Overview:
Deliver the highest levels of performance with Wi-Fi 6E — greater capacity, wider channels, and less interference — in a compact, cost-effective form factor.
For enterprises who need more wireless capacity and/or wider channels, Aruba 610 Series Campus APs are designed to take advantage of the newly available 6 GHz spectrum using a unique dual-radio/tri-band architecture. Adding support for the 6 GHz band to the traditional 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands more than doubles the available wireless capacity in a wireless network – so you can meet growing demand due to bandwidth-hungry video, increasing numbers of client and IoT devices, and growth in cloud.
Unique to Aruba, the 610 Series features two radios that can be tuned to any two of the three available spectrum bands for Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz). This flexibility provides a cost-effective and compact platform that delivers full tri-band coverage as part of a multi-AP deployment and can be used with software that will intelligently and flexibly configure the radios of each of these dual-radio APs.
Meet Aruba’s compact, cost-effective Wi-Fi 6E access point
More capacity to meet growing demands. The new 610 Series provides fast, resilient, and secure Wi-Fi 6E connectivity in a compact and affordable platform.
Greater capacity with 6GHz
The Aruba 610 Series extends all the benefits of Wi-Fi 6 to the 6 GHz band: speed, more 80/160 MHz channels, and less interference to support high-definition video and more clients.
Cost-effective and compact
For enterprises who needed more wireless capacity and/or wider channels, the Aruba 610 Series features two radios that can be tuned to any two of the three available spectrum bands for cost-effective connectivity in a compact form factor. The 610 Series provides tri-band coverage when deployed in a multi-AP environment.
Highly efficient and secure
Wi-Fi 6E extends support to the 6 GHz band based on the 802.11ax standard. 802.11ax provides greater efficiency and higher levels of guest and password security with orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA), Enhanced Open, and WPA3. The 610 Series APs also offer client optimization, automated radio frequency management, and intelligent power monitoring.
Explore Wi-Fi 6 and 802.11ax
Greater IoT support
Aruba 610 Series APs act as an IoT transport platform without the need to deploy or manage overlay gateways. The APs include integrated Bluetooth Low Energy 5 (BLE) and 802.15.4/Zigbee radios plus dynamic segmentation for added security making it easier to deploy and manage.
Explore APs as an IoT platform (PDF)
Compact and cost-effective Wi-Fi 6E platform
Ideal for branch and small campus environments, Aruba 610 Series Wi-Fi 6E APs offer fast, secure connectivity.
6 GHz support
Maximum combined 3.6 Gbps data rate for higher throughput and faster speeds indoors (when using 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands).
Configurable dual radios
Support for any two of three Wi-Fi 6E bands (2.4, 5, and 6 GHz) and can provide full Wi-Fi 6E coverage in a multi-AP environment.
Low power, compact form factor
Compact form with 802.3af, class 3 power and the ability to enable/disable capabilities based on available POE.
2.5 Gbps Smart Rate Ethernet port
Increase speed and minimize wired bottlenecks with a Smart Rate Ethernet port.
Indoor location ready
Built in GPS receivers and fine time measurement (FTM) enable APs to automatically locate themselves and serve as reference points for accurate client location.
Application assurance
Aruba Air Slice dynamically allocates and tunes radio resources to ensure application service levels and optimize the user experience.
SUMMARY
Aruba 610 Series Access Points are designed to take advantage of the 6 GHz band using two radios that can deliver comprehensive tri-band coverage in a multi-AP
environment and better meet the growing demands of Wi-Fi due to increased use of video, growth in client and IoT devices, and expanded use of cloud.
With a 3.6 Gbps combined peak data rate for higher throughput and faster speeds for indoor use, the Aruba 610 Series delivers a cost-effective enterprise Wi-Fi 6E solution with increased capacity, wider channels, reduced power consumption.
Features and Benefits:
MORE CAPACITY AND WIDER CHANNELS
The Aruba 610 Series APs are designed to take advantage of Wi-Fi 6E and the 6 GHz band, which translates into far greater speeds, wider channels for multi-gigabit traffic, and less interference. Its two 2x2 MIMO radios deliver a combined peak data rate of up to 3.6 Gbps when configured for concurrent 5 GHz and 6 GHz operation.
| Band |
Channel bandwidth |
Peak datarate |
| 6 GHz |
160 MHz |
2.4 Gbps |
| 5 GHz |
80 MHz |
1.2 Gbps |
| 2.4 GHz |
20 MHz |
287 Mbps |
| Total |
|
Up to 3.6 Gbps |
Advantages of 6GHz
Wi-Fi 6E provides up to 1200 MHz of additional unlicensed spectrum in the 6 GHz band for higher throughput and improved application performance. With up to seven 160 MHz channels, Wi-Fi 6E can better support low-latency, bandwidth hungry applications like high-definition video and augmented reality/virtual reality applications. Only Wi-Fi 6E capable devices can use the 6 GHz band so there is no interference or slowdowns due to legacy devices.
Device class support
The Aruba 610 Series APs are part of the low power indoor (LPI) device class. This fixed indoor-only class uses lower power levels and does not require an Automated Frequency Coordination service (AFC) to manage incumbent outdoor services, which is required for standard class APs.
Global readiness
While the need for more Wi-Fi capacity is recognized across the globe, countries are approaching the 6 GHz band differently. The 610 Series APs are set up to automatically update regulatory rules once Wi-Fi 6E regulations have been approved and certified.
Extend the benefits of Wi-Fi 6
The Aruba 610 Series APs are based on the 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard, which means that all its efficiency and security enhancements are also available on the 6 GHz band. Wi-Fi 6 features such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), BSS coloring etc. are fully supported on the Aruba Wi-Fi 6E access points as well.
Advantages of OFDMA
The Aruba 610 Series is equipped with OFDMA to handle multiple 802.11ax capable clients on each channel simultaneously, regardless of device or traffic type. Channel utilization is optimized by handling each transaction via smaller sub-carriers or resource units (RUs), which means that clients are sharing a channel and not competing for airtime and bandwidth.
WI-FI OPTIMIZATION
Client optimization
Aruba’s patented AI-powered technology eliminates sticky
client issues by steering a client to the AP where it receives
the best radio signal. ClientMatch steers traffic from the
noisy 2.4 GHz band to the preferred 5 GHz or 6 GHz
band depending on client capabilities and AP setttings.
ClientMatch also dynamically steers traffic to load balance
APs to improve the user experience.
Automated Wi-Fi radio frequency management
To optimize the user experience and provide greater stability,
Aruba AirMatch allows organizations to automate network
optimization using machine learning. AirMatch provides
dynamic bandwidth adjustments to support changing device
density, enhanced roaming using an even distribution of
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) to radios, and
real-time channel assignments to mitigate co-channel
interference.
AirMatch also ensures that the two radios of Aruba 610
Series Access Points are automatically configured in the most
effective and efficient way to deliver full tri-band coverage.
Application Assurance
With Aruba Air Slice, organizations can provide application
assurance to their users that goes beyond the traditional
capabilities of airtime fairness. After the SLAs are configured,
Air Slice monitors network usage, automatically allocates
radio resources, and dynamically adjusts radio resources as
new users connect and applications sessions begin or end.
Aruba Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC)
Unique to Aruba, Advanced Cellular Coexistence uses built-in
filtering to automatically minimize the impact of interference
from cellular networks, distributed antenna systems (DAS),
and commercial small cell or femtocell equipment.
Intelligent Power Monitoring (IPM)
For better insights into energy consumption, Aruba APs continuously monitor and report hardware energy usage. Unlike other vendor’s access points, Aruba APs can also be configured to enable or disable capabilities based on available PoE power – ideal when wired switches have exhausted their power budget. Enterprises can deploy Wi-Fi 6E APs and update switching and power at a later if needed based on their actual usage.
Self-Locating APs
Indoor location shouldn’t require guesswork or costly overlay
technologies. Aruba’s Wi-Fi 6 and 6E APs help organizations
leverage their wireless investment to deliver indoor location
– everywhere.
Aruba 610 Series Campus APs include built-in GPS receivers
and intelligent software to allow them to automatically locate
themselves accurately within the universal framework of
latitude and longitude. As part of Aruba’s indoor location
services solution, they serve as reference points for client
devices using fine time measurements (802.11mc) and other
location technologies.
In addition, Aruba’s Wi-Fi 6 and 6E APs support Open Locate,
an emerging standard that allows APs to share their location
over the air and through cloud-based APIs, enabling mobile
devices to locate themselves and applications to support
network analytics.
APs as an IoT transport platform
The Aruba 610 Series includes an integrated Bluetooth 5
and 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee support to simplify deploying
and managing IoT-based location services, asset tracking
services, security solutions, and IoT sensors. There is also
a USB-port extension to provide IoT connectivity to a wider
range of devices. These IoT capabilities allows organizations
to leverage Aruba APs as an IoT transport platform, which
eliminates the need for an overlay infrastructure and
additional IT resources and can accelerate IoT initiatives.
In addition, Target Wake Time (TWT), part of the 802.11ax
standard, establishes a schedule for when clients need to
communicate with an AP. This helps improve client power
savings and reduces airtime contention with other clients,
which is ideal for IoT.
Aruba secure infrastructure
The Aruba 610 Series includes build-security capabilities such as:
- WPA3 and Enhanced Open
Support for stronger encryption and authentication is
provided via the latest version of WPA for enterpriseprotected networks. Enhanced Open offers seamless new
protection for users connecting to open networks where
each session is automatically encrypted to protect user
passwords and data on guest networks.
- WPA2-MPSK
MPSK enables simpler passkey management for WPA2
devices – should the Wi-Fi password on one device or
device type change, no additional changes are needed for
other devices. This capability requires Aruba ClearPass
Policy Manager
- Simple and secure access
To improve security and ease of management, IT can
centrally configure and automatically enforce rolebased policies that define proper access privileges for
employees, guests, contractors, and other user groups
– no matter where users connect on wired and WLANs.
Dynamic Segmentation eliminates the time consuming
and error-prone task of managing complex and static
VLANs, ACLs, and subnets by dynamically assigning
policies and keeping traffic secure and separated.
- Seamless handoffs to cellular
Built on the technical foundations of Passpoint® and Wi-Fi
Calling, Aruba Air Pass creates a roaming network across
the Aruba enterprise customer footprint, extending
cellular coverage and enhancing the visitor and subscriber
experience to deliver a great experience for your guests
while reducing costs and management overhead for DAS.
- Flexible operation and management
Our APs can operate as standalone access points or
with a gateway for greater scalability, security, and
manageability. APs can be deployed using zero touch
provisioning – without on-site technical expertise – for
ease of implementation in branch offices and for remote
work. Aruba APs can be managed using cloud-based or
on-premises solutions for any campus, branch, or remote
work environment. As the management and orchestration
console for Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform), Aruba
Central provides a single pane of glass for overseeing
every aspect of wired and wireless LANs, WANs, and
VPNs. AI-powered analytics, end-to-end orchestration
and automation, and advanced security features are built
natively into the solution.
