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Aruba 303 Series Campus Access Points

Overview

Aruba 303 Series Campus Access Points

Low-cost 802.11ac wave 2 enterprise AP

Product overview

The affordable mid-range Aruba 303 Series campus access point delivers high performance 802.11ac with MU-MIMO (wave 2) for medium density enterprise environments. With the integrated BLE and supporting 802.3af power, the Aruba 303 Series AP enables enterprises to improve their work efficiency and productivity with the lowest TCO.

The compact Aruba 303 Series AP delivers a maximum concurrent data rate of 867 Mbps in the 5GHz band and 300 Mbps in the

2.4GHz band (for an aggregate peak data rate of 1.2Gbps). Featuring 2x2:2SS, the Aruba 303 is designed for medium device density enviro sensitive.

The 303 Series AP has an integrated Bluetooth Low locationin radio also enables the remote management of battery beacons. It ena and increase the value of the wireless network for organizations.

Unique Benefits

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less (InstantOS)

enabled mobile devices receiving signals from multiple Aruba Beacons

Supports priority handling and policy enforcement for unified communication apps, including Skype for Business

o provides airtime fairness and ensures that APs stay clear

radio bands to identify sources of RF interference from HT20 through VHT80 operation

nments, such as schools, retail branches, warehouses, hotels and enterprise offices, where the environment is cost

-Energy (BLE) radio, which can be used as an Aruba beacon for advanced

g, indoor wayfinding, asset tracking, and to enable proximity-based push notification services. The integrated beacon

-powered and other standalone beacons in a large-scale network of Aruba

bles businesses to leverage mobility context to develop applications that will deliver an enhanced user experience

Unified AP - deploy with or without controller

- The 303 Series access points can be deployed in either controller-based (ArubaOS) or controller-

deployment mode

• Dual Radio 2x2 802.11ac access point with Multi-User MIMO (wave 2)

- Supports up to 867Mbps in the 5GHz band (with 2SS/VHT80 client devices) and up to 300Mbps in the 2.4GHz

• Built-in Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) radio

• Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC)

• Quality of service for unified communications applications

• Aruba AppRF technology leverages deep packet inspection to classify and block, prioritize or limit bandwidth for over

2,500 enterprise apps or groups of apps

• RF Management

• Spectrum analysis

band (with 2SS/HT40 clients)

- Enables location based services with BLE-

at the same time

- Enables asset tracking when used with Aruba Asset Tags

- Minimizes interference from 3G/4G cellular networks, distributed antenna systems and commercial small

cell/femtocell equipment

with encrypted videoconferencing, voice, chat and desktop sharing

- Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) technology with AirMatch automatically assigns channel, width and power

settings based on environment and client density. It als of all sources of RF interference to deliver reliable, high-performance WLANs

- The Aruba 303 Series Access Points can be configured to provide part-time or dedicated air monitoring for

spectrum analysis and wireless intrusion protection, VPN tunnels to extend remote locations to corporate resources, and wireless mesh connections where Ethernet drops are not available

- Capable of part-time or dedicated air monitoring, the spectrum analyzer remotely scans the 2.4GHz and 5GHz

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Aruba 303 Series Campus Access Points

Overview

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Choose your operating mode

The Aruba 303 Series Access Points offer a choice of deployment and operating modes to meet your unique management and deployment requirements:

When deployed in conjunction with an Aruba Mobility Controller, Aruba 303 Series Access Points

For large installations across multiple sites, the Aruba Activate service significantly reduces deployment time by automating provisioning, firmware upg configure themselves when powered up.

Specifications

Hardware Variants

- 5.250 to 5.350GHz

Aruba Secure Core

- Device assurance: Use of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for secure storage of credentials and keys as well as

secure boot

- Integrated wireless intrusion protection offers threat protection and mitigation, and eliminates the need for

separate RF sensors and security appliances

- IP reputation and security services identify, classify, and block malicious les, URLs and IPs, providing

comprehensive protection against advanced online threats

• The 303 Series AP is a unified AP that supports both controller-based and controller-less deployment modes, providing

maximum flexibility.

• Controller-based mode -

offer centralized configuration, data encryption, policy enforcement and network services, as well as distributed and centralized traffic forwarding.

• Controller-less (Instant) mode - The controller function is virtualized in a cluster of APs in Instant mode. As the network

grows and/or requirements change, Instant deployments can easily migrate to controller-based mode.

• Remote AP (RAP) mode for branch deployments

• Air monitor (AM) for wireless IDS, rogue detection and containment

• Spectrum analyzer (SA), dedicated or hybrid, for identifying sources of RF interference

• Secure enterprise mesh portal or point

rades, and inventory management. With Aruba Activate, the APs can be factory-shipped to any site and

• AP-303: Internal antenna models.

-FI Radio Specifications

• AP type: Indoor, dual radio, 5GHz 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO and 2.4GHz 802.11n 2x2 MIMO

• 5GHz (radio 0):

- Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 867Mbps wireless data rate to individual 2SS VHT80 client

devices

- Two spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to 867Mbps wireless data rate to two 1SS MU-MIMO capable

client devices simultaneously

• 2.4GHz (radio 1):

- Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 300Mbps wireless data rate to individual 2SS HT40 client

devices

• Support for up to 256 associated client devices per radio, and up to 16 BSSIDs per radio

• Supported frequency bands (country-specific restrictions apply):

- 2.400 to 2.4835GHz

- 5.150 to 5.250GHz

device

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Aruba 303 Series Campus Access Points

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- 5.470 to 5.725GHz

Other interfaces

- 5.725 to 5.850GHz

• Available channels: Dependent on configured regulatory domain

• Dynamic frequency selection (DFS) optimizes the use of available RF spectrum

• Supported radio technologies:

- 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK

- 802.11a/g/n/ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM

• Transmit power: Configurable in increments of 0.5dBm

• Maximum (aggregate, conducted total) transmit power (limited by local regulatory requirements):

- 2.4GHz band: +21dBm (18dBm per chain)

- 5GHz band: +21dBm (18dBm per chain)

- NOTE: conducted transmit power levels exclude antenna gain. For total (EIRP) transmit power, add antenna

gain

• Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC) minimizes the impact of interference from cellular networks

• Maximum ratio combining (MRC) for improved receiver performance

• Cyclic delay/shift diversity (CDD/CSD) for improved downlink RF performance

• Short guard interval for 20MHz, 40MHz and 80MHz channels

• Space-time block coding (STBC) for increased range and improved reception

• Low-density parity check (LDPC) for high-efficiency error correction and increased throughput

• Transmit beam-forming (TxBF) for increased signal reliability and range

• Supported data rates (Mbps):

- 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11

- 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54

- 802.11n: 6.5 to 300 (MCS0 to MCS15)

- 802.11ac: 6.5 to 867 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 2)

- 802.11n high-throughput (HT) support: HT20/40

- 802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support: VHT20/40/80

- 802.11n/ac packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-MSDU

-FI Antennas

• AP-303: Internal antenna models.

• E0: One 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet network interface (RJ-45)

• DC power interface, accepts 2.1/5.5-mm center-positive circular plug with 9.5-mm length

• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio

• Visual indicators (tri-color LEDs): for System and Radio status

• Reset button: factory reset (during device power-up), LED mode control (normal/off)

• Serial console interface (proprietary, USB physical jack)

• Kensington security slot

- Two vertically polarized dual-band downtilt omni-directional antennas for 2x2 MIMO with peak antenna gain of

3.5dBi (2.4GHz) and 6.9dBi (5GHz) per antenna.

- The antennas are optimized for horizontal ceiling mounted orientation of the AP. The downtilt angle for

maximum gain is roughly 30 degrees.

- Combining the patterns of both antennas per radio, the peak gain of the average (effective) pattern is 2.1dBi in

2.4GHz and 5.7dBi in 5GHz.

- Auto-sensing link speed and MDI/MDX

- POE-PD: 48Vdc (nominal) 802.3af POE

- Up to 3dBm transmit power (class 2) and -93dBm receive sensitivity

- Integrated vertically polarized omnidirectional antenna with roughly 30 degrees downtilt and peak gain of 4.5dBi

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