Series

Aruba AP-503H

AP type

Mid-range dual radio Wi-Fi 6 Hospitality AP with 1+2 Ethernet ports

Description

HPE Aruba Networking AP-503H (RW) Dual-radio 802.11ax 2x2 Unified Hospitality AP with 1+2 Ethernet

Dimension (excluding mount bracket)

86mm (W) x 40mm (D) x 150mm (H)

Weight

290g

OperatingTemperature

0C to +40C / +32F to +104F

Storage Temperature

-40°C to +70°C (-40°F to +158°F)

Humidity

5% to 93% non-condensing

5 GHz radio

Two spatial stream (SU) MIMO for up to 1.2 Gbps wireless data rate (HE80)

2.4 GHz radio

Two spatial stream (SU) MIMO for up to 287 Mbps wireless data rate (HE20)

Note: HE40 operation is supported in 2.4 GHz, but uncommon and not recommended

for enterprise deployments

Maximum number of BSSIDs

16 BSSIDs per radio

Supported frequency bands (country-specific restrictions apply)

● 2.400 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

● 5.850 to 5.895GHz

Available channels

Dependent on configured regulatory domain

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 8 resource units

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-QAM

Antenna

2 integrated omni-directional downtilt antennas

Maximum No. of associated client devices

Up to 256 associated client devices per radio

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, HT20 to HT40), 400 with 256-QAM

● 802.11ac: 6.5 to 867 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 2, VHT20 to VHT80), 1,083 with 1024-QAM

● 802.11ax (2.4GHz): 3.6 to 574 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2, HE20 to HE40)

● 802.11ax (5GHz): 3.6 to 1,201 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2, HE20 to HE80)

802.11n high-throughput (HT) support

HT 20/40

802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support

VHT 20/40/80

802.11ax high efficiency (HE) support

HE 20/40/80

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: +20 dBm (17 dBm per chain)

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

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

Certifications

● Wi-Fi Alliance:

– Wi-Fi CERTIFIED a, b, g, n, ac

– Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 (ax)

– WPA, WPA2 and WPA3–Enterprise with CNSA option, Personal (SAE), Enhanced Open (OWE)

– WMM, WMM-PS, Wi-Fi Agile Multiband

– Passpoint (release 2)

– Wi-Fi CERTIFIED LocationTM (AP-505H Only)

● Bluetooth SIG

● Ethernet Alliance (PoE)