Next-Generation Optical Wireless Communication
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The use of Radio Frequencies (RF) in secure and Defense environments causes many challenges; mainly, as RF is a technology that can be detected and targeted. US Army troops will be equipped with a next-generation optical wireless communication system using LiFi for secure data transmission without radio frequencies.
The cutting-edge deployment, by the United States Army Europe and Africa, is based on pureLiFi’s wireless technology that uses light rather than radio frequencies to transmit data. By harnessing the light spectrum, LiFi can unleash more reliable wireless communications with unparalleled security, compared to conventional technologies, such as cellular, WiFi and Bluetooth.
Kitefin is a newly developed system with unique features for defense use cases. The deal with USAREUR-AF is the world’s first large scale deployment of LiFi. The deployment consists of thousands of certified office and field-deployable LiFi units in real tactical and strategic environments.
According to lightreading.comת the technology eliminates the risk of detection as it cannot be detected outside of its defined cone of coverage. The system also allows for rapid setup and positive logistical impact saving time, money and lives on each deployment.
An initial pilot of pureLiFi’s technology with the US ARMY Europe and Africa took place in 2019, convincing key Army stakeholders that LiFi would play a key role in the future of Defense communications which resulted in the largest ever purchase of LiFi.
“This largest real-world deployment of LiFi with the US Army Europe and Africa is a testament to the benefits that LiFi can offer and the technology’s usability,” explains Alistair Banham, CEO of pureLiFi . “If one of the most significant and advanced Defense organizations in the world can rely on LiFi for the most critical of communications, LiFi can offer unprecedented benefits to the consumer. LiFi, like so many technologies before it, is on a classic journey of adoption in Defense to wide-spread acceptance in the consumer market and eventually LiFi in everyone’s home.”
LiFi has been on the radar of tech enthusiasts for several years now and many are eager to see this technology adopted in the mainstream. LiFi cannot only offer military grade security to everyone it can provide faster speeds, highly reliable connections enhancing home connectivity in an age when privacy is paramount.
