Light fixture wireless access points
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1. A wireless data communications device, arranged to be installed in a light fixture having a lamp socket for receiving a lamp, comprising:
- a housing containing a wireless data communications radio arranged to communicate with mobile units and other fixed wireless communications devices forming a data communications network;
a connector on said housing arranged to engage said lamp socket on said light fixture;
a socket on said housing arranged to receive a connector of a lamp and connected to receive power from said connector on said housing; and
a power supply in said housing arranged to receive power from said connector on said housing and provide power to said wireless data communications radio.
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Abstract
An access point for a wireless local area data communications network is designed to derive power from a lighting fixture. In one arrangement, the access point includes a housing configured to be received in one or more sockets of a lighting fixture and to replace a lamp which would be inserted therein. In another arrangement, the housing includes a socket for receiving a lamp whereby both the access point and a lighting fixture can be serviced by the socket of the lighting fixture.
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22 Claims
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1. A wireless data communications device, arranged to be installed in a light fixture having a lamp socket for receiving a lamp, comprising:
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a housing containing a wireless data communications radio arranged to communicate with mobile units and other fixed wireless communications devices forming a data communications network;
a connector on said housing arranged to engage said lamp socket on said light fixture;
a socket on said housing arranged to receive a connector of a lamp and connected to receive power from said connector on said housing; and
a power supply in said housing arranged to receive power from said connector on said housing and provide power to said wireless data communications radio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless data communications device, arranged to be installed in a light fixture having a lamp socket, comprising:
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a housing containing a wireless data communications radio arranged to communicate with mobile units and other fixed wireless communications devices forming a data communications network;
a connector on said housing arranged to engage said lamp socket on said light fixture; and
a power supply in said housing arranged to receive power from said connector on said housing and provide power to said wireless data communications radio. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A wireless data communications device, arranged to be installed in a florescent light fixture having first and second spaced lamp sockets arranged to receive a florescent tube, comprising:
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a housing containing a wireless data communications radio arranged to communicate with mobile units and other fixed wireless communications devices forming a data communications network;
first and second spaced connectors on said housing arranged to engage said lamp sockets on said light fixture; and
a power supply in said housing arranged to receive power from said connectors on said housing and provide power to said wireless data communications radio, said power supply further including a circuit for emulating the impedance behavior of a florescent tube.
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