Product Overview
For medium-sized mobile and IoT deployments, Wi-Fi 6 access point high-performance, medium-density connectivity designed for environments such as education centers, lodging, and typical office spaces.
Ultimate efficiency
Built on Wi-Fi 6 standards, 510 Series APs include features such as OFDMA, MU-MIMO, and Target Wake Time for better multi-user performance and improved efficiency.
IoT and location-ready
Cost-effective connectivity for Zigbee, Bluetooth, and third party overlays to simplify the deployment and management of IoT services. Target Wake Times for secure storage of credentials, keys, and boot code.
Simple and secure access
Protects network security with stronger encryption and authentication, secure credentials/keys storage, and user and IoT access policy enforcement firewalls.
Features
Connectivity across mid-range density deployments such as office spaces, training and meeting facilities, and hospitals. Up to 2.69 Gbps maximum real-world speed (HE80/HE20) and maximum of 512 associated clients per radio.
2.69 gigabit per second maximum real-world speed
Delivers speed and reliability for work and indoor campus environments.
Wi-Fi 6 support for OFDMA, MU-MIMO, plus Client Match
Handles multiple clients on each channel, regardless of device or traffic type. Uses AI to eliminate sticky client issues.
IoT-ready Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee support
Simplifies deploying and managing IoT location services, asset-tracking services, security solutions, IoT sensors, and includes third party USB support.
Dynamic segmentation and policy enforcement firewalls
Flexible and scalable, it automatically enforces consistent policies across wired and wireless networks.
AI-powered, Wi-Fi radio frequency RF with AirMatch
Utilizing AI learning, Air Match provides automated RF optimization and looks at analytics across the entire network.
Application assurance
With Air Slice, the 510 Series APs provides guaranteed bit rate and bounded latency with intelligent scheduling.
Hardware variants
AP-514: External antenna models
AP-515: Internal antenna models
Wi-Fi radio specifications
AP type: Indoor, dual radio, 5GHz 802.11ax 4×4 MIMO and 2.4 GHz 802.11ax 2×2 MIMO
5GHz radio:
Four spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 4.8Gbps wireless data rate to individual 4SS HE160 802.11ax client devices (max)
Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 1.2Gbps wireless data rate to individual 2SS HE80 802.11ax client devices (typical)
Four spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to 4.8Gbps wireless data rate to up to four 1SS or two 2SS HE160 802.11ax DL-MU-MIMO capable client devices simultaneously (max)
Four spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to 2.4Gbps wireless data rate to up to four 1SS or two 2SS HE80 802.11ax DL-MU-MIMO capable client devices simultaneously (typical)
2.4GHz radio:
Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 574Mbps wireless data rate to 2SS HE40 802.11ax client devices (max)
Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 287Mbps wireless data rate to 2SS HE20 802.11ax client devices (typical)
Support for up to 512 associated client devices per radio, and up to 16 BSSIDs per radio
Supported frequency bands (country-specific restrictions apply):
400 to 2.4835GHz ISM
150 to 5.250GHz U-NII-1
250 to 5.350GHz U-NII-2A
470 to 5.725GHz U-NII-2C
725 to 5.850GHz U-NII-3/ISM
850 to 5.895GHz U-NII-4
Available channels: Dependent on configured regulatory domain
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) optimizes the use of available RF spectrum
Including Zero-Wait DFS (ZWDFS) to accelerate channel changes
Supported radio technologies:
11b: Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum (DSSS)
11a/g/n/ac: Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
11ax: Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) with up to 16 resource units (for an 80MHz channel)
Supported modulation types:
11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK
11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM (proprietary extension)
11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256‑QAM, 1024-QAM (proprietary extension)
11ax: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM802.11n 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
Supported data rates (Mbps):
11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
11n (2.4 GHz): 6.5 to 300 (MCS0 to MCS15, HT20 to HT40)
11n (5 GHz): 6.5 to 600 (MCS0 to MVC31, HT20 to HT40)
11ac: 6.5 to 3,467 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 4, VHT20 to VHT160)
11ax (2.4 GHz): 3.6 to 574 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2, HE20 to HE40)
11ax (5GHz): 3.6 to 4,803 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 4, HE20 to HE160)
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):
4 GHz band: +21 dBm (18dBm per chain)
5 GHz band: +24 dBm (18 dBm 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
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
802.11ax Target Wait Time (TWT) to support low‑power client devices
802.11mc Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) for precision distance ranging
Table 1. HPE Aruba 510 Series Wi-Fi 6 Access Points
Part number | Description |
Q9H54A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (EG) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H55A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (IL) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H56A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (JP) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H57A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (RW) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H58A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (US) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H59A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (EG) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H60A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (IL) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H61A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (JP) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H62A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (RW) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H63A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (US) Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H64A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (EG) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H65A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (IL) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H66A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (JP) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H67A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (RW) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H68A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-514 (US) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H69A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (EG) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H70A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (IL) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H71A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (JP) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H72A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (RW) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Q9H73A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-515 (US) TAA Dual Radio 4×4:4 + 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
