Oledcomm's LiFi solutions tested during NATO exercise
Oledcomm and NATO
In today's article, we will be discussing a recent blog article from Oledcomm’s website.
Lieutenant Colonel Henk Lourens piloted a test of Oledcomm's LiFi technology during the NATO exercise NOBLE JUMP in Sardegna. He provides insights on why the military explored this wireless optical connectivity solution and its potential benefits for armed forces operations.
You can read the full interview made by Oledcomm on the following link:
https://www.oledcomm.net/blog/oledcomms-lifi-solutions-tested-during-nato-exercise/
At LiFi Tech News, we picked and summarised some conversation points of the interview:
Henk Lourens is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Dutch military with 27 years of experience. He is currently the operations officer for the bi-national Signal Battalion supporting 1GNC.
The military is exploring new technologies like LiFi to address challenges with complex, insecure networks and long setup times for command posts. LiFi was identified through workshops with innovation organizations.
Key potential benefits of LiFi are faster setup/tear down of networks, flexibility, mobility, and more secure discrete communication over short distances. This helps address vulnerabilities from electromagnetic propagation.
Tests during NATO's Noble Jump exercise replaced wired connections with LiFi, showing much faster setup and flexibility. Users accept secure solutions provided by CIS.
Factors for adoption include providing bandwidth where previously unavailable, reducing detectable signals, cybersecurity, and small form factors. Crucial requirements are cyber hardness and data security.
LiFi could extend to other environments like naval, air, space and underwater since secured communication is vital everywhere.
The vision is light providing energy and information exchange seamlessly in the future.
Image credit to Oledcomm
