SCORE Baja 1000, the world’s most prestigious off-road motorsport race. KSLD’s fiber light sources will be on display delivering white emissive fiber illumination with up to 10,000 cd/m2 for ultra-bright lighting for vehicle exterior grills, logos, and interiors. These sources deliver 10 times the brightness of LED solutions, producing brilliant and efficient illumination from thin, low cost plug-and-play fiber optics and a modular light source.

            KYOCERA SLD Laser will host meetings in person at CES 2022 in West Hall Exhibition Booth 3423 and virtually by appointment. You can contact Kristen Hanna at KHanna@SLDlaser.com for scheduling apointment.

            KYOCERA SLD Laser is pioneering the future of light. As stated on their website, new ideas are being harnessed to realise tomorrow’s product innovations.

            The next generation in lighting has arrived, shining brighter and farther than ever before. In the last decade, LED enabled a new generation of lighting that changed everything. Now, LaserLight outshines the limits of LED to deliver safe, high luminance white light from an incredibly small point source. LaserLight doesn’t just offer superior technology, it’s enabling entirely new opportunities.

            KYOCERA SLD are commercialising revolutionary semi-polar GaN LaserLight for the next generation of display, automotive, and specialty applications. LaserLight sources are used directly in single color and R-G-B applications, or integrated into laser pumped phosphor architectures.

            As an independent spin-off from Soraa Inc, SLD Laser was founded in 2013 by several leading global pioneers in solid state lighting, including Dr. Shuji Nakamura, a 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics for his groundbreaking work with LEDs, Dr. Steve Denbaars, Dr. James Raring, and Dr. Paul Rudy. Our laser technology incorporates a robust intellectual property portfolio of over 500 patents. SLD Laser was acquired by KYOCERA Corporation and has commenced operations as a Kyocera group company under the name KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

            Article source: https://www.kyocera-sldlaser.com/news/kyocera-sld-laser-introduces-worlds-first-laser-light-engines-for-dynamic-illumination-sensing-and-lifi-communications-for-automotive-and-consumer-applications

            What is LiFi?

            LiFi, also known as "Light Fidelity" is a wireless optical networking technology, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit data. In 2011, professor Harald Haas made a LiFi demonstration at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Global Talk on Visible Light Communication (VLC).

            VLC uses light as a medium to deliver high-speed communication like Wi-Fi and complies with the IEEE standard IEEE 802.15.7. The IEEE 802.15.7 is a high-speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication technology-based standard similar to Wi-Fi's IEEE 802.11.

            How does LiFi work?

            LiFi is a high speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication of data using light. LiFi constitutes of several light bulbs that form a wireless network.

            When an electrical current goes through to a LED light bulb, a stream of light (photons) emits from the lamp. LED bulbs are semiconductor devices, which means that the brightness of the light flowing through them can change at extremely high speeds. The signal is sent by modulating the light at different rates. The signal can then be received by a detector that interprets the changes in light intensity (the signal) as data. Also when the LED is ON, you transmit a digital 1, and when it is OFF, you transmit a 0.

            LiFi Benefits

            The primary benefits of LiFi are as follows:

            • Security: Provides entirely secure access. Where there is no light there is no data.

            • Safety: Does not produce electromagnetic radiation and does not interfere with existing electronic systems.

            • Localisation: Allows localisation due to the small coverage area of LiFi access point - localisation can be used for very precise asset tracking.

            • Data density: Provides ubiquitous high-speed wireless access that offers substantially greater data density (data rate per unit area) than RF through high bandwidth reuse.

            Credit to Oledcomm

            LiFi Applications

            LiFi can be used for so many applications and the list is increasing every year. You can read our updated list of Li-Fi applications at the following link:

            https://www.lifitn.com/blog/2021/2/13/top-30-li-fi-applications-updated-list-including-potential-applications

            Credit to pureLiFi

            In conclusion, if you are also interested to hear more information about the OWNII Coin or enquire about LiFi devices such as the LiFiMax and Trulifi, you can contact us through our chatbot or by sending an email through our contact us form. If you enjoyed this post and would like to hear more updates about LiFi technology, subscribe to our newsletter. Don’t forget to subscribe to our social media accounts. You can also join our Telegram group about LiFi technology on this link:

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            Celebration of LiFi Excellence of Professor Harald Haas For His Research And Scientific Leadership

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              Celebration of LiFi Excellence of Professor Harald Haas For His Research And Scientific Leadership

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              pureLiFi

              pureLiFi develops technology for communication networks that integrates data and lighting utility infrastructures. It offers Li-Fi enabled devices that convert the beam of lights into an electrical signal. The signal is then converted back into data. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Edinburgh.

              The “Father of LiFi”, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of pureLiFi has been celebrated for his research and scientific leadership in the field of optical wireless communications by two separate prominent organisations as 2021 comes to end.

              As part of the annual LpS Digital Conference and Live Stream event on the 2nd of December 2021, Professor Harald Haas was presented with the Scientific Lecture Award for his lecture named “LiFi, The Catalyst for New LED Applications” where he highlighted the need for higher bandwidth to match the continuously growing communication data volume and gave an overview of ongoing experimental research.

              A few weeks previous, Professor Haas was also listed by Clarivate Analytics as one of the ‘highly cited’ researchers in LiFi technology research. The list recognises pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations. Clarivate Analytics states that of the world’s scientists and social scientists, Clarivate Analytics, Highly Cited Researchers are truly one in 1,000.

              pureLiFi CEO Alistair Banham stated that “We would like to extend a well-deserved congratulations to Harald for this significant recognition which is a testament to the high standard of research and demonstrable scientific leadership. This further cements our leadership position in the field of LiFi and will support the high level of innovation required to revolutionise the way everyone connects through Light”

              Professor Harald Haas is also Director of the LiFi Research and Development Centre, and Professor of Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Haas set up and co-founded pureLiFi with Dr Mostafa Afgani in 2012 who are now global leaders in the development of LiFi systems and components which help solve challenges faced by traditional wireless communications technologies such as WiFi, 4G and 5G which use radio frequencies for communications and are subject to congestion, interference, and security vulnerabilities. LiFi uses light rather than radio frequencies resulting in wireless communications that is faster, more reliable, significantly more secure, and can provide up to 2600 more bandwidth than WiFi and cellular combined.

              Credit to pureLiFi

              As stated many times by Sarah Scace, Director of Marketing & Communications, pureLiFi are recognised rising stars in the global technology scene and named one of the “EE Times Silicon 100 start-ups to watch” two years running. Having now secured multiple million-dollar deals with the US Army Europe, pureLiFi have officially made their mark on wireless communications marketplace.

              With growing demand for bandwidth hungry technologies, such as augmented and virtual reality, next generation manufacturing and the metaverse, new wireless communications technologies are needed to enable new use cases and technology breakthroughs.

              pureLiFi is now offering high-speed components ready for integration into consumer electronics such as mobile phones, laptops and tablets, with a view of taking LiFi mainstream and offering unprecedented bandwidth, ultra-fast speeds and military grade security to the consumer.

              Credit to pureLiFi

              Credit to pureLiFi

              Article source: https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/558376003/professor-harald-haas-of-purelifi-is-recognised-for-lifi-excellence-as-year-closes

              What is LiFi?

              LiFi, also known as "Light Fidelity" is a wireless optical networking technology, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit data. In 2011, professor Harald Haas made a LiFi demonstration at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Global Talk on Visible Light Communication (VLC).

              VLC uses light as a medium to deliver high-speed communication like Wi-Fi and complies with the IEEE standard IEEE 802.15.7. The IEEE 802.15.7 is a high-speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication technology-based standard similar to Wi-Fi's IEEE 802.11.

              How does LiFi work?

              LiFi is a high speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication of data using light. LiFi constitutes of several light bulbs that form a wireless network.

              When an electrical current goes through to a LED light bulb, a stream of light (photons) emits from the lamp. LED bulbs are semiconductor devices, which means that the brightness of the light flowing through them can change at extremely high speeds. The signal is sent by modulating the light at different rates. The signal can then be received by a detector that interprets the changes in light intensity (the signal) as data. Also when the LED is ON, you transmit a digital 1, and when it is OFF, you transmit a 0.

              LiFi Benefits

              The primary benefits of LiFi are as follows:

              • Security: Provides entirely secure access. Where there is no light there is no data.

              • Safety: Does not produce electromagnetic radiation and does not interfere with existing electronic systems.

              • Localisation: Allows localisation due to the small coverage area of LiFi access point - localisation can be used for very precise asset tracking.

              • Data density: Provides ubiquitous high-speed wireless access that offers substantially greater data density (data rate per unit area) than RF through high bandwidth reuse.

              Credit to Oledcomm

              LiFi Applications

              LiFi can be used for so many applications and the list is increasing every year. You can read our updated list of Li-Fi applications at the following link:

              https://www.lifitn.com/blog/2021/2/13/top-30-li-fi-applications-updated-list-including-potential-applications

              Credit to pureLiFi

              In conclusion, if you are also interested to hear more information about the OWNII Coin or enquire about LiFi devices such as the LiFiMax and Trulifi, you can contact us through our chatbot or by sending an email through our contact us form. If you enjoyed this post and would like to hear more updates about LiFi technology, subscribe to our newsletter. Don’t forget to subscribe to our social media accounts. You can also join our Telegram group about LiFi technology on this link:

              https://t.me/joinchat/FMzOmsEKyJFrU6Af


              pureLiFi Announced Another Big Deal To Supply The US Army With Additional Kitefin LiFi Systems

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                pureLiFi Announced Another Big Deal To Supply The US Army With Additional Kitefin LiFi Systems

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                pureLiFi

                pureLiFi just made the announcement of securing another big multi-million-dollar deal to supply the US Army with thousands of additional Kitefin™ LiFi Defence systems.

                pureLiFi develops technology for communication networks that integrates data and lighting utility infrastructures. It offers Li-Fi enabled devices that convert the beam of lights into an electrical signal. The signal is then converted back into data. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Edinburgh.

                Technologies such as WiFi, 4G and 5G use radio frequencies to transmit data, which produce large areas of radio frequency emissions that are easy to detect, intercept, and can cause overcrowding resulting in slow speeds and unreliable communications due to increased RF congestion. LiFi uses light rather than radio frequencies resulting in wireless communications that is more reliable, significantly more secure, and simpler to deploy.

                The US Army Europe is expanding their use of this cutting-edge technology as LiFi has proven to be reliable for the most critical communications. LiFi not only enhances the US Army’s wireless connectivity toolset, but has demonstrated in action, that LiFi solves real problems faced by defence and national security.

                CW5 Andrew Foreman, USAREUR-AF Chief Technology Officer stated the following comment:

                “LiFi technologies answer all three of the serious issues associated with the RF portion of the spectrum. First, due to the low probability of detection, jamming, and intrusion, FSO and LiFi offer an extremely survivable form of communications when in direct conflict with a near-peer adversary.”

                Credit to pureLiFi

                Alistair Banham, CEO of pureLiFi stated that: “The Kitefin™ system is now officially disrupting the ecosystem of wireless defence technologies. Kitefin provides the latest advancement s protecting mission critical communications and has the potential to save missions and lives.

                We won’t stop here; the train has now left the station and LiFi is on its way to even broader deployments and new markets. We will put LiFi in the hands of millions of users”

                Credit to pureLiFi

                As stated many times by Sarah Scace, Director of Marketing & Communications, pureLiFi are recognised rising stars in the global technology scene and named one of the “EE Times Silicon 100 start-ups to watch” two years running. Having now secured multiple million-dollar deals with the US Army Europe, pureLiFi have officially made their mark on wireless communications marketplace.

                With growing demand for bandwidth hungry technologies, such as augmented and virtual reality, next generation manufacturing and the metaverse, new wireless communications technologies are needed to enable new use cases and technology breakthroughs.

                pureLiFi is now offering high-speed components ready for integration into consumer electronics such as mobile phones, laptops and tablets, with a view of taking LiFi mainstream and offering unprecedented bandwidth, ultra-fast speeds and military grade security to the consumer.

                In our previous article in April 2021, Alistair Banham, CEO of pureLiFi, stated the following statement about the adoption of LiFi technology:

                “This largest real-world deployment of LiFi with the US Army Europe and Africa is a testament to the benefits that LiFi can offer and the technology’s usability. If one of the most significant and advanced Defense organisations in the world can rely on LiFi for the most critical of communications, LiFi can offer unprecedented benefits to the consumer. LiFi, like so many technologies before it, is on a classic journey of adoption in Defense to wide-spread acceptance in the consumer market and eventually LiFi in everyone’s home

                Since offering our gigabit components to the market we have developed some very innovative proof of concept integrations with some of the world’s largest consumer electronic and mobile phone brands. We are closer than ever to seeing consumers having LiFi in their homes and their pockets.

                This first major deployment with the US ARMY Europe and Africa is just the beginning.”

                Credit to pureLiFi

                Credit to pureLiFi

                What is LiFi?

                LiFi, also known as "Light Fidelity" is a wireless optical networking technology, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit data. In 2011, professor Harald Haas made a LiFi demonstration at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Global Talk on Visible Light Communication (VLC).

                VLC uses light as a medium to deliver high-speed communication like Wi-Fi and complies with the IEEE standard IEEE 802.15.7. The IEEE 802.15.7 is a high-speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication technology-based standard similar to Wi-Fi's IEEE 802.11.

                How does LiFi work?

                LiFi is a high speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication of data using light. LiFi constitutes of several light bulbs that form a wireless network.

                When an electrical current goes through to a LED light bulb, a stream of light (photons) emits from the lamp. LED bulbs are semiconductor devices, which means that the brightness of the light flowing through them can change at extremely high speeds. The signal is sent by modulating the light at different rates. The signal can then be received by a detector that interprets the changes in light intensity (the signal) as data. Also when the LED is ON, you transmit a digital 1, and when it is OFF, you transmit a 0.

                LiFi Benefits

                The primary benefits of LiFi are as follows:

                • Security: Provides entirely secure access. Where there is no light there is no data.

                • Safety: Does not produce electromagnetic radiation and does not interfere with existing electronic systems.

                • Localisation: Allows localisation due to the small coverage area of LiFi access point - localisation can be used for very precise asset tracking.

                • Data density: Provides ubiquitous high-speed wireless access that offers substantially greater data density (data rate per unit area) than RF through high bandwidth reuse.

                Credit to Oledcomm

                LiFi Applications

                LiFi can be used for so many applications and the list is increasing every year. You can read our updated list of Li-Fi applications at the following link:

                https://www.lifitn.com/blog/2021/2/13/top-30-li-fi-applications-updated-list-including-potential-applications

                Credit to pureLiFi

                In conclusion, if you are also interested to hear more information about the OWNII Coin or enquire about LiFi devices such as the LiFiMax and Trulifi, you can contact us through our chatbot or by sending an email through our contact us form. If you enjoyed this post and would like to hear more updates about LiFi technology, subscribe to our newsletter. Don’t forget to subscribe to our social media accounts. You can also join our Telegram group about LiFi technology on this link:

                https://t.me/joinchat/FMzOmsEKyJFrU6Af


                HomeGrid Forum Forms A New Leadership Team Including Five Task Forces to drive G.hn innovation and deployments

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                  HomeGrid Forum Forms A New Leadership Team Including Five Task Forces to drive G.hn innovation and deployments

                  Credit to pureLiFi

                  The New Five Task Forces

                  On the 6th December 2021, HomeGrid Forum made an announcement on their website of a new organisational structure, which includes five Task Forces designed to support specific use cases and accelerate the deployments of network topologies. The Task Forces are as followed:

                  • Home Networking

                  • GiGAWire/Multi Dwelling Unit (MDU)

                  • Single Family Unit (SFU)

                  • LiFi

                  • Smart Grid and Industrial IoT scenarios

                  Chairs appointed from member companies Comtrend, TELUS, Signify, LUMISSIL Microsystems, and Teleconnect have the responsibility of driving the interoperability efforts for the key topologies and profiles identified by service providers, electric utilities and digital industries that are engaged in broadband deployments.

                  The Home Networking, GiGAWire, LiFi, Smart Grid, and Industrial IoT Task Forces will be responsible for championing G.hn as the interoperable and cost-effective backbone for seamless interconnectivity for the respective market segments. The Task Force Chairs will each publish a Charter that defines connectivity goals and deployment milestones, and each will be responsible for reporting progress of activities to the HomeGrid Forum Board and Members Meetings.

                  Livia Rosu, HomeGrid Forum President stated the following: “This is an exciting time for HomeGrid Forum with the creation of five dedicated Task Forces, as G.hn has become a critical component of a widening portfolio of devices and use cases. As global connectivity demands continue to rise at an unprecedented pace, HomeGrid Forum’s Task Forces will be driving forward G.hn to support anywhere broadband for challenging topologies. G.hn has been recognized for enabling the most disruptive connectivity scenarios shaping our future, from Artificial Intelligence-based automation and robotics to Virtual/Augmented Reality and Smart Cities services needing the highest infrastructure resilience.”

                  Paul Keator, Principal Engineer – System Architecture, DISH Network and the Chair of the HomeGrid Forum added: “I am delighted to chair the innovative framework of the forum members’ advancements in addressing a vast range of use cases and topologies with the versatile G.hn technology. The new organizational structure, including the new Task Forces, is a clear representation of our members needs and requirements.”

                  Tom Barnett, LUMEN Director Strategic Innovation and Vice President of the HomeGrid Forum, highlighted: “LUMEN has been directly involved in monitoring G.hn technology from extensive field trials to live deployments addressing MDUs, SFUs and a variety of complicated fiber extension scenarios. Solving service delivery challenges were only made possible by carefully tailoring the functionalities to match the network planning and topologies by capitalizing on the coax and copper plants.”

                  The Chair of the Home Networking Task Force, Comtrend ‘s Head of Product Planning Edward Yu, said: “G.hn technology has already significantly advanced broadband connectivity, with the higher data rates and lower latency offered by G.hn making it perfect for a stable home network backbone. As we have started a new Working-From-Home era that comes with connectivity challenges, I am looking forward to chairing this Task Force to further support service providers deployments for taking the home office connectivity to the next level.”

                  Tomer Cohen, Product Manager at LUMISSIL Microsystems – a division of ISSI and HomeGrid Forum Board Director, will now also lead the Smart Grid Task Force and declared: “As the HomeGrid Forum portfolio expands, it is great to see the creation of dedicated Task Forces that bring together the experience and expertise of members. Our work will drive forward the use of G.hn to ensure compliance and interoperability for applications across the Smart Grid sector and support the electric utilities engaged in Smart Cities deployments built on G.hn infrastructure.”

                  The LiFi Task Force will be led by Musa Unmehopa, Head of Ecosystems and Strategic Alliances at Trulifi by Signify, who brings over 20 years of experience to the position. He said: “I am thrilled to have been appointed as the Chair of the LiFi Task Force to transform wireless communications and look forward to working with other HomeGrid Forum members to grow the G.hn standards-based interoperability ecosystem for LiFi. This is an exciting time for G.hn as we see a growing interest for LiFi use cases for corporate offices, airports, banks and government organizations, as well as digital industries that require high security and low latency connectivity.”

                  The Industrial IoT Task Force will be co-chaired by Alexandre Schäfer, Head of Sales, and Philipp Rietzsch, R&D Project Manager, at Teleconnect GmbH. “Teleconnect is proud to be an early adopter of G.hn technology and has been involved with HomeGrid Forum for many years. We have already witnessed G.hn transforming operations in industrial environments with reliable and fast connectivity, playing a key role in maximizing the benefits of the 4th Industrial Revolution. IoT devices and machine-to-machine communication require interoperable and reliable connectivity above all. G.hn is the perfect technology to combine Gigabit capability with common industrial interfaces, and we are looking forward to driving HomeGrid Forum’s Industrial IoT vision.”

                  Paul Arola, Telus Senior Design Specialist, has been appointed as Chair of the GiGAWire Task Force.

                  “Telus has long been a huge proponent of G.hn technology, having first carried out lab testing with G.hn Wave-1 equipment back in 2014 and continuing with the G.hn Wave-2 based deployment in 2021. As Chair, my priority will be leading the GiGAWire Task Force to accelerate G.hn Access scenario deployments, allowing service providers to deliver cutting edge broadband access services to SFUs and MDUs that are unable to be served with fiber all the way. Leveraging coax and twisted pair infrastructure for the last network segment, G.hn Access profile for GiGAWire™ allows for innovative use of Network Function Virtualization, supporting cross-talk mitigation and traffic measurements extremely useful for deploying faster and more cost-effective.”

                  Quentin Cellarius, Manager In-Home Engineering, Telenet/Liberty Global and Board Director of the HomeGrid Forum, added: “Service providers are the true innovators in enabling seamless home-networking technologies. Offering highly reliable internet residential services for smart homes, online gaming and a wide variety of use cases, continues to be our top priority for supporting our subscribers and G.hn technology can provide the desired Quality of Experience.”

                  Hyung-Jin Park, Principle Senior Researcher R&D Lab, KT Corporation and Board Director of the HomeGrid Forum, declared: “GiGAWire™ solution builds on the ITU-T G.996x standard for G.hn Access profile and is a critical component of the global effort to adopt the FTTep (Fiber to the extension point) architecture to accelerate the deployment of carrier-grade broadband equipment, leveraging existing copper infrastructure.”

                  Marcos Martinez, MaxLinear Senior Standardization Expert and Chair of the HomeGrid Forum’s Contributions Working Group, highlighted: “The HomeGrid Forum Members are using the strong foundation of the ITU-T standardization framework to build reliable network infrastructures capable of addressing secure and reliable connectivity for a wide range of innovative deployment scenarios.”

                  Abdul Khan, Chair of the HomeGrid Forum’s Certification and Interoperability Working Group added: “We invite all members to attend the kick-off meetings of the respective Task Forces to learn more about the next steps regarding interoperability, certification and deployment scenarios for each topology.”

                  HomeGrid Forum

                  According to their website, HomeGrid Forum (HGF) is an industry alliance formed to support the development and deployment of a unified coaxial, phone line, powerline, and plastic optical fibre home networking technology called G.hn (Gigabit Home Networking). G.hn technology is based on standards developed by the UN’s International Telecommunications Union – Telecom (ITU-T) standards development organization.

                  HomeGrid Certification ensures compliance and interoperability (C&I) of silicon and systems through plugfests and rigorous C&I testing. A logo is issued for certified systems’ packaging and documentation of G.hn-based systems. HGF Certification ensures that retail customers and Service Providers have confidence in, and great satisfaction with all HGF G.hn Certified Certified products.

                  HomeGrid Forum members comprise an eco-system covering all aspects of the technology from Retailers to Service Providers, Utilities to Smart Grid think tanks, System Developers to Test Houses and Silicon Companies.

                  HomeGrid currently has four workgroups: a Clean Tech/Smart Grid/Smart Energy workgroup focused on in-home energy management and utility Distribution Automation and AMI applications for G.hn, a G.hn Contributions workgroup that continuously works to develop advanced enhancements for wired home networking, a Compliance & Interoperability workgroup, and a Marketing workgroup focused on promoting all HomeGrid Certified Products and technologies.

                  The purpose of HomeGrid Forum is to:

                  • Lead the work within the ITU-T to continuously expand G.hn, through a sustained effort to improve and extend this advanced home networking technology for any in-home wiring (coaxial cable, phone line, powerline and plastic optical fiber).

                  • Encourage and evangelize the adoption and widespread deployments of G.hn by Service Providers and through Retail channels.

                  • Provide a clear migration path for all legacy wired technologies to G.hn, where coexistence and G.hn’s ability to work over any wire type enables Service Providers to extend the life of their existing network investments while increasing coverage, robustness, and throughput in the home.

                  • Maintain a comprehensive compliance and interoperability program to promote an ecosystem of compliant silicon and interoperable products based on the ITU-T G.hn standards.


                  Article source: https://homegridforum.org/2021/12/06/a-new-leadership-team-for-homegrid-forum-as-it-announces-five-task-forces-to-drive-g-hn-innovation-and-deployments/

                  What is LiFi?

                  LiFi, also known as "Light Fidelity" is a wireless optical networking technology, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit data. In 2011, professor Harald Haas made a LiFi demonstration at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Global Talk on Visible Light Communication (VLC).

                  VLC uses light as a medium to deliver high-speed communication like Wi-Fi and complies with the IEEE standard IEEE 802.15.7. The IEEE 802.15.7 is a high-speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication technology-based standard similar to Wi-Fi's IEEE 802.11.

                  How does LiFi work?

                  LiFi is a high speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication of data using light. LiFi constitutes of several light bulbs that form a wireless network.

                  When an electrical current goes through to a LED light bulb, a stream of light (photons) emits from the lamp. LED bulbs are semiconductor devices, which means that the brightness of the light flowing through them can change at extremely high speeds. The signal is sent by modulating the light at different rates. The signal can then be received by a detector that interprets the changes in light intensity (the signal) as data. Also when the LED is ON, you transmit a digital 1, and when it is OFF, you transmit a 0.

                  LiFi Benefits

                  The primary benefits of LiFi are as follows:

                  • Security: Provides entirely secure access. Where there is no light there is no data.

                  • Safety: Does not produce electromagnetic radiation and does not interfere with existing electronic systems.

                  • Localisation: Allows localisation due to the small coverage area of LiFi access point - localisation can be used for very precise asset tracking.

                  • Data density: Provides ubiquitous high-speed wireless access that offers substantially greater data density (data rate per unit area) than RF through high bandwidth reuse.

                  Credit to Oledcomm

                  LiFi Applications

                  LiFi can be used for so many applications and the list is increasing every year. You can read our updated list of Li-Fi applications at the following link:

                  https://www.lifitn.com/blog/2021/2/13/top-30-li-fi-applications-updated-list-including-potential-applications

                  Credit to pureLiFi

                  In conclusion, if you are also interested to hear more information about the OWNII Coin or enquire about LiFi devices such as the LiFiMax and Trulifi, you can contact us through our chatbot or by sending an email through our contact us form. If you enjoyed this post and would like to hear more updates about LiFi technology, subscribe to our newsletter. Don’t forget to subscribe to our social media accounts. You can also join our Telegram group about LiFi technology on this link:

                  https://t.me/joinchat/FMzOmsEKyJFrU6Af