OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 Series

The Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess® Stellar AP1320 WLAN Access Points (APs) with 802.11ax technology enables faster speeds, more capacity, and efficient airtime allocation for clients on both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz Wi-Fi bands. This enables APs to better serve a higher density of clients, deliver more capacity for bandwidth-hungry and latency-sensitive voice and video clients, and provide a dependable secure network for Internet of Things (IoT) devices while increasing their battery powered lifespan. The OmniAccess Stellar WLAN portfolio brings unparalleled experience for connectivity, coverage and performance for the modern IoT connected enterprise.

The 802.11ax high performance OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series is designed to accommodate the diverse growing capacity needs of next generation mobility and IoT-enabled networks. These APs are powered with four built-in radios, dual radios 2.4Ghz/5Ghz band serving high density Wi-Fi clients, one full band radio dedicated for scanning, which can inherently improve network security and Wi-Fi quality, and an integrated Bluetooth/Zigbee radio enabling location and building automation services. The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series supports a maximum aggregate data rate of˜3Gbps (2.4Gbps in 5 GHz and 574Mbps in GHz). To support this higher capacity the access point is powered by a Multigig Ethernet uplink.

The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series supports all mandatory and several optional 802.11ax features, which include DL OFDMA with up to 37 RUs, UL OFDMA with up to 37 RUs, DL MU-MIMO , UL MUMIMO, 1024-QAM modulation and more, making tomorrow’s diverse digital workspaces highly reliable and efficient.

The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series features enhanced WLAN technology with RF Radio Dynamic Adjustment, a distributed control Wi-Fi architecture, secure network admission control with Unified Access, built-in application intelligence and analytics, this makes it it ideal for enterprises of all sizes that demand simple, secure and scalable wireless solution.

802.11 ax (Wi-Fi 6) high efficiency features
IEEE 802.11ax allows enterprises to deliver high performance wireless LAN services with increased throughput, enabling more clients in dense environments and bringing power efficiency to IoT devices, while it remains fully backward compatible with existing 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac deployments. The 802.11ax standard is a dramatic step forward in wireless LAN technology for all organizations. Some of the key 802.11ax features enabled on OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series include:
• Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) enabling more clients to simultaneously operate in the same channel and thereby improving efficiency, latency, and throughput. OFDMA can concurrently address multiple clients in both directions downlink (DL) and uplink (UL), including full 37 OFDMA Resource Units (RUs). OFDMA is very effective in environments where there are many devices with short frames demanding lower latency.
• Multi-user multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) allowing more data to be transferred at once and enables an access point to handle a larger number of concurrent clients. This capability was introduced with 802.11ac, but now with 802.11ax the multi-user performance can be concurrently delivered in both directions downlink (DL) and uplink (UL).
• 1024 quadrature amplitude modulation mode (1024-QAM) boosting peak data-rates by as much as 25 percent.
• BSS Coloring improves spatial reuse in dense environments by providing a mechanism for color coding different overlapping BSS’s, allowing more simultaneous transmissions.
• Extended Range (ER) provides increased coverage in scenarios where receiving side encounters high path loss and channel delay spread, especially in outdoor environments.
• Target Wake Time (TWT) makes Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 devices more power efficient. This capability lets client devices sleep much longer, and wake up to less contention, extending the battery life of smart phones, IoT sensors, and other devices.
• Transmit beamforming improves signal power resulting in significantly higher rates at a given range.

Deliver enterprise grade security and scale with simplicity
• The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series enables a visionary distributed Wi-Fi architecture with centralized management and policy control. This enforces security at every step starting at the network edge, and allowing unparalleled scale in network capacity. This architecture is vital for enabling the next generation of digital enterprise that demands business agility, seamless mobility and secure IoT-enabled infrastructure empowering
business transformation through continuous innovation.
• The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series provides enhanced security with WPA3, a new security standard for enterprise and public networks, improving Wi-Fi security by using advanced security algorithms and stronger ciphers in enterprises including the 192-bit security suite. Public spaces which provide open non-protected access, can now provide encryption and privacy using OmniAccess Stellar, which supports a new security standard Wi-Fi Enhanced Open based on Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE).*

Cloud enabled with OmniVista Cirrus Network Management as a Service
• The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series can be managed by the OmniVista Cirrus cloud platform. OmniVista Cirrus powers a secure, resilient and scalable cloud-based network management platform.
• It offers hassle-free network deployment and easy service rollout with advanced analytics for smarter decision making. OmniVista Cirrus also offers IT-friendly unified access with secure authentication and policy enforcement for users and devices.

On-premises deployment with OmniVista 2500 Network Management System (NMS)
• The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series can be managed on-premises from the OmniVista 2500 NMS.
• For small to medium size enterprises, Wi-Fi Express provides secure web managed (HTTPS) cluster deployment.
• The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series by default can operate in a cluster architecture to provide simplified plugand-play deployment. The AP cluster is an autonomous system that consists of a group of OmniAccess Stellar
APs which is managed by one AP that is elected as the primary virtual manager. One AP cluster supports up to 256 APs.

Quality of service for unified communication apps
• The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series supports fine-tuned, quality of service (QoS) parameters to differentiate and provide appropriate QoS for each application such as voice, video and desktop sharing. Application aware RF
scanning avoids interruption of real-time applications.

RF management
• Radio Dynamic Adjustment (RDA) technology automatically assigns channels and power settings, provides DFS/ TPC, and ensures that APs stay clear of all radio frequency interference (RFI) sources to deliver reliable, highperformance WLAN. The OmniAccess Stellar AP1320 series can be configured to provide part-time or dedicated scanning for spectrum analysis and wireless intrusion protection.