A European team of researchers has developed a new transfer technology for video data, without any losses at an extremely fast rate of 100 megabits per second (Mbit/s), equivalent to transmitting four videos in HD quality to four different laptops at the same time. This technology, based on visible light communication (VLC) will able users to send and receive images in high-definition (HD) quality to personal computers, laptops and even mobile phones without any trouble.

Researchers in Europe have successfully developed a new transfer technology for video data with an extremely fast rate of 100 megabits per second (Mbit/s) without any losses. This project, OMEGA ('Home gigabit access'), was funded under the 'Information and communication technologies' (ICT) Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)  with €12.41 million. The technology is based on visible light communication (VLC), which enables the conversion of regular light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into an optical wireless local area network (WLAN) with just a few extra components.

Thanks to this technology, users, for instance, can send and receive images in high-definition (HD) quality to personal computers, laptops and even mobile phones without any trouble with an optical WLAN, light from the LEDs in the overhead lights acts as the transfer medium. Sites that can benefit from this new transmission technology include hospitals where the use of radio transmissions is not permitted, as well as production plants where radio transmissions can make processes work improperly sometimes.

Additionally to the domestic uses of exchanging information, sites that can benefit from this new transmission technology include hospitals where the use of radio transmissions is not permitted, as well as production plants where radio transmissions can make processes work improperly sometimes.