Next Generation Wireless Network: Light

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Next Generation Wireless Network: Light

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The National Science Foundation has chosen the College of Engineering to partner in a major initiative to develop the next generation of wireless communications technology based on visible light instead of radio waves. Researchers expect to piggyback data communications capabilities on low-power light emitting diodes, or LEDs, to create “Smart Lighting” that would be faster and more secure than current network technology.

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