Global LiFi technology firms pureLiFi and Fraunhofer HHI are celebrating IEEE 802.11bb, a new standard for light-based wireless communications that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) released today. According to a primer from the official LiFi site, LiFi boasts speeds of up to 224 GB/s, making it 100 times faster than WiFi. “The more light you put in a room, the faster your connection will be.”
“The release of the IEEE 802.11bb standard is a significant moment for the wireless communications industry,” said pureLiFi’s VP of Standardisation, Nikola Serafimovski, who chaired the 802.1bb Task Group. “Through the activity of the 802.11bb task group, LiFi attracted interest from some of the biggest industry players ranging from semiconductor companies to leading mobile phone manufacturers. We worked with these key stakeholders to create a standard that will provide what the industry needs to adopt LiFi at scale. I would like to thank the support of Tuncer Baykas as Vice-Chair, and Volker Jungnickel as technical editor for helping make this process so successful.”
LiFi is a wireless technology that uses light rather than radio frequencies to transmit data. By harnessing the light spectrum, LiFi can unleash faster, more reliable wireless communications with unparalleled security compared to conventional technologies such as WiFi and 5G. The Light Communications 802.11bb Task Group was formed in 2018 chaired by pureLiFi and supported by Fraunhofer HHI, two firms which have been at the forefront of LiFi development efforts. Both organisations aim to see accelerated adoption and interoperability not only between LiFi vendors but also with WiFi technologies as a result of these standardisation efforts.
The IEEE 802.11bb standard defines the physical layer specifications and system architectures for wireless communication using light waves. This new standard sets the foundation for the widespread adoption of LiFi technology and paves the way for the interoperability of LiFi systems with the successful WiFi standard. Ratification of the standard was concluded in June 2023.
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Join Discussion →Damnit BOB quit your pacing you keep breaking my LiFi connection to teams!!
Jan turn off your rgb lights they are confusing my LiFi receiver.
What do you mean I can't take my laptop into another room... No LiFi modules?
Sorry Tom you can't use your laptop on this room the LiFi transiever only supports 8 devices at a time.. oh and it's limited to its... Wifi.. singnal speed... So yea..
This tech is WAY to early to be too jazzed about.
Might be good to point to point instead of microwave... But light and atmospheric interference will be an issue.
There is a reason you don't run fiber optic to every device in a office or home network.
Computer room different story.
No mention of range, so I'm willing to bet its quite short. Also is seems LiFi only supports a single device.
I do see it working with VR headsets, so there's that.
In a perfect atmosphere, in a perfectly controlled lab room, sure.
Real world, probably not even 2x.
That could take 3d acceleration reliably out of the headset. No cords for signals, and with no graphics processor it should be good to run on battery only for a good long while. Huh... neat. I guess if the latency is good enough... I didn't check for that.
Well, yeah like the Vive headset only wireless. Supposedly latency is very low. No figures posted though.
Excuse me, can you sit down? you are blocking my LiFi :LOL: :rolleyes:
MOM CLOSE THE BLINDS IM GAMING!!!!
maybe they could double as Disco Lights (y)(y)
Haven't we had this since the 1950s.. infrared remote controls?
I still have an IrDA port on my HP 48G
Actually I think some laptops allowed IrDA network connections back in win98 days.
Wouldn't line of sight be a massive problem with any technology like this?
Yup and it says as much in the article, but just like real light does, it'll bounce around (albeit degraded) so unless you are in near total darkness you should be able to get some sort of coverage.