AP-515

INCREDIBLE EFFICIENCY
The 510 Series APs are also designed to optimize user
experience by maximizing Wi-Fi efficiency and dramatically
reducing airtime contention between clients.
Features include Orthogonal frequency-division multiple
access (OFDMA), multi-user MIMO and cellular optimization.
With up to 4 spatial streams (4SS) and 160MHz channel
bandwidth (VHT160), the 510 Series provides groundbreaking
wireless capabilities for any enterprise.
Read the Multi-User 802.11ax white paper for further
information.

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 traffic 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.

Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO)
The 510 Series APs support downlink MU-MIMO (5GHz
radio) to maximize the use of its MIMO radio capabilities by
simultaneously exchanging data with multiple single or dual
stream client devices

Automated Wi-Fi radio frequency management
To optimize the user experience and provide greater stability,
Aruba AirMatch allows organization to automate network
optimization using machine learning. AirMatch provides
dynamic bandwidth adjustments to support changing device
density, enhanced roaming using an even distribution of
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) to radios, and
real-time channel assignments to mitigate co-channel
interference.

Application Assurance
With Air Slice, organizations can provide application
assurance to their users that goes beyond the traditional
capabilities of airtime fairness. After the SLAs are configured,
Air Slice monitors network usage, automatically allocates
radio resources, and dynamically adjusts radio resources as
new users connect. and applications sessions begin or end.
Aruba Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC)
This feature uses built-in filtering 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 configured to enable
or disable capabilities based on available PoE power – ideal
when wired switches have exhausted their power budget.

IOT READY
The 510 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 510 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.

SIMPLE AND SECURE ACCESS
To simplify policy enforcement, the Aruba 510 Series
uses Aruba’s policy enforcement firewall (PEF) feature
to encapsulate all traffic 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
configuration of SSIDs, VLANs and ACLs. PEF also serves as
the underlying technology for Aruba Dynamic Segmentation.

FLEXIBLE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT
Our unified APs can operate as standalone access points
or with a gateway for greater scalability, security, and
manageability. APs can be deployed using zero touch
provisioning – without on-site technical expertise – for ease
of implementation in branch offices and for remote work.
Aruba APs can be managed using cloud-based or onpremises solutions for any campus, branch, or remote work
environment. As the management and orchestration console
for Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform), Aruba Central
provides a single pane of glass for overseeing every aspect
of wired and wireless LANs, WANs, and VPNs. AI-powered
analytics, end-to-end orchestration and automation, and
advanced security features are built natively into the solution.

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)
Seamless cellular-to-Wi-Fi carryover for guests
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
Optimized use of available RF spectrum
Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC)
Improved receiver performance
Cyclic Delay/Shift Diversity (CDD/CSD)
Greater downlink RF performance
Space-Time Block Coding
Increased range and improved reception
– Including Zero-Wait DFS (ZWDFS) to accelerate channel
changes
• Supported radio technologies:
– 802.11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS)
– 802.11a/g/n/ac: Orthogonal frequency-division
multiplexing (OFDM)
– 802.11ax: Orthogonal frequency-division multiple
access (OFDMA) with up to 16 resource units (for an
80MHz channel)
• Supported modulation types:
– 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK
– 802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM
(proprietary extension)
– 802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM,
1024-QAM (proprietary extension)
– 802.11ax: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM,
1024-QAM802.11n high-throughput (HT) support:
HT20/40
• 802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support:
VHT20/40/80/160
• 802.11ax high efficiency (HE) support: HE20/40/80/160
• Supported data rates (Mbps) :
– 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
– 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
– 802.11n (2.4GHz): 6.5 to 300 (MCS0 to MCS15, HT20
to HT40)
– 802.11n (5GHz): 6.5 to 600 (MCS0 to MVC31, HT20
to HT40)
– 802.11ac: 6.5 to 3,467 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 4,
VHT20 to VHT160)
– 802.11ax (2.4GHz): 3.6 to 574 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1
to 2, HE20 to HE40)
– 802.11ax (5GHz): 3.6 to 4,803 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1
to 4, HE20 to HE160)
• 802.11n/ac/ax packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-MSDU
• Transmit power: Configurable in increments of 0.5 dBm
• Maximum (aggregate, conducted total) transmit power
(limited by local regulatory requirements):
– 2.4 GHz band: +21 dBm (18dBm per chain)
– 5 GHz band: +24 dBm (18 dBm 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
• USB 2.0 host interface (Type A connector)
– Capable of sourcing up to 1A / 5W to an attached device
• Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee (802.15.4) radio (2.4GHz)
– Bluetooth 5: up to 8dBm transmit power (class 1) and
-95dBm receive sensitivity
– Zigbee: up to 8dBm transmit power and -97dBm receive
sensitivity
– Integrated vertically polarized omnidirectional antenna
with roughly 30 degrees downtilt and peak gain of 3.5dBi
(AP-515) or 4.9dBi (AP-514)
• Visual indictors (two multi-color LEDs): for System and
Radio status
• Reset button: factory reset, LED mode control (normal/off)
• Serial console interface (proprietary, micro-B USB
physical jack)
• Kensington security slot
Power sources and power consumption
• The AP supports direct DC power and Power over
Ethernet (PoE; on port E0)
• When both power sources are available, DC power takes
priority over PoE
• Power sources are sold separately; see the ordering
Information section below for details
• When powered by DC or 802.3at (class 4) / 802.3bt (class
5) PoE, the AP will operate without restrictions.
• When powered by 802.3af (class 3) PoE and with the IPM
feature enabled, the AP will start up in unrestricted mode,
but it may apply restrictions depending on the PoE budget
and actual power. What IPM restrictions to apply, and in
what order, is programmable.
• Operating the AP with an 802.3af (class 3 or lower) PoE
source and IPM disabled is not supported (except for AP
staging; no radios will be enabled).
• Maximum (worst-case) power consumption:
– DC powered: 16.0W
– PoE powered (802.3af, IPM enabled): 13.5W
– PoE powered (802.3at/bt): 20.8W
– All numbers above are without an external USB device
connected. When sourcing the full 5W power budget
to such a device, the incremental (worst-case) power
consumption for the AP is up to 5.7W (PoE powered) or
5.5W (DC powered).
• Maximum (worst-case) power consumption in idle mode:
12.6W (PoE) or 9.7W (DC)
• Maximum (worst-case) power consumption in deep-sleep
mode: 5.9W (PoE) or 1.5W (DC)
Regulatory model numbers
• AP-514: APIN0514
• AP-515: APIN0515
Certifications
• UL2043 plenum rating
• Wi-Fi Alliance:
– Wi-Fi CERTIFIED a, b, g, n, ac, ax
– WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 – Enterprise with CNSA option,
Personal(SAE), Enhanced Open ( OWE)
– WMM, WMM-PS, W-Fi Agile Multiband
– Passpoint (release 2)
– Wi-Fi Location
• Bluetooth SIG