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A guide to wireless networking by light

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Haas, Harald, Chen, Cheng, O'Brien, Dominic·2017·Progress in Quantum Electronics

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The lack of wireless spectrum in the radio frequency bands has led to a rapid growth in research in wireless networking using light, known as LiFi (light fidelity). In this paper an overview of the subsystems, challenges and techniques required to achieve this is presented.

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  • OWC has much larger bandwidth capacity, high resilience to electromagnetic interference, and low latency rate, making it a paradigm-shifting technology for 5G communication networks and beyond.

    “Optical-based wireless communication (OWC), which utilizes the unlicensed spectrum of 400 THz to 1500 THz, has been coined as a paradigm-shifting technology for fifth-generation (5G) communication networks and beyond because of its much larger bandwidth capacity, high resilience to electromagnetic interference, and low latency rate [1,2].”

    From All-inorganic halide-perovskite polymer-fiber-photodetector for high-speed optical wireless communication (2022) · cites this paper as [1]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) says the optical spectrum offers far more bandwidth than RF and is unlicensed; the Conclusion (page unavailable) describes LiFi’s potential to add high-capacity wireless networks. The cited passages do not establish the specified 400–1500 THz range, resilience to electromagnetic interference, low latency, or the characterization of OWC as paradigm-shifting for 5G and beyond. Searches for latency, electromagnetic interference, and 5G did not substantiate those parts. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Optical-based wireless communication (OWC) utilizes the unlicensed spectrum of 400 THz to 1500 THz.

    “Optical-based wireless communication (OWC), which utilizes the unlicensed spectrum of 400 THz to 1500 THz, has been coined as a paradigm-shifting technology for fifth-generation (5G) communication networks and beyond because of its much larger bandwidth capacity, high resilience to electromagnetic interference, and low latency rate [1,2].”

    From All-inorganic halide-perovskite polymer-fiber-photodetector for high-speed optical wireless communication (2022) · cites this paper as [1]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) says that the visible and near-infrared spectrum used by OWC is unlicensed, subject to eye-safety regulations. It does not give the claimed 400–1500 THz range; searches for both frequency limits found no matching passage. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Visible light communications using data-modulated white LEDs as transmitters and photodiodes as receivers can support extremely high bit-rates in Line-of-Sight connections.

    “The visible light communications (VLC) using data-modulated white lightemitting diodes (LEDs) as transmitters and photo diodes as receivers, is another enabling technology that can support extremely high bit-rates in Line-of-Sight (LoS) connections [57].”

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Authors
Haas, H., Chen, C., & O'Brien, D.
Affiliations
  • University of Edinburgh (GB)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Haas, Harald
Venue
Progress in Quantum Electronics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-09
Volume
55
Pages
88-111
ISSN
0079-6727 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2726162378
Cited by
90
References
140
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 2
FWCI
5.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Progress in Quantum Electronics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • EPSRC (EP/K00042X/1)
  • Established Career Fellowship (EP/K008757/1)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
Keywords
Li-Fi, optical wireless communication, wireless networking, optical subsystems

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