Alcatel-Lucent OAW-AP225 User Manual

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Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 220 Series Access Points

The 220 Series APs offer a choice 
of operating modes to meet your 
unique management and deployment 
requirements.

When managed by Alcatel-Lucent Mobility 
Controllers, 220 series APs offer central-
ized configuration, data encryption, policy 
enforcement and network services as 
well as distributed and centralized traffic 
forwarding. Please refer to the Alcatel-
Lucent Mobility Controller data sheets for 
more details.

In Instant mode, a single Instant AP (IAP) 
automatically distributes the network 
configuration to other IAPs in the WLAN. 
Simply power-up one IAP, configure it over 
the air, and plug in the other APs – the 
entire process takes about five minutes.
 

If WLAN and network requirements change, 
a built-in migration path allows 220 Series 
IAPs to become part of a WLAN that is 
centrally managed by a Mobility Controller.

•  OmniAccess WLAN (OAW)-AP225 and

OAW-IAP225
¬ 2.4-GHz (600 Mb/s max) and 5-GHz (1.3 

Gb/s max) radios, each with 3x3 MIMO 
and three integrated omni-directional 
downtilt antennas

•  OAW-AP224 and OAW-IAP224

¬ 2.4-GHz (600 Mb/s max) and 5-GHz (1.3 

Gb/s max) radios, each with 3x3 MIMO 
and three combined, diplexed external 
antenna connectors

•  AP type: Indoor, dual-radio, 5-GHz

802.11ac and 2.4-GHz 802.11n 
¬ In addition to 802.11n data rates, the 

2.4-GHz radio supports 802.11ac data 
rates using 256-QAM modulation. This
gives TurboQAM-enabled clients a 33%
boost above the maximum supported 
data rate.

•  Software-configurable dual radio supports

5 GHz and 2.4 GHz

•  3x3 MIMO with three spatial streams and

up to 1.3 Gb/s wireless data rate

•  Supported frequency bands (country-

specific restrictions apply):
¬ 2.4000 GHz to 2.4835 GHz
¬ 5.150 GHz to 5.250 GHz
¬ 5.250 GHz to 5.350 GHz
¬ 5.470 GHz to 5.725 GHz
¬ 5.725 GHz to 5.850 GHz

•  Available channels: Dependent upon

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)

¬ 802.11n/ac: 3x3 MIMO with up to three

spatial streams

•  Supported modulation types:

¬ 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK
¬ 802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM,

64-QAM

¬ 802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM,

64-QAM, 256-QAM

•  Transmit power: Configurable in

increments of 0.5 dBm

•  Maximum (aggregate, conducted total)

transmit power (limited by local regulatory 
requirements):
¬ 2.4-GHz band: +23 dBm
¬ 5-GHz bands: +23 dBm

•  Advanced cellular coexistence (ACC)

feature to effectively deal with 
interference from cellular systems

•  Maximum ratio combining (MRC) for

improved receiver performance

•  Cyclic delay diversity (CDD) for improved

downlink RF performance

•  Short guard interval for 20-MHz, 40-MHz

and 80-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 reliability in signal delivery

•  Supported data rates (Mb/s):

¬ 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
¬ 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
¬ 802.11n: 6.5 to 450 (MCS0 to MCS15)
¬ 802.11ac: 6.5 to 1,300 (MCS0 to MCS9,

NSS = 1 to 3)

•  802.11n high-throughput (HT) support:  

HT 20/40

•  802.11ac very high throughput (VHT)

support: VHT 20/40/80

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

A-MSDU

•  Maximum power consumption: 15 watts,

plus up to 2.5 watts for attached USB device

•  Power sources sold separately
•  Direct DC source: 12 Vdc nominal, +/- 5%
•  Power over Ethernet (PoE): 48 Vdc (nominal)

802.3af or 802.3at-compliant source
¬ Efficient mode PoE – power save with 

802.3af PoE and limited functionality

 – USB port disabled
  – Second Ethernet port disabled
 – 2.4-GHz 802.11n radio in 1x3:1

spatial-stream mode

  –  5-GHz 802.11ac radio operates 

without restrictions*

¬ Unrestricted functionality with  

802.3at PoE+

•  AP224: Three RP-SMA connectors for

external dual-band antennas

•  AP225: Six integrated down-tilt omni-

directional antennas for 3x3 MIMO with 
maximum antenna gain of 3.5 dBi in
2.4 GHz and 4.5 dBi in 5 GHz; built-in
antennas are optimized for horizontal 
ceiling mounted orientation of AP225

•  Two 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet

network interfaces (RJ-45)
¬ Auto-sensing link speed and MDI/MDX
¬ MACSec encryption and 802.3az EEE
¬ PoE-PD: 48 Vdc 802.3af PoE or 802.3at

PoE+

•  DC power interface; accepts 1.7/4.0-mm

center-positive circular plug with 9.5 mm 
(0.37 in.)cord

•  USB 2.0 port (Type A connector)
•  Serial console interface (RJ-45, TTL levels)
•  Visual indicators (LEDs)

¬ Power/system status
¬ Ethernet link status: 2x; ENET0, ENET1
¬ Radio status: 2x; RAD0, RAD1

•  Kensington security slot
•  Reset button

•  Included with AP

¬ Mounting brackets (2) for attaching to 

9/16-in. or 15/16

¬ in. T-bar drop-tile ceiling

•  Optional mounting kits

¬ AP220-MNT-C2: OmniAccess AP220

Series Access Point Mount Kit (ceiling
grid); contains 2x ceiling grid rail adapters
(for Interlude and Silhouette style rails)

*  With AOS-W 6.3.0, the 5-GHz 802.11ac radio operates in 

2x3:2 spatial stream mode when the AP is powered by
802.3af PoE. This restriction has been removed in 6.3.1.