Series

Aruba AP-555

AP type

Indoor, dual/tri-radio, 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz 802.11ax 4x4 MIMO

Description

Dual Radio 8x8:8/4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP

Dimension (excluding mount bracket)

260mm (W) x 260mm (D) x 61mm (H) / 10.2” (W) x 10.2” (D) x 2.3” (H)

Weight

1,570g / 55.4oz

OperatingTemperature

0°C to +50°C/+32°F to +122°F

Storage Temperature

-40°C to +70°C/-40°F to +158°F

Humidity

5% to 93% non-condensing

5GHz radio

● 5 GHz radio (dual-radio operation): Eight spatial dstream HE80 (or 4SS HE160) MIMO for up to 4.8 Gbps wireless data rate

● 5 GHz radio (tri-radio operation): Four spatial stream HE80 (or 2SS HE160) MIMO for up to 2.4 Gbps wireless data rate

2.4GHz radio

● 2.4 GHz radio: Four spatial stream HE40 (HE20) MIMO for up to 1,147 Mbps (574Mbps)

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 5.895 GHz

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 37 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-QAM

Antenna

12 Internal Omni-directional Antenna

Maximum No. of associated client devices

Up to 1024 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 600 (MCS0 to MCS31, HT20 to HT40), 800 with 256-QAM

● 802.11ac: 6.5 to 1,733 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 4, VHT20 to VHT160), 2,166 with 1024-QAM

● 802.11ax (2.4GHz): 3.6 to 1,147 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 4, HE20 to HE40)

● 802.11ax (5GHz): 3.6 to 4,804 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 8, HE20 to HE160)

802.11n 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

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: +24dBm (18dBm per chain)

● 5 GHz band: +27dBm in dual-radio mode, +24dBm in tri-radio mode (18dBm per chain)

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

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 CERTIFIED Location™

● Bluetooth SIG