Which LiFi's apps may fit mostly to 5G and beyond-5G Technology?

Abstract

LiFi technologies are expected to be an integrated part of future broadband wireless technologies. However, it is still not fully clear which apps will fit and benefit future 5G and beyond-5G. The purpose of this paper is to retrieve through Analytic Hierarchy Process model (AHP) and qualitative analysis the most promising apps. Apps for homes, supermarket, museum, communication between vehicles, in-flight entertainment and hospitals were considered. Relevant criteria include latency, data security, data-rate per square-meter, number of customers in square meter and acceptance. The results indicate that acceptance criteria found to be most dominant and hospital driven 5G apps most promising.

A Review on LiFi Network Research: Open Issues, Applications and Future Directions

“…Their objective was to present their system by introducing a standard set of core technologies and combining them in different ways to build specific solutions. (iii) Analysis: The study in [4] aimed to retrieve the most promising applications, such as those used for homes, supermarkets, museums, and communication among vehicles, through the analytic hierarchy process model and qualitative analysis. (iv) Model: [133], offered five PAMS information system models that ensured data collection and transferto the crisis decision-making centre.…”

“…One that has gained momentum is transportation. Research application topics in this context included Vehicle-To-Vehicle communication (V2V) [53], Vehicle-To-Person communication (V2P) [4], Vehicle-To-Infrastructure (V2I) [150], and Vehicle-To-Network communication (V2N) [150]. Based on the nature of these applications, the role of LiFi technology from the literature has shown to be among the most critical ones, mainly because of the capabilities of LiFi to function as a real-time communication technology.…”

“…With the rapid growth of digital technologies, especially those in the networking and communication domains, much research has been conducted to prove the possibility of using Visible Light (VL) as a wireless medium for transferring data between smartphones, tablets, laptops and other mobile devices with respect to the 5th generation (5G) technology [1][2][3][4]. As a result, Harald Haas, a German physicist, presented a new technology called Light Fidelity (LiFi) [5].…”

“…LiFi is a high-speed wireless connection system [16] that requires multiple access points (APs) that form dense optical attocellular networks [4]. Inside an indoor area, data transmission through LiFi is indeed safer.…”

“…LiFi technology has attracted high attention of the research community [6], and various research efforts on this technology have constantly been growing [6]. This technology is best known for its various importance and contributions over other existing technologies (i.e., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RF identification) [6], which include high data transmission rates [9], fast speed [26], safety [5], availability [4], efficiency [28], security [29] and low cost [30]. The integration of LiFi in every light source creates an opportunity to shift ubiquitous light to the connected objects.…”