Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess WLAN 560 User Manual
Alcatel-Lucent
OmniAccess WLAN 560 series
outdoor access points
Entry-level Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) for outdoor
and warehouse environments
Weatherproof and temperature hardened,
Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess WLAN 560
series access points deliver cost-effective
Wi-Fi 6 wireless connectivity in outdoor
and environmentally challenging locations.
Purpose-built to survive in the harshest outdoor
environments, 560 series can withstand exposure
to extreme high and low temperatures, persistent
moisture and precipitation, and are fully sealed to
keep out airborne contaminants. All electrical interfaces
include industrial strength surge protection.
OmniAccess Wi-Fi 6 access points provide high-performance connectivity for any organization
experiencing growing numbers of IoT and mobility requirements. With maximum aggregate on air data
rate of 1.49 Gbps (HE80/HE20), they deliver the speed and reliability needed for most environments.
Incredible efciency
The 560 Series access points (APs) are designed to optimize user experience by maximizing Wi-Fi
efciency and dramatically reducing airtime contention between clients.
Features include Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA), bi-directional multiuser MIMO and cellular optimization. With up to 2 spatial streams, the 560 Series provides reliable
connectivity for most any application.
Advantages of OFDMA
OFDMA capability allows OmniAccess WLAN APs to handle multiple Wi-Fi 6 capable clients on each
channel simultaneously, regardless of device or trafc type. Channel utilization is optimized by handling
each transaction via smaller sub-carriers or resource units (RUs), which means that clients are sharing a
channel yet not competing for airtime and bandwidth.
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Extended OFDMA assurance
Initially, APs in controller-less mode can provide SLA-grade performance by allocating radio resources,
such as time, frequency, and spatial streams, to specic trafc types. By combining Policy Enforcement
Firewall (PEF) and Layer 7 deep packet inspection (DPI) to identify user roles and applications, the
APs will dynamically allocate the bandwidth needed. Non-Wi-Fi 6 clients can also benet. For APs,
Air Slice uses Aruba Central for management. Controller-based APs will be supported in a future
software release.
Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO)
560 Series APs support downlink MU-MIMO just like Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac Wave 2) APs. The added benet
is the ability to multiply the number of clients that can now send trafc, thus optimizing client-to-AP
spatial stream diversity.
Wi-Fi 6 and MU-MIMO aware client optimization
OmniAccess AI-powered ClientMatch technology eliminates sticky client issues by placing Wi-Fi 6
capable devices on the best available AP. Session metrics are used to steer mobile devices to the
best AP based on available bandwidth, types of applications being used and trafc type – even as
users roam.
Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC)
The ACC feature uses built-in ltering to automatically minimize the impact of interference from cellular
networks, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and commercial small cell or femtocell equipment.
Intelligent Power Monitoring (IPM)
OmniAccess APs continuously monitor and report hardware energy consumption. They can also be
congured to enable or disable capabilities based on available PoE power – ideal when wired switches
have exhausted their power budget.
IoT platform capabilities
Like all OmniAccess Wi-Fi 6 APs, the 560 Series includes an integrated Bluetooth 5 and 802.15.4 radio
(for Zigbee support) to simplify deploying and managing IoT-based location services, asset tracking
services, security solutions and IoT sensors.
This allows organizations to leverage the 560 Series as an IoT platform, which eliminates the need
for an overlay infrastructure and additional IT resources.
Target Wake Time (TWT)
Ideal for IoTs that communicate infrequently, TWT establishes a schedule for when clients need to
communicate with an AP. This helps improve client power savings and reduces airtime contention
with other clients.
Secure infrastructure
The OmniAccess WLAN 560 Series includes components of Zero Trust Security to help protect user
authentication and wireless trafc. Select capabilities include:
WPA3 and enhanced open
Support for stronger encryption and authentication is provided via the latest version of WPA for
enterprise protected networks.
Enhanced Open offers seamless protection for users connecting to open networks where each session
is automatically encrypted to protect user passwords and data on guest networks.
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