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Oledcomm LiFiMAX2G, The Latest Addition To The LiFiMAX Family, at CES 2023
LIFIMAX2G®
In one of our previous articles, we stated that Oledcomm will unveil its latest LiFi system, LIFIMAX2G®, at CES 2023.
According to Oledcomm, the LiFIMAX2G® is best suited for subways, trains and any vehicle applications that need to download huge amounts of data in terabytes (images and videos) in less than 20 seconds as well as for industrial Industry 4.0 applications in augmented reality, IoT or M2M. As fast as Gigabit Ethernet, more secure than WiFi, and as small as a smoke detector, LiFiMAX2G® takes Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communications and connectivity for Industry 4.0 to a new level.
This new generation of LiFi transceivers doubles the speed achieved by the previous generation, now reaching nearly 2 Gigabits per second upstream and 2 Gigabits per second downstream at a distance of 1-5m.
The infrared VCSEL laser diodes in the system come from ams Osram. The LiFiMAX2G uses two VCSELs per transceiver, which is how Oledcomm doubled the speed compared to the single VCSEL of the current generation, called the LiFiMAX1G. VCSEL stands for Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser. VCSEL is a semiconductor whose laser is emitted perpendicular to the top surface. It differs from an edge-fired laser, which emits the laser from the edge.
VCSEL is a breakthrough light-emitting device in optical communications, as well as a new form of optoelectronic technology with enormous development prospects.
According to an article from LEDs Magazine, Oledcomm has priced the new LiFiMAX2G at €6000 per link, the company told LEDs Magazine (the LiFiMAX1G is priced at €3000). A link consists of two laser-based transceivers — one at either end of the transmission at up to 5m apart.
A spokesperson told LEDs that a railway company is trialling the LiFiMAX2G in Europe. The same customer has been using the 1-Gbps LiFiMAX1G, as has a Formula 3 race car team, she said.
“The dizzying growth in the amount of data collected in mobility situations and the increase in multimedia flows require a reliable and uninterrupted communication standard for all, especially in transport and factory 4.0,” Oledcomm co-CEO Benjamin Azoulay noted during last week’s product introduction.
Demo at CES 2023
The LiFIMAX2G® prototype demonstration was mainly a point-to-point demonstration. Oledcomm stated that they are now focusing mainly on defence and security and some industrial and transportation with this application.
During the demo, Naomi Azoulay said: “So, our photonic antenna, the beam is more around 70 to 80 degrees. And for the point-to-point, this one is 50 to 60 degrees, if you want to keep the speed and the distance, it can go up to five metres. But the farther you go, the less speed you get, obviously.”
“So, for the moment, this prototype is only doing a demonstration that the speed can be up to two gigabits. And the idea, with the main project we recently signed, is for a train to be equipped with one of those, and the station to be equipped with another one to exchange data instead of cable. So, basically, it's replacing cable at high speed. So, it's very interesting in an environment where radio frequencies are not either allowed or desired. And there is no cable, so it's really easier to set up.”
It was stated that the LiFiMAX2G product will be available for sale around September 2023.
LiFiMAX2G Prototype
LiFiMAX2G Prototype
During CES 2023, TOM.travel interviewed Benjamin Azoulay, President and CEO of Oledcomm, to find out what Li-Fi is, a wireless communication technology that works by light, to know its evolutions and to find out more about its upcoming installation in the Paris metro. The video is in French but we translated some of the conversations in English.
Benjamin Azoulay: “It's a bit like fibre optics in free space. So, we use LEDs, we make them flash at a very high speed 30 million times per second, 30 MHz. We manage to communicate and connect to the internet. The big advantage is first and foremost cybersecurity. The light not being attackable, not being outside the room, not being visible outside the room, is it not blurred? There are a lot of defence applications in environments where radio frequencies are prohibited, but there are also other applications such as in schools. You know that in France, Belgian law prohibits the exposure of radio frequency waves to the waves. So, I have children under three and that's why we also have apps for schools. So, that's a big defence for space, industry, but also schools and we're keen on it in tourism, it was geolocation applications, that is to say, that the light that is above a painting, for example, can be used to trigger content on your smartphone or tablet that will allow the museum to send geo-contextualized information. It is a technology that we called at the time the GeoLIFI, which worked very well, which had applications in museums but also in supermarkets and which continues to progress.”
“We have partners working on the subject. The technology has nevertheless evolved towards bi-directional at a very high speed. Today, we have reached two gigabits per second. We are going to equip a Greater Paris metro line. Soon, we will make announcements in the coming months. It is a technique. That's the natural evolution of technology and its use cases. So, in a metro, it will be rather the downloading of data from the metro to the infrastructure. That is to say that the metro will stop or take in 20 seconds on hacked and it is necessary to download all the information that the metro will store. For example, the videos that will have been filmed inside. You know that for legal reasons, you have to keep it for at least seven days and that's it. The technology allows this to be downloaded at a very high speed and that is what is going to be used more than a lot of people. Imagine consumer applications. We are more today on the very B2B application but which will gradually evolve towards the general public when smartphones will start to be equipped. There, the technology will reach the general public, but it will not be for two or three years. Four years.”
CES 2023
As stated on their website, CES is the most influential tech event in the world and the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector.
CES showcases companies including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and more. It also includes a conference program where the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers address the industry's most relevant issues.
CES® 2023 will be held in Las Vegas from the 5th to the 08th of January 2023 providing global audience access to major brands and startups, as well as the world’s most influential leaders. Over 1900 companies have committed to exhibiting in Las Vegas and many more are being added each week.
Oledcomm
Oledcomm designs and develops LiFi network interface devices that enable high-speed wireless data communication. It also serves LiFi equipment in the telecom, datacom, personal electronics, and industrial markets. The company’s product portfolio includes hubs, routers, switches, adapters, drivers, power supplies, and more.
Oledcomm was founded in 2012 and is based in Paris, France. Oledcomm's adventure began in 2005 in the research laboratories of the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin with the first work on communication by visible light.
Following years of research & development and a passion for innovation, Oledcomm became the pioneer of LiFi (Light Fidelity) solutions and innovation on a global scale.
Based in the Paris region, Oledcomm employs around 20 people and designs complete solutions for LiFi operation, including microcontrollers, LiFi photoreceivers and software platforms.
Today, after more than 33 patents, 15 years of R&D, over 500 trusted clients and several awards, Oledcomm is pursuing a strong mission: to transform the 14 billion points of light in the world into a powerful communication network.
The company is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified. Oledcomm's LiFi offering solves connectivity problems by replacing cables in environments where radio waves are undesirable. Targeted sectors include space, defence, industrial and education. Since 2020, LiFiMAX® has been installed and tested in more than 800 projects worldwide and has been validated by ORANGE for Cybersecurity.
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2021, Oledcomm announced an integrated circuit (ASIC) that enables native LiFi integration in tablets, PCs or smartphones. Oledcomm is a laureate of the European Deeptech EIC Accelerator program, which provides for the European Commission to invest in Oledcomm through the EIC Fund.
Article source: Oledcomm
Li-Fi Conference 2022
The Li-Fi Conference 2022 Edition was a great success. Li Fi Tech News will very soon write articles on the topics treated at the Conference.
What is LiFi?
LiFi, also known as "Light Fidelity" is a wireless optical networking technology, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit data. In 2011, professor Harald Haas made a LiFi demonstration at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Global Talk on Visible Light Communication (VLC).
VLC uses light as a medium to deliver high-speed communication like Wi-Fi and complies with the IEEE standard IEEE 802.15.7. The IEEE 802.15.7 is a high-speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication technology-based standard similar to Wi-Fi's IEEE 802.11.
How does LiFi work?
LiFi is a high speed, bidirectional, and fully networked wireless communication of data using light. LiFi constitutes of several light bulbs that form a wireless network.
When an electrical current goes through to a LED light bulb, a stream of light (photons) emits from the lamp. LED bulbs are semiconductor devices, which means that the brightness of the light flowing through them can change at extremely high speeds. The signal is sent by modulating the light at different rates. The signal can then be received by a detector that interprets the changes in light intensity (the signal) as data. Also when the LED is ON, you transmit a digital 1, and when it is OFF, you transmit a 0.
LiFi Benefits
The primary benefits of LiFi are as follows:
• Security: Provides entirely secure access. Where there is no light there is no data.
• Safety: Does not produce electromagnetic radiation and does not interfere with existing electronic systems.
• Localisation: Allows localisation due to the small coverage area of LiFi access point - localisation can be used for very precise asset tracking.
• Data density: Provides ubiquitous high-speed wireless access that offers substantially greater data density (data rate per unit area) than RF through high bandwidth reuse.
Credit to Oledcomm
LiFi Applications
LiFi can be used for so many applications and the list is increasing every year. You can read our updated list of Li-Fi applications at the following link:
Credit to pureLiFi
LiFi Systems Reviews by LiFi Tech News
OLEDCOMM LIFIMAX KIT REVIEW - ONE YEAR IN
We reviewed the LiFiMax kit produced by the leading French LiFi company Oledcomm. We bought this LiFi kit system at the end of 2020. After over a year of use, we decided to write a review of this LiFi system. We looked briefly at the profile of Oledcomm, a brief history of the LiFiMax system, the Kit box contents, some testing and performance results of this LiFi system, the customer experience and our own verdict (the good and the bad points) of the LiFiMax kit.
You can read the review on this link:
https://www.lifitn.com/blog/lifimaxreview
SIGNIFY TRULIFI 6002.1 STARTER KIT SYSTEM REVIEW
We also reviewed the Trulifi 6002.1 starter kit produced by Signify, the world leader in lighting for professionals, consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. We got this LiFi kit system with the help of PCDSI and Signify around August 2021. In a similar fashion done with our previous review of the LiFiMax kit a few months ago, we will look briefly at the profile of Signify, a brief history of the Trulifi 6002.1 kit, the Kit box contents, some testing and performance results of this LiFi system, the customer experience and our own verdict (the good points and the bad points) of the Trulifi 6002.1 kit.
You can read the review on this link:
https://www.lifitn.com/blog/trulifi6002review
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