Aruba AP-503 WI-FI 6 Indoor Access Points

Specifications

Hardware Variants

AP-503: Campus AP platform, integrated antennas

WI-FI RADIO SPECIFICATIONS

AP type: Indoor, dual-radio, 2.4GHz and 5GHz (dual concurrent) 802.11ax 2×2 MIMO

2.4GHz radio: Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 574Mbps wireless data rate with 2SS HE40 802.11ax client devices (287Mbps for HE20)

5GHz radio: Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 1.2Gbps wireless data rate with 2SS HE80 802.11ax client devices

Up to 256 associated client devices per radio, and up to 16 BSSIDs per radio

Supported frequency bands (country-specific restrictions apply):

2.400 to 2.4835GHz ISM

5.150 to 5.250GHz U-NII-1

5.250 to 5.350GHz U-NII-2A

5.470 to 5.725GHz U-NII-2C

5.725 to 5.850GHz U-NII-3/ISM

5.850 to 5.895GHz U-NII-4

Available bands and channels: Dependent on configured regulatory domain (country)

Dynamic frequency selection (DFS) optimizes the use of available RF spectrum in the 5GHz band

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 and 256-QAM (proprietary extension)

802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM and 1024-QAM (proprietary extension)

802.11ax: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM and 1024-QAM

802.11n high-throughput (HT) support: HT20/40

802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support: VHT20/40/80

802.11ax high efficiency (HE) support: HE20/40/80

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 (proprietary extension)

802.11ac: 6.5 to 867 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 2, VHT20 to VHT80); 1,083 with 1024-QAM (MCS10 and MCS11, proprietary extension)

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/ac 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):

Per radio (2.4GHz / 5GHz): +21 dBm (18dBm 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

Cyclic delay/shift diversity (CDD/CSD) for improved downlink RF performance

Short guard interval for 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz and 160 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

802.11ax Target Wait Time (TWT) to support low-power client devices

OTHER INTERFACES

One 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet network interfaces (RJ-45)

Auto-sensing link speed and MDI/MDX

802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)

One 1000BASE-X SFP Port

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio

Up to 4 dBm transmit power (class 2) and -91 dBm receive sensitivity

Reset button: Factory reset (during device power up)

Visual indicator (multi-color LED): For system and radio status

Micro USB console interface

Kensington security slot

Power sources and power consumption

The AP supports Power over Ethernet (POE) on port E0

Power sources are sold separately

Maximum (worst-case) power consumption: 10.9W

Maximum (worst-case) power consumption in idle mode: 4.7W

Both numbers assume no power is drawn from the USB interface

Drawing 0.5W from the USB interface increases max AP power consumption by up to 0.7W

MOUNTING

A generic mount bracket to attach the AP-503 to suspended ceiling rails ships with the AP. Alternate or spare brackets can be ordered separately.

MECHANICAL

Dimensions/weight (AP-503; unit with mount bracket):

145mm (W) x 145mm (D) x 51mm (H)

270g

Dimensions/weight (AP-503; unit without mount bracket):

145mm (W) x 145mm (D) x 35mm (H)

255g

Dimensions/weight (AP-503; shipping):

196mm (W) x 183mm (D) x 67mm (H)

515g

ENVIRONMENTAL

Operating conditions

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

Relative humidity: 5% to 95%

ETS 300 019 class 3.2 environments

AP is plenum rated for use in air-handling spaces

Storage conditions

Temperature: -25C to +55C / +13F to +131F

Relative humidity: 10% to 100%

ETS 300 019 class 1.2 environments

Transportation conditions

Temperature: -40C to +70C / -40F to +158F

Relative humidity: up to 95%

ETS 300 019 class 2.3 environments

REGULATORY

FCC/ISED

CE Marked

RED Directive 2014/53/EU

EMC Directive 2014/30/EU

Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU

UL/IEC/EN 60950

IEC/EN 62368-1

REGULATORY MODEL NUMBER

AP-503 (all models): APIN0503

CERTIFICATIONS

Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA):

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED a, b, g, n, ac

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6

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

WMM, WMM-PS, Wi-Fi Agile Multiband

Passpoint (release 2)

Ethernet Alliance (POE, PD device, class 3)

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): 930khrs (106yrs) at +25C operating temperature.

Minimum Software Versions

ArubaOS and Aruba InstantOS 8.11.1.0, ArubaOS 10.5.0.0