AI-powered Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) & ArubaOS8
for Today’s Digital Era
Vincent Chow | Solutions ArchitectHong Kong & Macau
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
The Forrester New Wave™: Wireless Solutions, Q3 2019
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“Aruba Leads the Pack”
Forrester notes Aruba “Is the best fit for companies needing advanced wireless services.”
“Customers praised Aruba Networks’ rich management interfaces, monitoring tools, and location services, especially the ability to connect IoTdevices using wireless options outside of just using Wi-Fi with Aruba’s access points (APs)."
OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR
Simplicity for large scale network
operations
Dial-tone type of service with
improved reliability
Automated controls to improve user
experience
ARUBA 510 SERIES
ARUBA 530 SERIES
ARUBA 550 SERIES
ARUBA 500 SERIES
WI-FI 6 SHIPPING SINCE 2018
Green AP
Smart PoE
IoT Radio
2,000CUSTOMERS
150,000+SHIPPED
9 monthsSINCE GA
(Bluetooth 5, NFC 802.15.4/Zigbee)
Approx.
WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
MaximizingEfficiency
Increase 4x average throughput per device in dense deployment
Enhanced operation in 2.4 & 5 GHz bands
Improve power efficiency of client devices
Improve performance of outdoor and indoor networks
WiFi 6 Pre-WiFi 6
OFDMA
RTHOGONAL
REQUENCY
IVISION
ULTIPLE
CCESS
OFDM
RTHOGONAL
REQUENCY
IVISION
ULTIPLEXING
WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
What Is In 802.11ax?
OFDMPre-802.11ax
Inefficient with small packets (voice & latency sensitive)
What Is In 802.11ax?
OFDMA 802.11ax
Channel width is dividedinto sub-channels
Resource Units (RUs)
What Is In 802.11ax?
OFDMA 802.11ax
• Serve more clients• Lower latency• Good for low data rates• Good for small packets
Uplink OFDMA
3x more system capacity
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5 & BLE
ARUBA WIRELESS LAN AS AN IOT PLATFORM
802.15.4 includes Zigbee
Custom protocols
Aruba Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
• IOT telemetry data streamed to customer configured destination
• Several partners onboarded every quarter• Integration fully backed by complete QA suite,
detailed solution and API documentation
Multiple radio access networks (Multi-RAN)
Latency(ms)
Mobility(km/h)
SpectralEfficiency(vs. LTE)
ExperiencedData Rate
(Mbps)
Peak Data Rate(Gbps)
EnergyEfficiency(vs. LTE)
Area TrafficCapacity
(Mbps/m2)
ConnectionDensity
(devices/km2)
20
100
3x
500
1
106
100
10
5G
LTE-A
Source: WBA, “5G Networks: The Role of Wi-Fi and Unlicensed Technologies,” Sept 2017
.11ax
Source: ITU-R, “IMT Vision – Framework and Overall Objectives for the Future Development of IMT for 2020 and Beyond,” Sept 2015.
WI-FI 6 AND 5GMOBILITY FOR THE FUTURE
Wi-Fi as the Primary MediumIP networks have a larger footprint
than DAS, CBRS, and Small Cell
Wi-Fi for High DensityWi-Fi 6 uniquely complements 5G in
large venues with many devices
Wi-Fi for In-Building CoverageUtilize Hotspot 2.0 and Wi-Fi Calling
to expand cellular signal
FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE
UNIFIED
Controller-based
Distributed, standalone
Remote Access
THE STATE OF
2018WPA3WI-FI
SECURITY1997
WEP2003
WPA2004
WPA2
NEXT-GEN
WIFISECURITY
OPPORTUNISTIC WIRELESS ENCRYPTION
(OWE)
SIMULTANEOUS AUTHENTICATION OF
EQUALS
(SAE)
DEVICE PROVISIONING PROTOCOL
(DPP)
VIRTUALIZATION MEETSCAMPUS WIRELESS LANS
Autonomous APs
Controller based WLANs to enable seamless mobility, ease of
management and improved security
2002 2016
Virtual Mobility
ControllerVirtual
Mobility Master
ARUBA’S MOBILITYCONTROLLER PORTFOLIO
7000 SeriesUp to 64 APs
8 Gbps throughput
7200 SeriesUp to 2,048 APs
100 Gbps throughput
Mobility MasterUp to 1,000 ControllersVirtual and Hardware
Virtual Mobility Controller
Up to 1,000 APs
Virtual and Hardware Form FactorsWLAN, SD-WAN, and VPN Deployment
Unified Policy Enforcement
HIGH AVAILABILITYCLUSTERING
AI-POWERED RFOPTIMIZATION
AIRMATCH
SEPARATE NETWORKS, SAME AP
MULTI-ZONE
SIMPLE AND SECURE NETWORK ACCESS
DYNAMIC SEGMENTATION
MEETARUBAOS 8
AI-POWERED AIRMATCH AND CLIENTMATCHRF OPTIMIZATION BASED ON INSIGHTFUL MACHINE LEARNING
Automation and AssuranceOptional NetInsight adds predictive
analytics and peer benchmarking
Dynamic RF AssignmentsAutomated channel, channel-width and transmit power configurations
Improved User ExperienceSeamless roaming with intelligent RF
capacity and coverage controls
RICH APPLICATION AND UCC VISIBILITYENHANCED WITH UNIQUE MICROSOFT AND APPLE FEATURES
Microsoft and Apple AppsPrioritize Office365, Skype for
Business, Teams, Facetime
Seamless Cellular ExperienceOptimize for Wi-Fi Calling, support
Hotspot 2.0, and use advanced cellular filtering
BYOD Device OptimizationEasily fingerprint iOS, MacOS,
Windows, and Android devices
CONTROLLER CLUSTERINGMINIMIZING THE FAILURE DOMAIN TO MAINTAIN BUSINESS CONTINUITY
UNPLANNEDTrue seamless failover with zero interruption
to user sessions
PLANNEDIn-service upgrades
mean no more maintenance windows
MAXIMUM SCALEManage up to 100,000
APs and aggregate hardware scaling
DYNAMIC LICENSES Configuration hierarchy
ensures flexible customization
MULTI-ZONESECURE SSID SEPARATION FOR MULTI-TENANCY OPERATIONS
OPTIMIZED RF HEALTHImprove Wi-Fi resources by
reducing noise and congestion
MAINTAIN COMPLIANCESecure data separation by terminating
traffic onto different controllers
SIMPLIFIED ARCHITECTUREEliminate the need to deploy
additional access points
DYNAMIC SEGMENTATION
PORT-BASED ROLE-BASED
StaticCamera port
Printer port
PoS port
Manual configuration of ACLs, VLANs, QoS
Automated configurations save time and improve ops
PCI-compliant
Hard to scale for device type and quantity across multiple sites
Dynamic
Flatten configurations at high scale based on user, device, app
UNIFIED POLICY ENFORCEMENT FOR WIRED AND WI-FI NETWORKS
BETTER TOGETHER WIRED AND WIRELESS
ARUBA NETWORK SWITCHESWireless Aggregation
ARUBA ACCESS POINTSIoT Platform
MOBILE-FIRST | DYNAMIC SEGMENTATION | UNIFIED MANAGEMENT
ARUBA’S SOFTWARE DEFINED BRANCH
Virtual and Headend Gateways
Access Points
Switches
Branch Gateways
Aruba Central
SD-WAN + SD-LAN
Consolidated Infrastructure
ARUBA’S SOFTWARE DEFINED BRANCH
ARUBA CENTRAL
Datacenter
Headend Gateway
Branch 1
Branch 2
SaaSInternet
UCC
MPLS, Internet, LTE
Direct to Internet
Integrated SD-WAN, Security, LAN, and WLAN managed centrally
3
2Hybrid WAN
1 Bypass private data center
Automatic device discovery, profiling and
policy enforcement
4
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