High Performance 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) with Bluetooth® LE Driven by Mist AI Automates Network Operation
The AP33 access point and dynamic Virtual Bluetooth LE (vBLE) antenna array driven by Mist AI automate network operation and boost Wi-Fi performance, while providing dynamic network insights and location services. Through its vBLE technology and open APIs, it enables the delivery of location-based services with 1 to 3 meter accuracy. The AP33 model offers an aggregate data rate up to 3.0 Gbps concurrently. Managed by the Juniper Mist Cloud Architecture, it delivers unprecedented user experiences at a lower cost for retail, warehouse, school, clinic and home office environments.
JUNIPER AI-DRIVEN NETWORK
Juniper brings true innovation to the wireless space with the world’s first AI-driven Wireless LAN (WLAN). The Juniper AI-Driven Network makes Wi-Fi predictable, reliable and measurable with unprecedented visibility into the user experience through customizable Service Level Expectation (SLE) metrics. Time consuming manual IT tasks are replaced with AI-driven proactive automation and self-healing, lowering Wi-Fi operational costs and saving substantial time and money.
All operations are managed via Juniper’s open and programmable microservices with Juniper Mist Cloud Architecture. This delivers maximum scalability and performance while also bringing DevOps agility to wireless networking and location services.
JUNIPER ACCESS POINT FAMILY
The Juniper enterprise-grade access point family consists of:
- AP33, AP32, and AP43 Series that support 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6), Bluetooth LE and IoT
- AP21, AP41 and AP61 Series that support 802.11ac Wave 2, Bluetooth LE and IoT
- BT11 that supports Bluetooth LE
These access points are all built on a real-time microservices platform
and are managed by the Juniper Mist cloud.
THE JUNIPER MIST CLOUD ARCHITECTURE
Juniper’s Mist AI leverages a cloud-native microservices architecture in order to bring unparalleled agility, scale and resiliency to your network. It leverages an AI engine to lower OpEx and deliver unprecedented insight by using data science to analyze large amounts of rich metadata collected from Juniper Access Points driven by Mist AI.
AP43 | AP63 | AP33 | AP32 | AP12 | |
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Deployment | Indoor | Outdoor | Indoor | Indoor | Indoor Wall Plate |
Wi-Fi Standard | 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) 4×4 : 4SS |
802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) 4×4 : 4SS |
802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) 5GHz : 4×4 : 4SS 2.4GHz : 2×2 : 2SS |
802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) 5GHz : 4×4 : 4SS 2.4GHz : 2×2 : 2SS |
802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) 2×2 : 2SS |
Wi-Fi Tri-Radio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Antenna Options | Internal/ External |
Internal/ External |
Internal | Internal/External | Internal |
Virtual Bluetooth LE | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | – |
IoT Interface | Yes | – | – | – | – |
IoT Sensors | Humidity Pressure Temperature |
– | – | – | – |
Warranty | Limited Lifetime |
One Year |
Limited Lifetime |
Limited Lifetime |
Limited Lifetime |
SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THE MIST AP33
WI-FI CLOUD SERVICES
Juniper Mist
Wi-Fi Assuarance
For IT and NOC Teams
- Predictable and measurable Wi-Fi
- Service Level Expectations (SLE)
- WxLAN Policy Fabric for Role-Based Access
- Customizable Guest Wi-Fi Portal
- Radio Resource Management
Marvis Virtual Assistant
For IT Helpdesk Teams
- AI-Powered Virtual Network Assistant
- Natural Language Processing Interface
- Anomaly Detection
- Client SLE Visibility and Enforcement
- Data Science Driven Root Cause Analysis
BLUETOOTH CLOUD SERVICES
Juniper Mist Mobile Engagement
For Digital Experience Teams
- Accurate (1-3m) Turn-by-turn Navigation
- Sensor Fusion with Dead Reckoning
- Unsupervised Machine Learning
- Virtual Beacons with Custom Notifications
- Mobile SDK for iOS and Android
Juniper Mist Asset Visibility
For Process & Resource Improvement Teams
- Identify Assets by Name and View Location
- Zonal/Room Accuracy for 3rd Party Tags
- Historical Analytics for Asset Tags
- Telemetry for Asset Tags (temp., motion, …)
- APIs for Viewing Assets and Analytics
ANALYTICS CLOUD SERVICES
Juniper Mist
Premium Analytics
For Network Teams
- Base Features are Included with Wi-Fi Assurance, Mobile Engagement, and Asset Visibility Subscriptions
- End-to-end Network Visibility
- Orchestrated Networking and Application Performance Queries
- Simplified Network Transparency
Juniper Mist
Premium Analytics
For Business Teams
- Base Features are Included with Wi-Fi Assurance, Mobile Engagement, and Asset Visibility Subscriptions
- Customer Segmentation and Reporting Based on Visitor Telemetry
- Customized* Dwell and 3rd Party Reporting for Traffic and Trend Analysis
- Correlate Customer-Guest Traffic and Trend Analysis
*Juniper Mist Premium Analytics service subscription
is needed.
AP33 FEATURES
High Performance Wi-Fi
The AP33 is a 6 stream access point. It supports 4×4:4SS in the 5GHz band, delivering a maximum data rate of 2,400 Mbps for high bandwidth applications; and 2×2:2SS in the 2.4 GHz band, delivering a maximum data rate of 575 Mbps. The integrated 3rd radio functions as a network, location, and security sensor, a synthetic test client radio, as well as a spectrum monitor.
AI for AX
With the new features that 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) introduces to boost performance and efficiency, the complexity of configuring and operating an access point has soared. Juniper is applying its industry-leading Mist AI technology to automate and optimize these features with its AI for AX capabilities. We are leveraging AI in order to optimize BSS Coloring, to improve data transmission scheduling within OFDMA and MU-MIMO and to assign clients to the best radio to boost the overall performance of the network.
Boosts Spectral Efficiency
OFDMA improves spectral efficiency so that an increasing density of devices can be supported on the network, especially with IoT devices that often utilize smaller data packets than mobile devices and hence increase the burden and contention on the network. Additionally, BSS Coloring improves the co-existence of overlapping BSS’ and allows spatial reuse within a given channel by reducing the packet collisions. This helps you improve spectral efficiency for dense networks where channel reuse is increasing.
Automatic RF optimization
Radio resource management (RRM) automates dynamic channel and power assignment, taking Wi-Fi and external sources of interference into account with its dedicated sensor radio. The AI engine continuously monitors the coverage and capacity SLE metrics to learn and optimize the RF environment. The RRM learning algorithm uses hysteresis on a 24-hour window to conduct a site-wide rebalancing for optimal channel and power assignment.
Unprecedented Insight and Action
A dedicated dual band 3rd radio collects data for Juniper’s patentpending Proactive Analytics and Correlation Engine (PACE), which leverages machine learning to analyze user experience, correlate problems and automatically detect the root cause of problems. These metrics are used to monitor service level expectations and provide proactive recommendations to ensure problems don’t occur (or are fixed as quickly as possible when they do). This radio also is able to function as a synthetic test client to proactively detect and mitigate network anomalies.
Improves Battery Efficiency for IoT Devices
By incorporating the 802.11ax target wake time (TWT) capability and Bluetooth 5.0, battery life for IoT devices can be extended as new IoT devices enter the network.
Dynamic Debugging
Constantly monitor services running on the AP33 Series and send alerts whenever a service behaves abnormally. Dynamic debugging relieves IT of having to worry about an AP going offline or any services running on becoming unavailable.
Dynamic Packet Capture
The Juniper Mist platform automatically captures packets and streams them to the cloud when major issues are detected. This saves IT time and effort and eliminates the need for truck rolls with sniffers to reproduce and capture data for troubleshooting.
Marvis Virtual Network Assistant
The NLP-based assistant, Marvis, simplifies troubleshooting and collection of insights for your network by leveraging AI and data science to proactively identify issues, determine the root causes and scope of impact and to gain insight into your network and users by eliminating the need to manually hunt through endless dashboards and CLI commands.
Effortless, Cloud-based Setup and Updates
The AP33 Series automatically connects to the Juniper Mist cloud, downloads its configuration, and joins the appropriate network. Firmware updates are retrieved and installed automatically, ensuring that the network is always up to date with new features, bug fixes, and security updates.
Premium Analytics
Juniper Mist Wi-Fi Assurance, Engagement and Asset Tracking services include a base analytics capability for analyzing up to 30 days of data which enables you to simplify the process of extracting network insights from data and analytics across your enterprise. To extend these capabilities for more dynamic insights like motion paths* and other 3rd Party* data, along with the option to generate customized reports, the Juniper Mist Premium Analytics service is available as an additional subscription.
High Accuracy Indoor Location
The AP33 access point has a 16-element Virtual Bluetooth LE (vBLE) antenna array controlled from the Juniper Mist cloud. Passive antennas enhance the power of a single transmitter and produce directional beams (or can be combined to act as an omnidirectional radio) to accurately detect distance and location with 1 to 3 meter accuracy. With Juniper’s patented vBLE technology, you can deploy an unlimited amount of virtual beacons in your physical environment without requiring battery powered BLE beacons. With support for Bluetooth 5.0, range and battery life is boosted for IoT devices.
SPECIFICATIONS | |
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Wi-Fi Standard | 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6), including support for OFDMA, 1024-QAM, MU MIMO, Target Wake Time (TWT), Spatial Frequency Reuse (BSS Coloring). Backwards compatibility with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac |
Combined Highest Supported Data Rates | 3.0 Gbps |
2.4 GHz | 2×2 : 2 802.11b/g/n/ac up to 400 Mbps data rate; 2×2 : 2 802.11ax up to 575 Mbps data rate |
5 GHz | 4×4 : 4 802.11ax up to 2,400 Mbps data rate |
MIMO Operation | Four spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 2,400 Mbps wireless data rate to individual 4×4 HE80 Four spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to 2,400 Mbps wireless data rate to up to four MU-MIMO capable client devices simultaneously |
Dedicated Third Radio | 2.4GHz and 5GHz dual-band WIDS/WIPS, spectrum analysis, synthetic client and location analytics radio |
Internal Antennas | Two 2.4GHz omni-directional antennas with 5 dBi peak gain Four 5GHz omni-directional antennas with 6 dBi peak gain |
Bluetooth 5.0 | vBLE 16-element Directional Antenna Array + Omni Bluetooth Antenna |
Beam Forming | Transmit Beamforming and Maximal Ratio Combining |
Power Options | 802.3at PoE, 802.3bt PoE |
Dimensions | 202 x 202 x 44 mm (7.95 x 7.95 x 1.73 in) |
Weight | 0.98 kg (2.16 lbs) excluding mount and accessories |
Operating Temperature | Internal antenna: 0° to 40° C |
Operating Humidity | 10% to 90% maximum relative humidity, non-condensing |
Operating Altitude | 3,048m (10,000 ft) |
I/O & INDICATORS | |
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USB | USB2.0 support interface |
Eth0 | 100/1000Base-T, 2.5GBase-T (802.3bz); RJ45; PoE PD |
Eth1 | 10/100/1000Base-T; RJ45 |
Reset | Reset to the factory default settings |
Indicators | One multi-color status LED |
MOUNTING BRACKETS | |
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APBR-U* | Universal Bracket |
APBR-T58 | ³⁄8″ Threaded Rod |
APBR-M16 | 16mm Threaded Rod (M16-2) |
APBR-ADP-CR9 | 9⁄16″ T-Rail |
APBR-ADP-RT15 | 15⁄16″ T-Rail |
APBR-ADP-WS15 | 1½” T-Rail |
APBR-ADP-T12 | ½” Threaded Rod |
*The AP package includes one Universal Bracket. APBR-U is available separately as an accessory.
PATENTED vBLE TECHNOLOGY
In addition to the industry-leading Wi-Fi technology that is at the heart of the AP33 access point, it also incorporates our second generation patented dynamic 16-element Virtual Bluetooth LE (vBLE) antenna array, which combined with our machine learning, enables businesses to eliminate the need for battery-powered beacons. This maximizes the scalability and optimizes the investment cost of deploying location based services.
Virtual Bluetooth LE enables businesses to provide rich location-based experiences that are engaging, accurate, real-time and scalable.