aruba340 AP-344 AP-345

The Aruba 340 Series APs offer a choice of deployment and operating modes to meet your unique management and deployment requirements:

For large installations across multiple sites, the Aruba Activate service significantly reduces deployment time by automating device provisioning, firmware upgrades, and inventory management. With Aruba Activate, the Instant APs are factory-shipped to any site and configure themselves when powered up.

The 340 Series AP is a unified AP that supports both controller-based and controller-less deployment modes, providing maximum flexibility.

Controller-based mode – When deployed in conjunction with an Aruba Mobility Controller, Aruba 340 Series APs offer centralized configuration, data encryption, policy enforcement and network services, as well as distributed and centralized traffic forwarding.

Controller-less (Instant) mode – The controller function is virtualized in a cluster of APs in Instant mode. As the network grows and/or requirements change, Instant deployments can easily migrate to controller-based mode.

Remote AP (RAP) mode for branch deployments

Air monitor (AM)1for wireless IDS, rogue detection and containment

Spectrum analyzer (SA)1, dedicated or hybrid, for identifying sources of RF interference

Secure enterprise mesh portal or point

AP-344: External antenna models

AP-345: Internal antenna models

AP type: Indoor, dual radio, 5 GHz 802.11ac 4x4 MIMO and 2.4 GHz 802.11n 4x4 MIMO

The 2.4 GHz radio supports all 802.11ac rates as well (proprietary extension)

Software-configurable dual radio supports:

Dual-radio mode: 5 GHz (Radio 0) and 2.4 GHz (Radio 1)

Dual-5 GHz mode: upper 5 GHz (Radio 0) and lower 5 GHz (Radio 1)

5 GHz:

Four spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 1,733 Mbps wireless data rate to individual 4SS VHT80 or 2SS VHT160 client devices

Four spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to 1,733 Mbps wireless data rate to up to four 1SS or two 2SS MU-MIMO capable client devices simultaneously

Peak datarate increases to 2,166 Mbps when using 1024-QAM modulation (proprietary extension)

2.4 GHz:

Four spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 600 Mbps wireless data rate to individual 4SS HT40 client devices, and up to 800 Mbps to individual 4SS VHT40 devices (proprietary extension)

Support for 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 2.4835 GHz

5.150 to 5.250 GHz2

5.250 to 5.350 GHz2

5.470 to 5.725 GHz3

5.725 to 5.850 GHz3

Available channels: Dependent on 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)

Supported modulation types:

802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK

802.11a/g/n/ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM (proprietary extension)

Transmit power: Configurable in increments of 0.5 dBm

Maximum (aggregate, conducted total) transmit power (limited by local regulatory requirements):

2.4 GHz band: +24 dBm (18dBm per chain)4

5 GHz band: +24 dBm (18 dBm per chain)4

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

Transmit beam-forming (TxBF) for increased signal reliability and range

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)

802.11ac: 6.5 to 1,733 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 4 for VHT20/40/80, NSS = 1 to 2 for VHT160)

802.11ac: 1,950 and 2,166 (MCS10 and MCS11, NSS = 1 to 4 for VHT20/40/80, NSS = 1 to 2 for VHT160)5

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

802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support: VHT20/40/80/160

802.11n/ac packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-MSDU

AP-344: External antenna models. Two sets of four RP-SMA antenna connectors:

With AP in dual-radio mode: 2.0 dB for 5 GHz, 2.0 dB for 2.4 GHz

With AP in dual-5 GHz mode: 2.0 dB for upper 5 GHz, 1.7 dB for lower 5 GHz

With AP in dual-radio mode: not used

With AP in dual-5 GHz mode: 5 GHz interfaces from radio 1 (lower 5 GHz)

With AP in dual-radio mode: dual-band interfaces, diplexing signals to/from radio 0 (full 5 GHz) and radio 1 (2.4 GHz)

With AP in dual-5 GHz mode: 5 GHz interfaces from radio 0 (upper 5 GHz)

Primary: A0 – A3, connected to chains 0 through 3 respectively on each associated radio

Secondary: B0 – B3, connected to chains 0 through 3 respectively

Total internal losses between radio and external connectors:

AP-345: Internal antenna models. A total of eight internal omni-directional  downtilt antennas

Radio 1: 3.1 dBi in 2.4 GHz and 2.7 dBi in 5 GHz.

Radio 0: 2.2 dBi in 5 GHz.

With AP in dual-radio mode: used for full 5 GHz only

With AP in dual-5 GHz mode: used for upper 5 GHz only

With AP in dual-radio mode: used for 2.4 GHz only

With AP in dual-5 GHz mode: used for lower 5 GHz only

Radio 1: four cross-polarized dual-band downtilt omni-directional antennas for 4x4 MIMO with peak antenna gain of 5.8 dBi (2.4 GHz) and 5.6 dBi (5 GHz) per antenna.

Radio 0: four cross-polarized 5 GHz downtilt omni- directional antennas for 4x4 MIMO with peak antenna gain of 5.5 dBi per antenna

All internal antennas are optimized for horizontal ceiling mounted orientation of the AP. The downtilt angle for maximum gain is roughly 30 degrees.

Combining the patterns of all antennas per radio, the peak gain of the average (effective) pattern is: