Patent ID: 11934161
Assignee: HLI SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A lighting system comprising:
a plurality of luminaires for illuminating a space;
a plurality of actuators respectively associated with said luminaires to selectively control illumination output by said respective luminaires, each actuator having an identifier; and
a plurality of input modules, each configured to process information associated with at least a portion of said space and to communicate results of said processing to at least one of said plurality of actuators,
wherein at least one selectively designated input module of said plurality of input modules is associated with a first identifier indicative of a logical control perimeter within said space;
at least one selectively designated actuator of said plurality of actuators is associated with said first identifier;
at least one actuator of said plurality of actuators forms a node in a wireless self-healing self-forming mesh network;
said selectively designated input module wirelessly communicates said results of said processing to said selectively designated actuator using a communication protocol including said first identifier; and
said selectively designated actuator controls illumination output of at least one of said luminaires associated therewith based on said wirelessly communicated results of said processing,
wherein said selectively designated actuator is configured to communicate with said plurality of actuators and said input modules via an access point,
wherein wireless communication between said access point, said plurality of actuators, and said input modules includes;
first messages received from said access point by said plurality of actuators and said input modules Broadcast for reply by said plurality of actuators and said input modules, or Multicast for reply by certain of said plurality of actuators and said input modules, said first messages comprising a request including a destination address of said access point in a data field of said first message and first messages excluding a from address field;
second messages in reply to said first message by each of said plurality of actuators and input modules, said second messages comprising at least one of a destination address and configuration parameters of said addressed actuators and said input modules, said second messages being Unicast to said access point included in the data field of said first messages and said second messages excluding a from address field;
third messages from the access point to a specific one of said plurality of actuators and said input modules Unicast for reply by said specific one of said plurality of actuators and said input modules, said third message comprising a request including the destination address of said access point in a data field of said third messages and said third messages excluding a from address field;
fourth messages in reply to said third messages, whereby said specific one of said plurality of actuators and said input modules sends said fourth message comprising data to said access point, a destination address of the fourth messages being populated by the destination address of said access point included in the data field of the third messages and said fourth messages excluding a from address field; and
wherein the access point is configured to:
track the requests of said first and third messages, including the destination address of said access point;
match the replies of said second messages to the requests of said first messages in an internal database of said access point; and
match the replies of said fourth messages to the requests of said third messages in the internal database of said access point.