115-120
FLIP-OFDM for Optical Wireless Communications
Authors: - Karthikeyan R , Dr.T.Geetha , Sivakumar C , Vignesh G
Number of views: 492
Whether you’re using wireless internet in a coffee shop, stealing it from the guy next door, or competing for
bandwidth at a conference, you’ve probably gotten frustrated at the slow speeds you face when more than one device is
tapped into the network. As more and more people and their many devices access wireless internet, clogged airwaves
are going to make it increasingly difficult to latch onto a reliable signal. But radio waves are just one part of the
spectrum that can carry our data. What if we could use other waves to surf the internet? One German physicist,DR.
Harald Haas, has come up with a solution he calls “Data Through Illumination”—taking the fiber out of fiber optics by
sending data through an LED light bulb that varies in intensity faster than the human eye can follow. It’s the same idea
behind infrared remote controls, but far more powerful. Haas says his invention, which he calls D-Light, can produce
data rates faster than 10 megabits per second, which is speedier than your average broadband connection. He envisions a
future where data for laptops, smartphones, and tablets is transmitted through the light in a room. And security would be
a snap—if you can’t see the light, you can’t access the data. Li-Fi is a VLC, visible light communication, technology
developed by a team of scientists