AP61 Access Point

The Mist Learning WLAN consists of the following components:

Mist Marvis AI

Patent-pending machine learning algorithms adapt in real-time to optimize the wireless user experience. In addition, Marvis uses AI to proactively automate IT operations, provide real-time alerts, and predict problems before they arise.

Mist Cloud

All wireless deployment, setup, operations, and insight are handled via the Mist cloud, which was designed to provide unprecedented visibility and control at web scale. A microservices architecture provides maximum agility when rolling out new features/services.

The Mist cloud, featuring a micro-services architecture, and powered by Marvis AI

Mist Access Points

The AP21, AP41, and AP61 (detailed here) are high performance, enterprise-grade Access Points for 802.11ac Wave 2 Gigabit Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® Low Energy. The Mist BT11 is an enterprise-grade Access Point exclusively for Bluetooth® Low Energy.

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AP61 FEATURES

High performance Wi-Fi access

The AP61 delivers high performance wireless access with three 802.11ac Wave 2 radios that deliver up to 1,730 Mbps in the 5GHz band and up to 800 Mbps in the 2.4Ghz band.

Whether you want to extend your user’s experience outside the four walls, or you want to set up pervasive outdoor wireless with mesh backhaul, the AP61 delivers the best performance with the simplest operations in an industrial-grade form factor.

High accuracy indoor location

The AP61 has a 16-element Virtual Bluetooth LE (vBLE) antenna array controlled from the Mist Cloud. Passive antennas enhance the power of a single transmitter and produce directional beams to accurately detect distance and location with 1 to 3 meter accuracy. With Mist’s patented vBLE technology, you can deploy an unlimited amount of virtual beacons in your physical environment without requiring battery powered BLE beacons.

Bluetooth Location Services

The AP61 works with the Mist cloud to provide high accuracy enterprise-grade Bluetooth® LE location services using virtual beacons

Unprecedented insight and action

A dedicated dual band radio collects data for Mist’s patent-pending 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).

Premium Analytics

Mist’s Wirelesss Assurance, Engagement and Asset Tracking service includes 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 Mist Premium Analytics service is available as an additional subscription.

Dynamic packet capture

The 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.

Effortless, cloud-based setup and updates

The AP61 automatically connects to the 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.

Dynamic debugging

Constantly monitor services running on the AP61 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.

Automatic RF optimization

The AP61’s dual-band scanning mode continuously scans the airspace for threats and interference. This ensures optimal performance under what could otherwise be challenging RF conditions. The AP61’s dual-band sensor continuously scans the airspace for threats and interference.