Wireless communications device attachable to an electric light socket

摘要

A wireless communication device such as a repeater or WLAN access point has a housing with means to engage with an electrical lighting fitting, the electrical lighting fitting otherwise being operable to retain an electrically powered illumination device such as a light bulb. The device has means to retain an electric light bulb such that both the device and electric light bulb can be powered from the mains lighting circuit. The device and bulb can be operated independently. The device may contain a number of transmitting and receiving antennas or elements alternately arranged in a circular array. The wireless device may be a radio or infra-red device and comprise part of a home entertainment network. Also disclosed is an apparatus for restoring signal to noise ration in the device comprising means to amplify, synchronise, decode, regenerate and re-encode signals for re-transmission.