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)

1. 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^[sic] 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.

Translations

Translations

• French: lifi (fr) m, LiFi (fr), transmission par DEL (fr) f, transmission par LED (fr) f, transmission par diode électroluminescente (fr) f

Anagrams

• ifil