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aeroLiFi, a German LiFi Company and a pureLiFi Partner Who Specialises in LiFi solutions For The Aerospace Industry

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In this article, we will discuss a German LiFi started called aeroLiFi. We will look at the history of the startup, their team, their achievements over the years, and their demonstration of their LiFi systems at AIX 2019 and 2022 as well as at the Robotics Festivals 2022.

About aeroLiFi

According to their website, aeroLiFi states that they provide end-to-end solutions for LiFi connectivity including access points and end devices. They offer personalised solutions according to clients' requirements. They are also a pureLiFi partner

They build on many years of experience in the aeronautic sector, including lighting and connectivity systems development, product and system integration, qualification and certification as well as innovation and technology management.

They look back to decades of business experience in the high technology sector and have a very good network of contacts in aeronautics and other areas like logistics and medical. Their regular involvement in co-funded research programs provides us with an excellent overview of technology trends and relevant innovations in the wider high-tech ecosystem.

History and Achievements of aeroLiFi

aeroLiFi was founded in 2018. The company was rated as one of the TOP 50 Startups, by the online and print platform fuer-gruender.de which provides actual information on all topics related to entrepreneurship, startups and investors.

aeroLiFi won the 1st Price Winner BMWi digital Startup Competition in May 2018. Then, In June 2018, they got their 1st Customer in aviation Project Consulting.

Their achievement was in January 2019 when they became a partner in 2 aviation-specific research programs.

The company states that its office is designed to make working as comfortable as possible. They’ve got the basics covered with a good connection to public transport and modern office space equipment, but it’s also a fun place to work, with a seating area in the backyard where you can watch jets taking off all day long, against the backdrop of the Alps.

At the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) 2019, aeroLiFi demonstrated its multimedia LiFi network for an aircraft cabin. Merging standard LiFi technology components with the latest innovations made in multicast network protocols to show the first all-optical multimedia IFE solution for aircraft cabins.

Birger Timm, Managing Director of aeroLiFi, said, “LiFi provides a stable communications link that doesn’t degrade and that has enough capacity for each passenger to stream HD and 4K content. We do that by reducing the number of people using each cell, giving airlines the ability to provide a consistent data stream to a lot of people in a small area.”

Timm continued, “It’s not impossible to hack into a LiFi network, just very hard. You have to get between the light source and the receiver. In an aircraft, that effectively means you need to be sitting on someone’s knee and that’s very noticeable.”

“In fact, LiFi is so secure that it is already being looked for use in the cockpit for flight critical applications.”

LiFi can use both visible light and infrared. Therefore, access points can continue working during the plane’s local night. Timm concluded,

“LiFi is perfect for the aircraft cabin because it requires minimal physical infrastructure, it provides stable and consistent data transmission, and it’s safe.”

aeroLiFi has integrated Cadami’s coded caching technology into its solution. This helps increase the stability of the solution, as well as the size of the video content library available.

Moving on to September 2019, aeroliFi installed the 1st PoC LiFi Cabin connectivity system for aviation customers.

In November 2019, they installed the 1st PoC Secure LiFi Office Communication System.

AEROLIFI TEAM

Dr Markus Werner - Managing Director Technology and Software Development

Dr Markus has a PhD in satellite communication technologies, experience in wireless communication systems and software as well as research and development in national and international research programs.

He is a founder and former CEO of an aerospace company with a focus on wireless communication and software development. He is also a member of IEEE, AIAA, DGLR and VDE/ITG.

In the below YouTube video, Dr Markus was talking about which public funding programs start-ups need in Germany. The video is in German but we translated some of his statements into English.

Dr Markus Werner: ”I had already founded a company from a research company, from research institutions from the DLR. This was actually very helpful as a starting position because you actually have a certain security. Proximity to high-tech, research. And at that time, we learned with my fellow colleagues in research how to actually get co-financing, and how to get co-financing for new ideas. This is in fact one of the most important sources and one of the most important ways in which it sometimes falls short. Today, when you see how start-ups are being promoted, there is often a big hype. In the first six months of the year and after that, there is a threshold that is difficult to understand. And one would wish that politics would be more systematic in such an accelerator incubator for phase two.”

Birger Timm - Managing Director LED Lighting Systems, Product Development

Birger graduated in medical engineering with a focus on measurement and application technology. Later focused on LED lighting technology.

He is experienced in product development as well as research and development and light measurement. He also has a lot of experience in lighting system development and project management.

Birger stated some of the following statements in the video:

“And that's one of the good things about the LiFi technology. So, what we are doing is, effectively increasing the data rate per passenger, what we call the data density. So, when you imagine, many people can share one WiFi network. So, if you look at your phone, how many WiFi networks are available, it's hundreds, especially in crowded places like here. And all of the passengers, for example, in an aeroplane share, this one network and the data rate effectively per passenger goes down. When using LiFi technology, the effective data rate per passenger rises because less people share one access point. And that's because every light can be an access point. And by physical laws, not hundreds of people can gather under one light. And that's why the data rate is higher.”

“Yes, so the light path of the light cannot go through walls. And that is, on one hand, a great advantage because it increases the security of the data link massively because nobody can sit behind the wall and hack into your network. On the other hand, of course, you're right. If I block the connection, no data can go to the sensor. But for the IoT application, we have a very smart solution we work together with our colleagues from Cadami, who developed a software solution that enables us to very, very fast and effective cache and buffer the data which comes to the IFP screens so that a blockage or light path of 10, 20 seconds or more does not degrade the performance.”

Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) 2022

Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) is the world’s leading marketplace for airlines and the supply chain to meet.

The expo brings the whole industry together so we can explore and source the latest products, find practical solutions, collaborate and build relationships with the right people, find the best products to enhance our cabin interiors, and discover those hidden gems to create the ultimate cabin and passenger experience. It is ultimately a professional platform where airlines, designers, engineers, specifiers, and manufacturers come together to share, collaborate, and find practical and innovative solutions took place in Hamburg.

The AIX 2022 took place between the 14th and 16th of June 2022. aeroLiFi team presented their new prototypes of wireless communication solutions based on LiFi technology. They demonstrated their unique system to visitors using for example a live camera stream to show a high level of security and speed of our access points.

Visitors were able to see their modern dongles which are used to connect with the access points and can Interface with all common end-user devices such as laptops and tablets.

Using the example of virtual reality headsets, they demonstrated a mix of wireless technologies for data transmission, WiFi and LiFi. The essence of the hybrid lies in the fact that when these two technologies are complementary and if one stops working, the second one is connected to replace it.

Benefits of the onboard LiFi system

1. Less wiring - more space for seats and luggage

The LiFi system may be mounted in a light source (reading lamp, interior lighting, etc.) or may use dedicated infrared transceivers. Thus, to place the technology on board, it is enough to have light sources that are already installed in the cabin by default.

2. Security

This technology is perfect for planes as it doesn’t interfere with radio signals in the same way as WiFi, which uses radio waves. Instead, LiFi takes advantage of visible or infrared light. This means that passengers can make calls, use the Internet and access in-flight entertainment systems more easily.

Robotics Festival 2022

The Robotics Festival gathers a curated crowd of forward-thinking industry leaders, researchers and entrepreneurs who are truly passionate about robotics and its uplifting potential in the industry and beyond.

It is an event that helps professionals in the industry and enthusiasts to get insights into what leading researchers and the top voices of the industry think about the future of the robotics & automation sector, and what topics they want to research and invest in over the next years. The Robotics Festival 2022 held from the 13th to the 15th of September 2022.

aeroLiFi team demonstrated their brand new combined WiFi and LiFi demo technology on the robot car in Leipzig from 13th to 15th September together with our partner - Cadami GmbH.

They demonstrated a mix of wireless technologies for connecting WiFi and LiFi. The essence of the hybrid lies in the fact that when these two technologies are interchangeable and if one stops working, the second one is connected to replace it.

Photo credit to aeroLiFi - Hybrid LiFi and WiFi system by aeroLiFi

Contact aeroLiFi

If you:

- have any kind of questions concerning LiFi technology;

- would like to cooperate with aeroLiFi on a LiFi project;

- would like to book an individual technology demonstration;

You can contact them via their email address:

info@aerolifi.com

You can also contact them on their web page www.aerolifi.com (Contact page).

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:

https://www.lifitn.com/blog/2021/2/13/top-30-li-fi-applications-updated-list-including-potential-applications

Credit to pureLiFi

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You can read the review on this link:

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