AP47 Access Point Datasheet

For IT and NOC teams

• Predictable and measurable Wi-Fi
• Service-Level Expectations (SLEs) support
• WxLAN policy fabric for role-based access
• Customizable guest Wi-Fi portal
• Radio Resource Management (RRM), driven by AI

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

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

For process and resource improvement teams

• Identification of assets by name and location visibility
• Zonal/Room accuracy for third-party tags
• Historical analytics for asset tags
• Telemetry for asset tags (temperature, motion, and other data)
• APIs for viewing assets and analytics

For network teams

• Baseline analytics features come included with Wi-Fi Assurance, User Engagement, and Asset Visibility subscriptions
• End-to-end network visibility
• Orchestrated networking and application performance queries
• Simplified network transparency

For business teams

• Baseline analytics features come included with Wi-Fi Assurance, User Engagement, and Asset Visibility subscriptions
• Customer segmentation and reporting based on visitor telemetry
• Customized1 Dwell and third-party reporting for traffic and trend analysis
• Correlation of customer-guest traffic and trend analysis
• Correlated customer-guest traffic and trend analysis

The AP47 Series is a four‑radio, 802.11be Wi‑Fi 7 access point. Three four‑spatial stream data serving radios with maximum data rates of 11528 Mbps in the 6 GHz band, 5764 Mbps in the 5 GHz band, and 1376 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band. A dedicated fourth tri‑band scanning radio providing WIDS/WIPS, spectrum analysis, sensor and location analytics. With 802.11be Multi-Link Operation (MLO), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Multi‑User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU‑MIMO), and BSS Coloring technologies, the AP47 Series offers performance at unprecedented levels to support new bandwidth‑hungry applications and soaring device densities.

The new 802.11be amendment (Wi-Fi 7) expands the capabilities of Wi‑Fi 6E, including the use of up to 1200 MHz of the 6 GHz band for higher throughput and improved application performance. New capabilities include 320 MHz channels which provides double the throughput, Multi‑Link Operation (MLO) for more efficient load balancing and failover, Multi‑Resource Units (Multi‑RU), preamble puncturing, and 4K QAM for higher transmission rates and better user experiences. Only Wi‑Fi 7 and 6E client devices can use the 6 GHz band so there is no interference due to IoT or legacy devices.

Automation in Juniper Mist helps simplify the validation of AP placements and AP‑switch uplinks for highly‑redundant coverage in mission‑critical deployments. In addition, the AP47 provides high availability with two 10 Gbps Ethernet ports for seamless failover for both data and power. The dual ports provide business continuity for mission‑critical applications.

Juniper automates and optimizes Wi‑Fi 7 features with AI for AX capabilities to optimize BSS Coloring, improve data transmission scheduling within OFDMA and MU‑MIMO, and assign clients to the best radio to boost the overall performance of the network.

The AP47 Series extends network monitoring and insights to vBLE, Thread*, Zigbee*, or Matter* to increase IoT capabilities with dual 802.15.4 radios for concurrent location services and electronic shelf labels (ESL). Ultra‑wideband (UWB) ready.

*future

OFDMA improves spectral efficiency so that an increasing density of devices can be supported on the network. Density has become an issue with the rapid growth of 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 coexistence of overlapping BSSs and allows spatial reuse within a given channel by reducing packet collisions.

Reliable RF optimization is even more critical with the addition of 6GHz spectrum. Radio Resource Management uses a dedicated sensor radio to automate dynamic channel and power assignments, thus avoiding Wi‑Fi and external sources of interference. The AI engine continuously monitors coverage and capacity SLE metrics to learn and optimize the RF environment. A learning algorithm uses hysteresis on a 24‑hour window to conduct a sitewide rebalancing for optimal channel and power assignment.

The Automatic Frequency Coordination (AFC) mandated by the FCC specifies that when using the 6 GHz band (in the US) with either an access point that has a removable external antenna or a weatherized access point, it must operate in Standard Power (SP) mode. The AP47E‑US access point will operate in SP mode on 6 GHz in the US, while the AP47 and AP47D access points will initially operate in Lower Power Indoor (LPI) mode, with the future opportunity to enable SP mode. The AP47E‑WW will be able to operate in LPI in many regulatory domains around the world.

Built‑in GPS/GNNS receiver is utilized in support of AFC, as well as other scenarios such as automatic geo‑location and more.

A dedicated, tri‑band fourth radio collects data for Juniper Mist, which uses machine learning to analyze user experiences, correlate problems, and automatically detect their root causes. These metrics are used to monitor SLEs and provide proactive recommendations to ensure problems don’t occur (or are fixed as quickly as possible when they do). This radio also functions as a synthetic test client to proactively detect and mitigate network anomalies.

By incorporating the 802.11ax target wake time (TWT) capability and Bluetooth 5.4, AP47 access points help extend the battery life of IoT devices, particularly as additional ones join the network.

Constantly monitor services running on the AP47 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 it becoming unavailable.

The Juniper Mist platform automatically captures packets and radio frequency spectrum and streams them to the cloud when major issues are detected. AI‑Native dynamic packet capture and dynamic spectrum capture enables “network rewind” to identify and resolve wireless interference issues more efficiently. Both features save IT time and effort and eliminate the need for truck rolls with sniffers to reproduce and capture data for troubleshooting.

Marvis is a natural language processing (NLP)-based assistant with a conversational interface who helps the understanding of user intent and goals, simplifies troubleshooting, and collects network insights. Marvis uses AI and data science to proactively identify issues, determine the root causes and scope of impact, and gain insights into your network and user experiences. Marvis eliminates the need to manually hunt through endless dashboards and CLI commands.

The AP47 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.

Juniper Mist Wireless Assurance, User Engagement, and Asset Visibility 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 across your enterprise. If you require dynamic insights like motion paths¹ and other third‑party¹ data and would like the option of customized reports, the Juniper Mist Premium Analytics service is available as an additional subscription.

The AP47 has a patented 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 1‑3‑meter accuracy. With Juniper’s patented vBLE technology, you can deploy an unlimited number of virtual beacons in your physical environment with no need to install battery‑powered physical BLE beacons. Support for Bluetooth 5.1 boosts IoT device range and battery life.

In addition to the industry‑leading Wi‑Fi technology at the heart of the AP47 access point, our next‑generation, patented, and dynamic vBLE antenna array combines with machine learning to eliminate the need for battery‑powered beacons. This maximizes scalability and optimizes your deployment investment in location‑based services.

vBLE enables businesses to provide rich location‑based experiences that are engaging, accurate, real‑time, and scalable.

Juniper APs offer a flexible data plane. Juniper Mist Edge is an on‑premises appliance that runs a tunnel termination service. Traffic can be broken out locally or tunneled to Juniper Mist Edge.

Juniper Mist Edge use cases include seamless mobility in large campus environments, tunneling of guest traffic to a DMZ, IoT segmentation, and teleworker services.

Juniper Networks believes that connectivity is not the same as experiencing a great connection. Juniper's AI‑Native Networking Platform is built from the ground up to leverage AI to deliver exceptional, highly secure, and sustainable user experiences from the edge to the data center and cloud. You can find additional information at juniper.net or connect with Juniper on X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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