Dynamic power adjustment of wireless lighting system gateway
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1. A gateway device of a wireless lighting system, the gateway device comprising a transmitter configured to:
- transmit network information wirelessly at a first power level;
pair with one or more wireless nodes based on the network information transmitted by the gateway device at the first power level; and
transmit the network information wirelessly at a second power level after transmitting the network information wirelessly at the first power level, wherein the second power level is greater than the first power level, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the network information wirelessly at the first power level at least until the gateway device detects no attempt by a wireless node to pair with the gateway device during a time duration based on the network information transmitted at the first power level, and wherein the transmitter transmits the network information wirelessly at the second power level for a second time duration that depends on a number of wireless nodes that successfully pair with the gateway device based on the network information transmitted by the transmitter at the second power level.
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Abstract
A gateway device of a wireless lighting system includes a transmitter configured to transmit network information wirelessly at a first power level and pair with one or more wireless nodes based on the network information transmitted by the gateway device at the first power level. The transmitter is further configured to transmit the network information wirelessly at a second power level after transmitting the network information wirelessly at the first power level, where the second power level is greater than the first power level.
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1. A gateway device of a wireless lighting system, the gateway device comprising a transmitter configured to:
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transmit network information wirelessly at a first power level; pair with one or more wireless nodes based on the network information transmitted by the gateway device at the first power level; and transmit the network information wirelessly at a second power level after transmitting the network information wirelessly at the first power level, wherein the second power level is greater than the first power level, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the network information wirelessly at the first power level at least until the gateway device detects no attempt by a wireless node to pair with the gateway device during a time duration based on the network information transmitted at the first power level, and wherein the transmitter transmits the network information wirelessly at the second power level for a second time duration that depends on a number of wireless nodes that successfully pair with the gateway device based on the network information transmitted by the transmitter at the second power level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless lighting system, comprising:
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a gateway device configured to wirelessly transmit network information at a first power level and to wirelessly transmit the network information at a second power level after transmitting the network information at the first power level; a first wireless node located within a first distance from the gateway device; and a second wireless node located at a second distance from the gateway device that is longer than the first distance, wherein the first wireless node pairs with the gateway device based on the network information transmitted at the first power level, wherein the second wireless node pairs with the gateway device based on the network information transmitted at the second power level after the first wireless node pairs with the gateway device based on the network information transmitted by the gateway device at the first power level, wherein the second wireless node is unable to pair with the gateway device based on the network information transmitted at the first power level, and wherein the gateway device is configured to transmit the network information wirelessly at the first power level at least until the gateway device detects during a time duration no attempts by one or more wireless nodes to pair with the gateway device based on the network information transmitted at the first power level. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of establishing wireless communications between a gateway device and wireless nodes of a wireless lighting system, the method comprising:
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transmitting wirelessly, by a gateway device, network information at a first power level; pairing, by the gateway device, with one or more first wireless nodes based on the network information transmitted at the first power level, wherein the gateway device transmits the network information wirelessly at the first power level at least until the gateway device detects during a time duration no attempt by a wireless node to pair with the gateway device based on the network information transmitted at the first power level; transmitting wirelessly, by the gateway device, the network information at a second power level after transmitting the network information at the first power level and after pairing with the one or more first wireless nodes based on the network information transmitted by the gateway device at the first power level, wherein the second power level is greater than the first power level; and pairing, by the gateway device, with one or more second wireless nodes based on the network information transmitted at the second power level, wherein the first power level is inadequate for the gateway device to pair with the one or more second wireless nodes. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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