Mumbai: Researchers from the University of Oxford have successfully developed a superior networking technology, which utilises light fidelity (Li-Fi) to achieve bi-directional speeds of 224 GBPS. The Li-Fi technology is extremely fast and has the capability to download massive amounts of data in a matter of seconds, or less. It is a wireless technology that can transmit data at high speeds using visible light communication (VLC). A few moths earlier, the project, which was speculated to outshine Wi-Fi, was in the final stage of development. However, after endless lab testing, the Li-Fi technology made its mark when researchers were able to attain transmission speeds 100 times faster than Wi-Fi. Researches have now rolled this technology for initial trails in offices and industrial environments, and have achieved extraordinary speeds of up to 1 GBPS, which is way faster than normal Wi-Fi offerings.
The Li-Fi project is a brainchild of Harald Haas from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He first introduced Li-Fi back in 2011, when he demonstrated that by flickering light from a single LED, he could transfer much more data than a cellular network. Apart from offering extremely high speeds, this LED-based technology is also very secure, as light cannot pass through walls, leaving no scope of intervention. Although critics have pointed out that it is impossible to completely replace Wi-Fi, many companies are quickly incorporating the technology. In the years to come, you might be able to transfer around 18 data files of 1.5GB in a single second using Li-Fi.