Aruba AP-505 Data sheet
DATA SHEET
ARUBA 500 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
Cost-eective Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) for medium-density indoor environments
These aordable Wi-Fi 6 access points provide
high-performance connectivity for any organization
experiencing growing numbers of mobile, IoT and mobility
requirements. With a maximum aggregate data rate of 1.77
Gbps (1.774 Gbps), they deliver the speed and reliability
needed for venues and workplaces such as schools, midsize
oces andretailers.
INCREDIBLE EFFICIENCY
The 500 Series APs are also designed to optimize user
experience by maximizing Wi-Fi eciency and dramatically
reducing airtime contention between clients.
Features include Orthogonal frequency-division multiple
access (OFDMA), bi-directional multi-user MIMO and
cellular optimization. With up to 2 spatial streams (2SS) and
80MHz channel bandwidth (HE80), the 500 Series provides
groundbreaking wireless capabilities for budget-conscious
deployments.
Read the Multi-User 802.11ax white paper for further
information.
KEY FEATURES
• 1.77 Gbps of maximum throughput
• WPA3 and Enhanced Open security
• Built-in technology that resolves sticky client issues
for Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 5 devices
• OFDMA and MU-MIMO for enhanced multi-user
eciency
• IoT-ready Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee support
Advantages of OFDMA
This capability allows Aruba’s APs to handle multiple Wi-Fi 6
capable clients on each channel simultaneously, regardless
of device or trac 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 and not competing for airtime and bandwidth.
Aruba Air Slice™ for Extended Application Assurance
Initially, APs in controller-less mode (Instant) can provide
SLA-grade performance by allocating radio resources, such
as time, frequency, and spatial streams, to specic trac
types. By combining Aruba’s Policy Enforcement Firewall
(PEF) and Layer 7 deep packet inspection (DPI) to identif y
user roles and applications, the APs will dynamically allocate
the bandwidth needed. Non-Wi-Fi 6 clients can also benet.
Air Slice™ for APs uses Aruba Central for management.
Controller-based APs will be supported in a future software
release.
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ARUBA 500 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO)
The 500 Series AP supports 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 cannow send trac, thus
optimizing client-to-AP spatial stream diversity.
Wi-Fi 6 and MU-MIMO aware client optimization
Aruba’s patented AI-powered ClientMatch technology
eliminates stick y 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 trac type –
even as users roam.
Aruba Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC)
This 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)
Aruba 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.
Green AP energy eciency
Aruba Wi-Fi 6 APs utilize analytics from NetInsight to
automatically transition in and out of a sleep mode based on
client density. Learn more in the Green AP At-A-Glance.
ARUBA SECURE INFRASTRUCTURE
The Aruba 500 Series includes components of Aruba’s
360 Secure Fabric to help protect user authentication and
wireless trac. 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 oers seamless new protection for users
connecting to open networks where each session is
automatically encrypted to protect user passwords and data
on guest networks.
WPA 2-MPSK
MPSK enables simpler passkey management for WPA2
devices – should the Wi-Fi password on one device or device
type change, no additional changes are needed for other
devices. Requires ClearPass Policy Manager.
VPN Tunnels
In Remote AP (RAP) and IAP-VPN deployments, the Aruba
500 Series can be used to establish a secure SSL/IPSec
VPN tunnel to a Mobility Controller that is acting as a VPN
concentrator.
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
For enhanced device assurance, all Aruba APs have an
installed TPM for secure storage of credentials and keys, and
boot code.
IOT PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
Like all Aruba Wi-Fi 6 APs, the 500 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
500 Series as an IoT platform, which eliminates the need for
an overlay infrastructure and additional IT resources.
Target Wake Time (T WT)
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.
SIMPLE AND SECURE ACCESS
To simplify policy enforcement, the Aruba 500 Series
uses Aruba’s policy enforcement rewall (PEF) feature
to encapsulate all trac from the AP to the Mobility
Controller (or Gateway) for end-to-end encryption and
inspection. Policies are applied based on user role, device
type, applications, and location. This reduces the manual
conguration of SSIDs, VL ANs and ACLs. PEF also serves as
the underlying technology for Aruba Dynamic Segmentation.
HIGH-DENSITY CONNECTIVITY
Each 500 Series AP provides connectivity for a maximum of
256 associated clients per radio (512 in total). In real-world
scenarios, the maximum recommended client density is
dependent on environmental conditions.
DATA SHEET
ARUBA 500 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
FLEXIBLE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT
A unique feature of Aruba APs is the ability to operate in
either controllerless (Instant) or controller-based mode.
Controller-less (Instant) mode
In controllerless mode, one AP serves as a virtual controller
for the entire network. Learn more about Instant mode in
this technology brief.
Mobility Controller mode
For optimized network performance, roaming and security,
APs tunnel all trac to a mobility controller for centrally
managed trac forwarding and segmentation, data
encryption, and policy enforcement. Learn more in the
ArubaOS datasheet.
Management options
Available management solutions include Aruba Central
(cloud-managed) or Aruba AirWave – a multi-vendor
on-premises management solution.
For large installations across multiple sites, APs can be
factory-shipped and can be activated with Zero Touch
Provisioning through Aruba Central or AirWave. This reduces
deployment time, centralizes conguration, and helps
manage inventory.
ADDITIONAL WI-FI FEATURES
Each AP also includes the following standards-based
technologies:
Transmit beamforming (TxBF) Increased signal reliability and
range
Passpoint Wi-Fi (Release 2)
(Hotspot 2.0)
Dynamic Frequency Selection
(DFS)
Maximum Ratio Combining
(MRC)
Cyclic Delay/Shift Diversity
(CDD/CSD)
Space-Time Block Coding Increased range and improved
Low-Density Parity Check
(LDPC)
Seamless cellular-to-Wi-Fi
carryover for guests
Optimized use of available RF
spectrum
Improved receiver performance
Greater downlink RF
performance
reception
High-eciency error correction
for increased throughput
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