Patent ID: 11963075
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A mesh wireless access point (WAP), comprising:
a first radio assembly configured to support a first wireless communication link;
a second radio assembly configured to support a second wireless communication link;
an internal communication link between the first and second radio assemblies configured to transfer data packets between the first and second radio assemblies;
an electrical interface configured to be electrically coupled with a lightbulb socket, such that the first and second radio assemblies may be at least partially powered from electrical power available via the lightbulb socket; and
an energy storage subsystem configured to (a) store energy received from a lightbulb socket and (b) at least partially power at least one of the first radio assembly and the second radio assembly when electrical power is unavailable from the lightbulb socket.