DATASHEET | MIST AP41 SERIES

AP41 ACCESS POINT SERIES

Highest Performance Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® LE and IoT
MIST LEARNING WLAN
Mist has brought true innovation to the wireless space with the Mist AP41 Mist AP41E
world’s first AI-driven Wireless LAN (WLAN).
The Mist Learning WLAN makes Wi-Fi predictable, reliable and
measurable with unprecedented visibility into the user experience by
leveraging its unique 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.
Mist also brings enterprise-grade Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy
(LE) and IoT together so businesses can increase the value of their
wireless networks through personalized location services, such as
wayfinding, proximity notifications, and asset location. With Mist’s MIST ACCESS POINT FAMILY
patented virtual BLE (vBLE) technology, no battery beacons or The AP41 Series consists of: AP41 with internal omnidirectional
manual calibration are required. antennas and AP41E with external antenna connectors.
The AP21, AP41, and AP61 are high performance, enterprise
All operations are managed via Mist’s open and programmable grade Access Points for 802.11ac Wave 2 Gigabit Wi-Fi and
microservices cloud architecture. This delivers maximum scalability Bluetooth LE. The Mist BT11 is an enterprise-grade Access Point
and performance while also bringing DevOps agility to wireless exclusively for Bluetooth LE. To view other datasheets, go to:
networking and location services. www.mist.com/resources/datasheets
THE MIST CLOUD
The Mist Cloud leverages a microservices architecture in order to AP61 AP41 AP21 BT11
bring unparalleled agility, scale and resiliency to your network. It Deployment Outdoor Indoor Indoor Indoor
leverages an AI engine to lower OpEx and deliver unprecedented
Wi-Fi 802.11ac 802.11ac 802.11ac
insight by using data science to analyze large amounts of rich Wave 2 Wave 2 Wave 2 –
metadata collected from Mist Access Points. 4x4 : 4SS 4x4 : 4SS 2x2: 2SS

The Mist platform is 100% programmable, using open APIs, for full Wi-Fi Tri Radio –
automation and seamless integration with complementary products
across the LAN, WAN, security, engagement and asset location areas. IoT Interface – – –

The Mist Cloud enables wireless and location services to be Antenna Internal/ Internal/ Internal Internal
Options External External
consumed in a scalable and cost effective manner.
Virtual
Bluetooth LE

SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THE MIST AP41

WI-FI CLOUD SERVICES BLUETOOTH LE CLOUD SERVICES
Wi-Fi Assurance Mobile Engagement
For IT and NOC Teams For Digital Experience Teams
• Predictable and measurable Wi-Fi • Accurate (1-3m) Turn-by-turn Navigation
• Service Level Expectations (SLE) • Sensor Fusion with Dead Reckoning
• WxLAN Policy Fabric for Role-Based Access • Unsupervised Machine Learning
• Customizable Guest Wi-Fi Portal • Virtual Beacons with Custom Notifications
• AI-Driven Radio Resource Management • Mobile SDK for iOS and Android
Marvis Virtual Assistant Asset Visibility
For IT Helpdesk Teams For Process & Resource Improvement Teams
• AI-Powered Virtual Network Assistant • Identify Assets by Name and View Location
• Natural Language Processing Interface • Zonal/Room Accuracy for 3rd Party Tags
• Anomaly Detection • Historical Analytics for Asset Tags
• Client SLE Visibility and Enforcement • Telemetry for Asset Tags (temp., motion, …)
• Data Science Driven Root Cause Analysis • APIs for Viewing Assets and Analytics

ANALYTICS CLOUD SERVICES

Premium Analytics
For Network Teams For Business Teams
• Base features are included with Wi-Fi Assurance, • Base features are included with Wi-Fi Assurance, Mobile
Mobile Engagement, and Asset Visibility Subscriptions Engagement, and Asset Visibility Subscriptions
• End-to-end Network Visibility • Customer Segmentation and Reporting Based on Visitor Telemetry
• Orchestrated Networking and Application • Customized* Dwell and 3rd Party Reporting for Traffic
Performance Queries and Trend Analysis
• Simplified Network Transparency • Correlate Customer-Guest Traffic and Trend Analysis

*Mist Premium Analytics service subscription is needed.

DATASHEET | MIST AP41 SERIES 2/3

High Performance Wi-Fi Marvis Virtual Network Assistant

The AP41 Series is a tri-radio 4x4 Access Point with maximum The NLP-based assistant, Marvis, simplifies troubleshooting and
data rates of 1,730 Mbps in the 5GHz band and 800 Mbps in the collection of insights for your network by leveraging AI and data
2.4GHz band. The 3rd radio functions as a network, location, and science to proactively identify issues, determine the root causes
security sensor as well as a spectrum monitor. and scope of impact and to gain insight into your network and
users by eliminating the need to manually hunt through endless
The AP41 Series is available with internal and external antenna models.
dashboards and CLI commands.
High Accuracy Indoor Location
Accelerate Your Digital Transformation
The AP41 has a 16-element Virtual Bluetooth LE (vBLE) antenna
with Network and Business Insights
array controlled from the Mist Cloud. Passive antennas enhance
Wi-Fi Assurance includes a base analytics capability for analyzing
the power of a single transmitter and produce directional beams to
up to 30 days of data which enables you to simplify the process
accurately detect distance and location with 1 to 3 meter accuracy.
of extracting network insights from data and analytics across your
With Mist’s patented vBLE technology, you can deploy an unlimited
enterprise. Review your network throughput peaks to properly align
amount of virtual beacons in your physical environment without
your support resources. To extend these capabilities to 3rd party*
requiring battery powered BLE beacons.
network elements and the ability to consume up to one year* of
data, along with the option to generate customized* reports, the Mist
Premium Analytics service is available as an additional subscription.
Effortless, Cloud-based Setup and Updates
The AP41 Series 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.
Unprecedented Insight and Action Dynamic Debugging
A dedicated dual band radio collects data for Mist’s patent-pending Constantly monitor services running on the AP41 Series and send
Proactive Analytics and Correlation Engine (PACE), which leverages alerts whenever a service behaves abnormally. Dynamic debugging
machine learning to analyze user experience, correlate problems and relieves IT of having to worry about an AP going offline or any
automatically detect the root cause of problems. These metrics are services running on becoming unavailable.
used to monitor service level expectations and provide proactive
Automatic RF Optimization
recommendations to ensure problems don’t occur (or are fixed as
Mist’s Radio Resource Management (RRM) automates dynamic
quickly as possible when they do).
channel and power assignment, taking Wi-Fi and external sources
Dynamic Packet Capture of interference into account with its dedicated sensor radio. The
The Mist platform automatically captures packets and streams them Mist AI engine continuously monitors the coverage and capacity
to the cloud when major issues are detected. This saves IT time SLE metrics to learn and optimize the RF environment. The RRM
and effort and eliminates the need for truck rolls with sniffers to learning algorithm uses hysteresis on a 24 hour window to conduct
reproduce and capture data for troubleshooting. a site-wide rebalancing for optimal channel and power assignment.

Client Events 47 Total 31 Good 7 Neutral 9 Bad

Association Scanner 2 12:25:50.827 AM, Jun 30 AP Main Server IP Address 10.1.1

Fast BSS Assoc Failure Scanner 2 12:25:48.458 AM, Jun 30 Reason BSSID 5d:5d:25:10:10:d2
Failing DHCP DISCOVER
from 5d-5d-25-10-10-d2 on
IP Assigned Scanner 2 12:25:47.335 AM, Jun 30 vlan 1 with Xid 1234567728 SSID Network 1
- NO DHCP
DNS OK Scanner 2 12:25:45.023 AM, Jun 30 Subnet 10.1.1.1/16
Request seen from client
in response to the Offer on
Default Gateway ARP Success Scanner 2 12:25:42.837 AM, Jun 30 the Server Transaction ID 922349945

DHCP Stuck - Bind Failure Scanner 2 12:25:39.947 AM, Jun 30

Authorization Scanner 2 12:25:39.207 AM, Jun 30 RSSI -53

DNS OK Scanner 2 12:25:38.104 AM, Jun 30 VLAN 1 Download Packet Capture

Fast Roaming 802.11R Scanner 2 12:25:37.098 AM, Jun 30 Failure Count 1

Reassociation Scanner 2 12:25:36.098 AM, Jun 30

AP-41 WI-FI ANTENNA PATTERN PLOTS

0° theta = 60 0°
10 10
330° 30° 330° 30°

0 0
300° 60° 300° 60°

-10 -10

Antenna Antenna
Composite, 270° -20 90° 270° -20 90° Composite,
2450 MHz 5450 MHz

240° 120° 240° 120°

210° 150° 210° 150°

180° 180°

*Mist Premium Analytics service subscription is needed.

DATASHEET | MIST AP41 SERIES 3/3

SPECIFICATIONS I/O PORTS & ACCESSORIES

802.11ac Wave 2 Reset to the factory default

Wi-Fi Standard Reset
(backwards compatibility with 802.11a/b/g/n) settings
Combined Highest USB USB2.0 support interface
2.5 Gbps
Supported Data Rates
Input for optional DC
4x4:4 802.11b/g/n/ac up to 800 Mbps data rate 12VDC
2.4 Ghz power supply
802.11ac for VHT capable clients
8-pin interface for digital
5 Ghz 4x4:4 802.11a/n/ac Wave 2 up to 1,700 Mbps data rate IoT I/O and analog input
(0 to +5V)
Four spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to
1,733 Mbps wireless data rate to individual 4x4 VHT80 10/100/1000 BaseT RJ45;
MIMO Operation Four spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to Module
optional PoE PSE mode
1,733 Mbps wireless data rate to up to three MU-MIMO
capable client devices simultaneously 10/100/1000 BaseT RJ45
Eth1
interface
2.4 GHz & 5 GHz dual-band WIDS/WIPS, spectrum
Dedicated Third Radio 10/100/1000 BaseT RJ45;
analysis & location analytics radio Eth0+PoE
supports 802.3at PoE PD
Internal Antennas Four 2.4GHz omni-directional antennas with 4 dBi peak gain
(AP41 only) Four 5GHz omni-directional antennas with 6 dBi peak gain External
Four RP-SMA
Antennas
Bluetooth Male connectors
16 Directional Antennae + 1 Omni Antenna Bluetooth Array (AP41E only)
Beam Forming Transmit Beamforming and Maximal Ratio Combining Indicators One multi-color status LED
Power Options 802.3at PoE. 12V/3A DC power supply
Powering Adaptor 100-240VAC, 50-60 Hz, input. 12V/3A DC output. COMPLIANCE STANDARDS

Dimensions 215 x 215 x 52 mm (8.46 x 8.46 x 2.05 in) CE Mark

Weight 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) excluding mount and accessories UL 60950-1

Size (L x W x H): 285 x 268 x 86 mm (10.6 x 10.6 x 3.4 in) CAN/CSAC22.2

Shipping Box Weight: 2.18 kg (4.82 lbs) No. 609501
Boxes per carton: 8
UL 2043
Internal antenna: 0° to 40° C
Operating Temperature FCC Part 15.247, 15.407, 15.107, and 15.109
External antenna: -20° to 50° C
RSS-247
Operating Humidity 10% to 90% maximum relative humidity, non-condensing
ICES-003
Operating Altitude 3,048m (10,000 ft)
Electromagnetic
FCC Part 15 Class B MOUNTING BRACKETS
Emissions
AP41: 1,243,955 hours (142 yrs) @ 25C; AP41BR1 Ceiling T-bar
748,877 hours (85 yrs) @ 40C AP41BR2 Ceiling Drywall
Reliability (MTBF)
AP41E: 1,264,116 hours (144 yrs) @ 25C;
508,342 hours (58 yrs) @ 40C AP41BR3 5
⁄8" Threaded Rod
AP41BR4 2mm (¹⁄16") Threaded Rod

MIST BLUETOOTH ANTENNA ARRAY

ORDERING INFORMATION

US/FCC AP41-US (Internal Antenna)

Domain AP41E-US (External Antenna)
AP41-WW (Internal Antenna)
Rest of the
World AP41E-WW
(External Antenna)

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