Li-Fi technology becomes the technological protagonist of Roland Garros 2013

The edition 2013 The Roland Garros tournament has been more than just a sporting event, It has been an event where tennis and technology have merged, an opportunity to learn first-hand about the evolution of Li-Fi technology.

For twenty-six years, France Télévisions is the official partner and distributor of Roland Garros and in the edition of 2013 wanted to unite technology with the world of tennis. In collaboration with the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has offered the visitors who attended the tournament an innovative experience that has had as its protagonist the transmission of data by light, Li-Fi (Light Fidelity).

France Télévisions and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) installed in the RGLab, a stand that presented to the public a wide range of digital services and innovations, where the advances in Li-Fi technology could be seen.

Attendees were able to access a complete photographic gallery that took a tour of the history of the world of tennis and its great protagonists since 1988. These images offered a complete interactive experience traveling through time, thanks to the collaboration of the French firm OledComm. When a device was brought close to one of these photographs, and thanks to Li-Fi technology, an explanatory video was launched with its history.

Another novelty of this exhibition, in which Li-Fi also played a predominant role, was the one offered by the Peugeot R&D laboratory, which unveiled what will be the connected car of the future. A car that was driving through Paris showing how far this wireless light transmission technology can go, Li-Fi.

Roland Garros 2013 It has been an opportunity to learn about the evolution of this technology, including the announcement of its compatibility with the Internet.

Li-Fi: visible light

Li-Fi is a technology very similar to Wi-Fi, in the sense that it is wireless, but its mode of transmission is through light. Y, for it, only requires conventional LED lamps.

Using a beam of light you can send audiovisual files, images… and all kinds of information. Its operation is simple and the transmission is carried out using zeros and ones at high frequency.. You just have to bring the receiver closer and communication takes place. According to OledCoom, It is possible to achieve a bandwidth of up to 3 Gigabits per second using the visible light spectrum.