Integrated networking equipment and diversity antenna in light bulb

A light emitting diode (LED) device, comprising:

• a base assembly configured for connection with an electrical source;
• a first LED array electrically connected to the base assembly via light control circuitry;
• a second LED array electrically connected to the base via the light control circuitry and isolated from the first LED array;
• a first antenna coupled to network equipment processing circuitry that is electrically connected to the light control circuitry to operate the first LED array;
• a second antenna coupled to the network equipment processing circuitry to operate the second LED array;
• and
• a radio frequency (RF) transceiver electrically connected to the first antenna and second antenna for transmission and receiving of RF energy.

A solid-state light device, comprising:

• solid-state lighting elements coupled to a bulb structure;
• an array of antennas provided by portions of the solid-state light bulb structure that are coupled to the solid-state lighting elements, wherein antennas in the array of antennas are isolated from each other and function independently in a multi-antenna configuration, and wherein each antenna in the array of antennas is integrated into the bulb structure;
• a radio frequency (RF) transceiver including physical layer circuitry arranged to perform communications with a wireless network using the array of antennas in the multi-antenna configuration;
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• wireless network processing circuitry configured to communicate with a plurality of devices by reception and emission of the communications via multiple antennas of the array of antennas.