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Abstract

Two-layer lighting control network systems and methods are disclosed. Embodiments include client lighting devices having a first type of radio for receiving wireless control signals, a lighting controller including a second type of radio, and a hub lighting device having a second type of radio for wireless communication with the lighting controller and a first type of radio for communicating with the client lighting devices. The first wireless network includes the first type of radio of hub lighting devices and the first type of radio of client lighting devices, and the second wireless network includes the second type of radio of the lighting controller and the second type of radio of the hub lighting devices. In at least one embodiment, client lighting devices are lamps having the first type of radio. In other embodiments, hub lighting devices are light fixtures having the first and second types of radios.

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