Li-Fi
English
Etymology
Coined by Harald Haas, the inventor of the technology, after Wi-Fi and as an abbreviation of light fidelity.
Noun
Li-Fi (uncountable)
- A bidirectional, high-speed, networked wireless communication technology similar to Wi-Fi but using visible light instead of radio waves.
- 2012, Jyoti Rani, Prerna Chauhan, & Ritika Tripathi, “Li-Fi (Light Fidelity)-The future technology In Wireless communication”, in International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, volume 7, number 11:
- Since Li-Fi uses just the light, it can be used safely in aircrafts and hospitals that are prone to interference from radio waves.
- 2014, Infinite Magazine 2013-2014:
- The beauty of Li-Fi is that it uses existing infrastructure, avoiding the need for thousands of radio masts, as the current spectrum requires.
- 2015, Svilen Dimitrov & Harald Haas, Principles of LED Light Communications, →ISBN, page 5:
- The vision is that a Li-Fi wireless network would complement existing heterogeneous RF wireless networks, and would provide significant spectrum relief by allowing cellular and wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) systems to off-load a significant portion of wireless data traffic.
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Anagrams
- ifil