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pureLiFi, the company using light to power next-generation wireless networks, has provided its LiFi technology for a new range of LiFi-integrated lighting products. The new offering will extend to panel lights and other commercial form factors to allow for flexible deployments. The product has been launched by French company Lucibel, the designer and manufacturer of next-generation lighting products and solutions based on LED technology.

This is the second generation of Lucibel LiFi luminaire products, which enables internet access through light emitted from the light cone, based on pureLiFi technology. The new generation product for Lucibel with pureLiFi’s LiFi technology inside significantly advances form factor and ease of use. The solution offers a boost in internet speed of 54 Mbps compared with 42 Mbps for the first generation. Other improved features include an increase in the number of users simultaneously able to benefit from a secure connection.

LiFi is high speed bi-directional networked and mobile communication of data using light. It comprises of multiple light bulbs that form a wireless network, offering a substantially similar user experience to Wi-Fi except using the light spectrum. It is a category of Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) which includes infra-red and ultra-violet communications as well as visible light. However, LiFi is unique in that the same light energy used for illumination may also be used for communication.

LiFi allows for data to be transmitted by modulating the intensity of light, which is then received by a photo-sensitive detector. The light signal is then demodulated into electronic form. This modulation is performed in such a way that it is not perceptible to the human eye.

The product design of the second generation has been revised by Lucibel to allow a better integration of the ‘Lighting’ and ‘Connectivity’ functionalities. Additionally, Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology, which eliminates the need for an electrical cable, is now integrated natively in LiFi luminaires.