510 Series Campus

Access Point
802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
Customer presentation

Nov/1, 2018
Agenda

1 Trends and challenges

2 Aruba 510 series campus AP

3 How to prepare your network

4 Customer reference

5 Resources

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Trends and challenges
Growth in devices Diversity of applications
20B Cumulative devices
shipped in 2018
30B Overall number of
projected connected things
Growing user expectation
Diversity of applications Low tolerance for poor
growth such as voice, video,
network performance
IoT
Applications depend on
45%/yr 
reliable, consistent, and
growth of video traffic
through 2023 secure network
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802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) technology

Increase 4x average throughput in a

dense deployment scenario

Maximizing capacity and efficiency

and ensuring that all devices in a
crowded network get the bandwidth
they require

Improve power efficiency of client

devices- battery saving

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Aruba 510 series access point
A differentiated experience beyond 802.11ax

• High performance
Max aggregate peak data rate
• Multi user capabilities with OFDMA and MU-MIMO 5.4Gbps
• Boost performance of multi-user features with ax -aware ClientMatch Controller/Instant
• RF optimization with AI-powered AirMatch deployment
• Intelligent traffic management with AppRF
• IoT and location ready
• Universal IoT connectivity with Zigbee & Bluetooth 5
• Mobile engagement and asset tracking support 4x
• Flexible PoE option 802.11ax
• Still operate even if there is not enough PoE power with Intelligent Power
Monitoring (IPM)
• Enhanced Security
• ArubaOS core security and better encryption with Wi-Fi Alliance WPA3 and 802.11ac
Enhanced open
• Always on connectivity 4x better capacity in
• 24/7 network uptime with LiveUpgrade and Seamless Failover dense deployment

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High performance experience with multi user features
OFDMA( uplink and downlink) and MU-MIMO ( downlink)

MU-MIMO
Congestion and delay

OFDMA

OFDMA increases efficiency and capacity MU-MIMO increases capacity

OFDMA reduces latency for voice and IoT
Ideal for low bandwidth , small packets ( voice
and IoT), latency sensitive applications
MU-MIMO results in higher speed and throughput
per user – transmit to up to 4 clients
Ideal for higher bandwidth applications such as
HD Video or large files

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Boost performance of multi-user with ax-aware ClientMatch

802.11ax

ax
Older clients ax ax ax ax

By moving all ax clients to the ax APs we can utilize

ClientMatch OFDMA or MU-MIMO efficiently to boost the
performance of the network
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Intelligent adaptive RF and Intelligent traffic control
Good user experience

AirMatch AppRF
• Enhanced user experience while roaming • Automatically identifying traffic using DPI
in large dense environments

• AI-powered self-optimizing RF planning - • Prioritizing traffic per user ,device and

enhancement to ARM application

• Use cases: prioritize Skype for Business

• Provides channel, channel bandwidth and
for employees but deprioritize for
power planning contractors

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IoT ready – Universal connectivity for IoT

• New 802.15.4 radio supports Zigbee and potentially other standards

• Zigbee use cases include digital door locks in hotels and digital signage for retail
• First Bluetooth 5 radio integrated into an AP
• Traditional location and asset tracking support
• Cost effective and easy to manage universal IoT connectivity with Zigbee
and Bluetooth 5 cover 74% of IoT use cases
• IoT battery life savings with Wi-Fi 6 Target Wake Time (TWT) support
• 802.11ax provides dedicated channels in OFDMA - simultaneous
transmission of IoT connections with low latency Integrated Zigbee Radio & BLE

First Wi-Fi Vendor with integrated Wi-Fi 6, BLE 5, and 802.15.4

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Enhanced security with WPA3 and Enhanced Open

Wi-Fi Alliance WPA3

• Passwords are harder to crack with SAE
(Simultaneous Authentication of Equals)
• WPA3-Enterprise simplifies configuration and
enhances encryption (Suite B /256-bit encryption)
Wi-Fi Alliance Enhanced Open
• Secure user traffic in open networks such as coffee
shops
• All wireless traffic gets encrypted with OWE
(Opportunistic Wireless Encryption)

• ArubaOS Security features

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Always on network
No network downtime for 24/7 operation networks

• Seamless Failover with Controller

Clustering – No disruption to real-time
voice and video apps
• Real-time upgrade to the latest OS with
min downtime with LiveUpgrade
• Seamless roaming with clustering –
better user experience when roaming

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Wi-Fi goes green with Green AP
End of the day:
Energy efficiency and social responsibility Underutilized APs
throughout the
convention center
powered down

• Green AP in NetInsight can put the 510

series to deep sleep mode when not
used, such as evenings/weekends

• Higher performance 802.11ax access

points need more power. This feature will
offset that.

• The user will not feel that Green AP

exists on the network

• We could save up to 72% in power (from

~21W to 6W)
Energy saving is
at max
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Why Use A.I./Machine Learning

 Analyze large data volumes

 Uncover hidden insights
 Develop best practices
 Improve efficiency
 Intelligently automate

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The Aruba A.I. Advantage

 Deep domain experience

 Access to data
 Data science expertise
 Performance at scale
 Solution maturity
 Integrated AI-powered portfolio

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Some myths about 802.11ax

No client devices yet

True, but they are coming in 2019 so it’s better to future
proof your network

Upgrading will affect wired infrastructure

Not necessarily and a gradual approach can be taken
with Intelligent Power Monitoring (IPM)

The cost premium is (too) big

The cost difference between 510 series and 310 series
is only $100

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Bank of America Stadium, Home to the Carolina Panthers
Supports more than 75,000 fans

“Our fans expect an outstanding connected

stadium experience. In order to continue to
deliver that experience, we need to prepare
for the future demands on our network which
is why we’re evaluating Aruba’s .11ax APs
to support new applications and greater
IoT and mobile device density
requirements.”
James Hammond, Director of Information
Technology for the Carolina Panthers.

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University of Minnesota
48,000 students, 18,000 faculty, 120,000 devices daily

“Testing Aruba’s 802.11ax APs will

help determine how to best integrate ax with our
current system while improving the user
experience, and look at ways to leverage Aruba’s
NetInsight Green AP capabilities
to potentially reduce energy usage and costs.”
 
Louis Hammond, service owner for data and voice
network services for the University of Minnesota.

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How can you prepare your network for 802.11ax?
  
• Upgrade to ArubaOS 8 to support 802.11ax APs
• Switching :
• 802.11ax ready switches with 802.3bt power (~ 45W and 60W) –The ax APs are
power-hungry, and need more than 802.3at for high-end APs.
2930M with high PoE power ( 802.3bt)
• Smart rate switch ports –The actual traffic may exceed 1 Gb/s per AP

• Security
• Latest security standard: Wi-Fi Alliance WPA3 and enhanced open Wi-Fi Alliance
• Dynamic Segmentation: allowing you to apply one single policy for wired and Enhanced Open
wireless users.

• Energy saving – Green AP will power down underutilized APs to provide Green AP
energy saving and off setting high performance ax APs high power
consumption.
• Flexibility of management - Both on prem (AirWave) and Cloud (Central)
management option
• Flexibility of deployment : Instant and Controller based

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Resources

• Check arubanetworks.com ( video,

802.11ax Reference guide,510 series DS,
solution brief)
• Read this series of blogs on 802.11ax.
• Read the 802.11ax white paper

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Thank you

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