Zebra AP7522 User Manual

PRODUCT SPEC SHEET

AP 7522 802.11ac ACCESS POINT

AP 7522 802.11ac ACCESS POINT

UPGRADE TO 802.11AC WI-FI SPEED AND THROUGHPUT — ALL
AT A LOW COST.

Your WLAN keeps your business moving, empowering your workers to achieve maximum productivity and providing your
customers with the high-performance wireless services they expect inside your walls. Yet your wireless LAN is constantly
pressured by the steady increase in number of users — and the bandwidth-heavy and latency-sensitive voice and multi-media
applications they use. Upgrading to 802.11ac could solve the problem, but cost has been an issue — until today.

Introducing the AP 7522 from Zebra, delivering 802.11ac speeds at half the cost of many of its competitors. Now, you can support
virtually any of the mobile devices on your network running today’s demanding applications, with a design that fits right in to any
area in your environment. The 802.11n radio ensures backward compatibility with every mobile device in use in your operation
today — and 256 QAM modulation boosts the bandwidth of the 802.11n radio to 802.11ac levels. Choose internal antennas for a
sleek understated look that is ideal in customer facing or carpeted office areas, or external antennas that allow you to choose the
antennas you need to achieve maximum range and performance in demanding industrial areas. If you need sensor capability, the
AP 7522 gives you the flexibility to meet different business needs — you can deploy a single AP 7522 as both a sensor and an
access point for maximum cost-efficiency, or as a dedicated sensor for the most robust sensing functionality. And with our
high-powered radios, you’ll need fewer access points. The result? A new level of capacity and performance for your wireless
LAN — at a new low cost.

THE BANDWIDTH AND APPLICATION PERFORMANCE YOU NEED TO SUPPORT ALL OF YOUR USERS

802.11ac technology builds on advances of 802.11n — the 802.11ac radio delivers more bandwidth and faster speeds through new
technology advancements such as Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO). 256 QAM modulation gives the 2X2 MIMO

802.11ac radio an additional performance boost, and increases the bandwidth of the 802.11n radio to 802.11ac speeds. In addition,
interference from 2.4 GHz devices is finally eliminated. Since 802.11ac operates only in the 5 GHz band, Bluetooth® headsets,
microwave ovens and more will no longer impact Wi-Fi network performance. The result? Your WLAN can support an
unprecedented number of users and applications — including voice and video — allowing you to confidently deploy Bring Your
Own Device (BYOD) initiatives and empower new workgroups with mobility.

EASY MIGRATION TO 5TH GENERATION 802.11ac WI-FI

The dual radio AP 7522 provides the simplest path to next generation Wi-Fi. The 802.11ac radio readies you to support new 5
GHz mobile devices, while the 802.11n radio ensures support for all existing mobile devices — including 2.4 GHz clients. The
radios work together to allow you to migrate to 802.11ac at your own pace — and without the high cost of “rip and replace”.

MORE ROBUST WIRELESS CONNECTIONS

Your users will experience a more robust wireless connection than ever before, thanks to improved beamforming. Beamforming
creates the most efficient path for data transmission between an access point and a mobile device. Until today, the transmitting
beamformer worked alone to define this path. Now, the receiver also assists, a process known as sounding. The result is a stronger
connection that enables faster data transmission. Application throughput and performance is improved, along with mobile device
battery power.

GAP-FREE SECURITY

The AP 7522 secures all your wireless transmissions, ensuring compliance with the government or industry regulations your

INNOVATIVE
FEATURES OF THE
AP 7522

Dual radio 802.11ac/

802.11n

Provides an easy upgrade path
to 5th generation Wi-Fi for
unmatched performance and
capacity, with continuing
support for all existing Wi-Fi
client devices (2.4 GHz/5 GHz)

2X2 MIMO with 256
QAM modulation

Support for 256 QAM
modulation on both the 2.4 GHz
and 5 GHz radios boosts
throughput; works in
conjunction with beamforming
to boost range

The aesthetics for every
inch of your
environment

Choose the internal antenna
option for a sleek look in public
facing areas where aesthetics
are important; choose external
antennas when you need the
flexibility to cover challenging
areas

Radio Share and
Off-Channel Scan

Gives you the flexibility to
enable a single AP 7522 to
perform double duty as an
access point and a sensor

Standard 802.3af

Simplifies and reduces total
cost of installation using
standard Power-over-Ethernet (
PoE)

Load balancing,
pre-emptive roaming
and rate scaling

Increases reliability and
resilience of the wireless
network to support mission
critical applications

The AP 7522 — the power of 802.11ac wireless speed, at a new low cost.

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AP 7522 TYPICAL ANTENNA PATTERNS (INTERNAL MODEL)

business may be subjected to, such as PCI in retail and HIPAA in healthcare. Your network is protected every second of every day
with comprehensive integrated security features that include layer 2-7 stateful packet filtering firewall, AAA RADIUS services, a
VPN gateway and location-based access control.

FLEXIBLE WIPS SENSOR SUPPORT

You choose how you want to implement sensing to support AirDefense Network Assurance features. While you can always
choose to deploy an AP 7522 as a dedicated sensor, Radio Share and Off-Channel Scan features work hand-in-hand to allow
either or both radios to carry client data and act as a sensor, providing dual-band sensing without adding cost.

VOICE, LOCATIONING AND GUEST ACCESS

Support for Voice-over-wireless LAN (VoWLAN) quality of service (QoS) ensures toll quality, even with many simultaneous
calls on a single access point. In addition, you can leverage locationing services to locate and track people and assets, as well as
control network and application access. And since you can prevent users from accessing authorized networks, sites and
applications, it’s easy to provide hotspot and guest access.

THE ZEBRA ADVANTAGE: A TURBOBOOST FOR PERFORMANCE AND SUPERIOR SCALABILITY

Since the AP 7522 802.11ac Access Point is part of our WiNG 5 family of WLAN infrastructure, it is “network aware”, able to
work in concert with all other Zebra WiNG 5 controllers and access points to define the route that will enable the fastest and most
robust path for every transmission. And since the AP 7522 can be adopted by our controllers for easy centralized management,
your network is easy to scale. No matter how many access points and controllers you need, or where in the world they are located,
you can deploy, monitor, troubleshoot and manage them all from a single location. No matter how many users you need to support
today or tomorrow, you get the peace of mind that comes from knowing your network is always ready and waiting.

SUPPORT SERVICES BRING OUR EXPERTISE RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR

Reduce risk, lower your capital investment and reduce operational costs with from-the-manufacturer support services. Our family
of services can help you get and keep your WLAN up and running at peak performance by providing the assistance you need at
every phase of the network lifecycle — from planning and implementation to post-deployment everyday support.

Gap-free security

Protects your network
24x7x365 with integrated
security features

UNLEASH OPTIMAL

Zebra's WiNG 5 WLAN
operating system offers a
distributed architecture that
extends QoS, security and
mobility services to the APs for
better direct routing and
network resilience. That means
no bottleneck at the wireless
controller, no latency issues for
voice applications and no jitter
in your streaming video. And
with our broad selection of
access points and flexible
network configurations, you get
the network you need with less
hardware to buy. Let us show
you the less complicated, less
expensive way to more capacity
and more agility. And more
satisfied users.

WiNG FEATURE
HIGHLIGHTS

802.11r Fast Roaming:

Supports fast roaming
between access points for
mobile clients.

Roaming Assistance:

Enables a sticky-free client
WLAN network and
improves network
performance.

SMART-RF:

Allows the WLAN to
automatically and
intelligently adapt to changes
in the RF environment to
protect performance and
eliminate unforeseen gaps in
coverage. Senses potential
interference from Wi-Fi and
non Wi-Fi sources (such as
faulty antennas and
neighboring access point
failures) and automatically
adjustschannels and power as
needed.

Smart Load Balancing:

Distributes clients evenly
across access points and
bands, improving overall
network performance.