How LiFi network technologies will change our livesJ.B. Groves III, ITS, FOI, etalWharton County Junior College

Funded by the National Convergence Technology Center (NSF Advanced Technological Education Center)

Manages the CCN community of practice featuring 64 schools in 24 states that regularly shares expertise and best practices

Engages a national Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) to identify needed IT job skills to keep curriculum current with industry trends

Trains faculty on emerging technologies through in-depth professional development

Developing seven regional hubs to create new relationships and boost 2+2+2 articulation pathways

Disseminates materials and processes via webinars, social media, and presentations

www.connectedtech.org

Convergence College Network (CCN)

Thanks to the NSF

Alexander Graham Bell – The father of Visible Light Communications -1880• Bell’s Photophone

Visible Light Communications• EM-Spectrum

IEEE Standard – 802.15.13

Standard for Multi-Gigabit per Second Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) with Ranges up to 200 meters.

Approval by IEEE expected:March 2019

The true pioneer of LiFi - 1979

Dr. Fritz Gfeller

Ruschilkon - Zurich, Switzerland

Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE ( Volume: 67, Issue: 11, Nov. 1979 )

The concept comes of age… the future of LiFi 2011

Professor Harald Haas – The University of Edinburgh

Concept Video

https://www.ted.com/talks/harald_haas_wireless_data_from_every_light_bulb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoSp4NpkGg

How LiFi Works

SM-OFDM – Current Concept of LiFi“Optical Wireless Communications”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7xAeU2jh5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baKkBxzf4fY

LiFi Applications Video

https://purelifi.com/technology/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXh36P8QGM4

Free Space OpticalFirefly LiFi Demonstrates Both Indoor and Outdoor LiFi Solutions at the Global LiFi Congress in Paris, FranceFebruary 8, 2018

Current LiFi projects in 20+ countries

• Projects• Deployed

How LED lights are bringing internet to a remote Ivorian village

Company - LiFi LED CIThe Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition

Changing the face of education in Africa one village at a time through LiFi Technology

https://startup.orange.com/en/start_up/lifi-led/

World’s first LiFi classroom opens in Germany

https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/en/offers/downloads-services/images/

How to complete a LiFi Project12 steps to LiFi implementation

https://www.controldesign.com/articles/2017/12-steps-to-li-fi-implementation/

Companies currently involved in LiFi development/production/implementation• Firefly

• VLNComm

• ERTI

• Li-Fi LED CI

• Oledcomm

• Orange LiFi Lab

• Basic6

• JML Enterprises

• Fraunhofer (Research Institutes)

• Velmenni

• Philips

• Lucibel

• PureLiFi

Lifilighting.com

Electronics Technicians AssociationLiFi OWC Advisory BoardDevelopment of Competencies

LiFi Technician

Smart Cities

STS Smart Buildings Technologies Certification

http://luxlive.co.uk/ https://smartcity.careers/lifi-visible-light-communication/

GeoLiFiApplicationsEducation

Marketing

Finance

Manufacturing

Warehousing

Transportation

Leisure

Benefits of LiFi

•Efficiency•Availability•Security•EMI is non-existent•Optical Navigation•Safety•Low latency•Low health concerns

Course Curriculum

• Select Topics Class• Text/Lab

Future –It’s Here $101 Billon Dollar Business

• U.S Based VLNComm

Peggy Smedley’s Interviews on LiFi and it’s impact on IoT

Edge-2-Edge at Light Speed :

Edge (EP) Sense CoreInference Learning Machine

Act AI

Optical Wireless Communications

The LiFi Report

Questions/discussion – Key takeaways

Thanks