General Benefits

• Allows phased wired infrastructure upgrades
  - Adapts to available 802.3af power-over-Ethernet (PoE) instead of requiring customers to upgrade to 802.3at PoE+.
• Delivers 1.9 Gbps aggregate throughput.
  - EtherChannel link aggregation on two Gigabit Ethernet ports provides 1.9 Gbps throughput.
• 600 Mbps in the 2.4-GHz band.
  - Supports up to 600 Mbps for TurboQAM-enabled mobile devices operating in the 2.4-GHz band – an industry first.
• Best-in-class RF management
  - Integrated Adaptive Radio Management™ technology manages the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radio bands and ensures that APs stay clear of RF interference.
• Spectrum analysis
  - Capable of part-time or dedicated air monitoring, the spectrum analyzer remotely scans the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radio bands to identify sources of RF interference.
• Wireless mesh*
  - Wireless mesh connections are convenient where Ethernet drops are not available.
  *Available Q3 2014 onwards
• Security
  - Integrated wireless intrusion protection offers threat protection and mitigation and eliminates the need for separate RF sensors and security appliances.
  - With an OpenDNS service subscription, Aruba Instant APs delivers integrated web filtering, malware and botnet protection to every device connected to the WLAN.
  - Encrypted IPsec VPN tunnels securely connect remote users to corporate network resources.
  - Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for secure storage of credentials and keys.
  - SecureJack-capable for secure tunneling of wired Ethernet traffic.

AP-220 Series Specifications

• AP-225 and IAP-225 - 2.4-GHz (600 Mbps max) and 5-GHz (1.3 Gbps max) radios, each with 3×3 MIMO and three integrated omni-directional downtilt antennas
• AP-224 and IAP-224 - 2.4-GHz (600 Mbps max) and 5-GHz (1.3 Gbps max) radios, each with 3×3 MIMO and three combined, diplexed external antenna connectors

Wireless Radio Specifications

• AP type: Indoor, dual radio, 5 GHz 802.11ac and 2.4 GHz 802.11n
  In addition to 802.11n data rates, the 2.4-GHz radio supports 802.11ac data rates using 256-QAM modulation. This gives TurboQAM-enabled clients a 33% boost above the maximum supported data rate.
• Software-configurable dual radio supports 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz
• 3×3 MIMO with three spatial streams and up to 1.3 Gbps wireless data rate
• Supported frequency band (country-specific restrictions apply):
  2.4000 GHz to 2.4835 GHz
  5.150 to 5.250 GHz
  5.250 to 5.350 GHz
  5.470 to 5.725 GHz
  5.725 to 5.850 GHz
• Available channels: Dependent upon configured regulatory domain
• Dynamic frequency selection (DFS) optimizes the use of available RF spectrum
• Supported radio technologies:
  802.11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS)
  802.11a/g/n/ac: Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
  802.11n/ac: 3×3 MIMO with up to three spatial streams
  Supported modulation types:
  802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK
  802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM
  802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM
• Transmit power: Configurable in increments of 0.5 dBm
• Maximum (aggregate, conducted total) transmit power (limited by local regulatory requirements):
  2.4-GHz band: +23 dBm
  5-GHz bands: +23 dBm
• Advanced cellular coexistence (ACC) feature to effectively deal with interference from cellular systems
• Maximum ratio combining (MRC) for improved receiver performance
• Cyclic delay diversity (CDD) for improved downlink RF performance
• Short guard interval for 20-MHz, 40-MHz and 80-MHz 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 reliability in signal delivery
• 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 450 (MCS0 to MCS23)
  802.11ac: 6.5 to 1,300 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 3)
  802.11n high-throughput (HT) support: HT 20/40
  802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support: VHT 20/40/80
  802.11n/ac packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-MSDU