Contactless LED lighting fixture and LED lighting network including contactless LED lighting fixture

A contactless lighting network component, comprising:

• a power line communication device;
• at least one contactless lighting network component coupler including a power coupler configured to extract electrical power from a radio frequency power signal carried on a lighting network line pair, and a lighting network component power line communication coupler, separate from the power coupler, configured to contactlessly couple, independently of the power coupler, the lighting network line pair to the power line communication device, and
• a power converter configured to receive the electrical power extracted from the radio frequency power signal and further configured to output AC power from a power output port of the contactless lighting network component,
• wherein the power line communication device is connected to the at least one power line communication coupler and is configured to communicate network data via a power line communication signal carried on the lighting network line pair.

A method of operating a lighting network, comprising:

• employing a power coupler to extract electrical power from a radio frequency power signal carried on a lighting network line pair, and a lighting network component power line communication coupler, separate from the power coupler, to contactlessly couple, independently of the power coupler, the lighting network line pair to a power line communication device;
• communicating network data between the power line communication device and another power line communication device via a power line communication signal carried on the lighting network line pair;
• sensing at least one of motion, ambient light, smoke, temperature, a gas, an image, audio, a location, and a pressure, and in response thereto producing sensor data;
• and
• communicating, via the power line communication coupler, the sensor data by the power line communication signal carried on the lighting network line pair.