Data Sheet

AP24 ACCESS POINT DATASHEET

Juniper AI-Driven Network

The Juniper AP24 is an entry-level access point offering a cost-effective technology
investment choice for organizations seeking cutting edge AI-driven solutions that optimize
end user Wi-Fi experiences. The Juniper AP24 integrates Mist AI for AX capabilities and
omnidirectional BLE antenna to automate network operation and boost Wi-Fi performance
for devices on your network in the 6 GHz (Wi-Fi 6E) band. Juniper’s AI solutions for 6E
helps support optimized operator and user experiences with secure client-to-cloud
Product Overview automation, insight, and AI-driven actions.

The AP24 is a tri-band device The Juniper AI-Driven Enterprise makes Wi-Fi predictable, reliable, and measurable,
with 2 spatial streams for offering unprecedented visibility into the user experience through the use of unique
transmitting and receiving data service-level expectation (SLE) metrics. Proactive, AI-driven automation and self- healing
over two client-serving radios, replace time-consuming manual tasks, lowering Wi-Fi operational costs and saving
with a third sensor radio substantial time and money. The AP24 is ideal for areas where you need a high-
dedicated to monitoring. performance, 6 GHz capable access point but don’t require advanced location-based
services. All operations are managed using the open and programmable microservices-
based Juniper Mist™ cloud architecture. The system delivers maximum network scalability
and performance while also bringing DevOps agility to WLANs and location services.

The Juniper Mist Cloud Architecture

Our cloud-native, AI-driven microservices architecture delivers unparalleled agility, scale,
and resiliency to your network. It lowers OpEx and delivers unprecedented insights into
network performance, behaviors, traffic patterns, and potential trouble spots by using data
science to analyze large amounts of rich metadata collected by Juniper Access Points.

Juniper Access Point Family

The Juniper enterprise-grade access point family consists of:
• AP45 Series, AP34 and AP24, which support Wi-Fi 6E, 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6), and
Bluetooth LE
• AP43 Series, AP12, AP32, AP33, and AP63 Series, which support 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
and Bluetooth LE

These access points are all managed by the real-time microservices based in Juniper Mist
cloud.

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The table below compares the supported major functions of the Juniper Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 6 access points to help in selecting the most
appropriate model(s).
AP45 AP34 AP24 AP43 AP33 AP12 AP63
Deployment Indoor Wall Plate/
Indoor Indoor Indoor Indoor Indoor Outdoor
Desk Mount
Wi-Fi Standard 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax
Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) 5GHz: 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
(WiFi 6 ) 2x2 : 2SS
(WiFi 6 ) 4x4 : 4SS (Wi-Fi 6 ) 2x2 : 2SS 4x4 : 4SS 4x4 : 4SS 2.4GHz: 2x2 : 2SS 4x4 : 4SS
2.4/6 + 5 GHz
2x2 : 2SS
Wi-Fi Radios Dedicated fourth radio Dedicated fourth radio Dedicated third radio for Dedicated third radio Dedicated third radio Dedicated third Dedicated third radio
for scanning for scanning scanning for scanning for scanning radio for scanning for scanning
Antenna Options Internal/External Internal Internal Internal/External Internal Internal Internal/External
Virtual BLE ✓ — — ✓ ✓ — ✓
USB ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — —
IoT Sensors Temperature, Temperature, Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Temperature, Humidity, Pressure,
—
Accelerometer Accelerometer Accelerometer Temperature Accelerometer Temperature
Warranty Limited Lifetime Limited Lifetime Limited Lifetime Limited Lifetime Limited Lifetime Limited Lifetime One Year
Frequencies
2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz
Supported

Available for the Juniper AP24 Analytics Cloud Services

Wi-Fi Cloud Services Juniper Mist Premium Analytics
Juniper Mist Wi-Fi Assurance For Network Teams
For IT and NOC Teams • Baseline Analytics Features Come Included with Wi-Fi
• Predictable and Measurable Wi-Fi Assurance, Mobile Engagement, and Asset Visibility
• Service-Level Expectations (SLEs) Support Subscriptions
• WxLAN Policy Fabric for Role-Based Access • End-to-End Network Visibility
• Customizable Guest Wi-Fi Portal • Orchestrated Networking and Application Performance
• Radio Resource Management (RRM) Driven by AI Queries
• Simplified Network Transparency

Marvis Virtual Assistant For Business Teams

For IT Helpdesk Teams • Baseline Analytics Features Come Included with Wi-Fi
Assurance, Mobile Engagement, and Asset Visibility
• AI-Powered Virtual Network Assistant
Subscriptions
• Natural Language Processing Interface
• Customer Segmentation and Reporting Based on Visitor
• Anomaly Detection
Telemetry
• Client SLE Visibility and Enforcement
• Customized* Dwell and Third-Party Reporting for Traffic and
• Data Science-Driven Root-Cause Analysis
Trend Analysis
• Correlation of Customer-Guest Traffic and Trend Analysis
Juniper Mist Asset Visibility • Correlated Customer-Guest Traffic and Trend Analysis

For Process and Resource Improvement Teams *Juniper Mist Premium Analytics service subscription is needed

• Identification of Assets by Name and View Location

• 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

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Access Point Features

High-Performance Wi-Fi Proactive Insight and Action

The AP24 supports new bandwidth-hungry applications and soaring A dedicated, dual-band third radio collects data for Juniper’s
device densities. The AP24 is comprised of tri-band capable, dual patent-pending Proactive Analytics and Correlation Engine (PACE),
band concurrent, tri-radio 2x2 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6E) with maximum which uses machine learning to analyze user experiences, correlate
data rates of 2400 Mbps in the 6GHz band, 1200 Mbps in the problems, and automatically detect their root causes. These metrics
5GHz band, and 575 Mbps in the 2.4GHz band. The third radio are used to monitor SLEs and provide proactive recommendations
functions as a network, location, and security sensor, as well as a to ensure problems don’t occur (or are fixed as quickly as possible
spectrum monitor. With 802.11ax Orthogonal Frequency Division when they do).
Multiple Access (OFDMA), Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple
Output (MU-MIMO), and Basic Service Set (BSS) Coloring Improved IoT Battery Efficiency
technologies. By incorporating the 802.11ax target wake time (TWT) capability
and Bluetooth 5.3, AP24 access points help extend the battery life
AI for AX of IoT devices, particularly as additional devices join the network.
The added performance and spectrum efficiency of 802.11ax (Wi-
Fi 6) has added to the complexity of configuring and operating Dynamic Debugging
wireless networks. Juniper automates and optimizes AP The AP24 has constant monitoring services and sends alerts
management and performance with AI for AX capabilities. Juniper whenever a service behaves abnormally. Dynamic debugging
access points reduce interference due to congestion and ensure relieves IT of having to worry about an AP going offline or that any
consistent service to multiple connected devices in high-density
services running on the AP become unavailable.
environments by optimizing BSS Coloring, improving data
transmission scheduling within OFDMA and MU-MIMO, and
assigning clients to the best radio to boost the overall performance Dynamic Packet Capture
of the network. 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
Greater Spectral Efficiency
sniffers to reproduce and capture data for troubleshooting.
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, which often utilize Marvis Virtual Conversational Assistant
smaller data packets than mobile devices and hence increase the Marvis is a natural language processing (NLP)-based assistant with a
burden and contention on the network. Conversational Interface to understand user intent and goals,
simplifying troubleshooting and the collection of network insights. It
Additionally, BSS Coloring improves the coexistence of overlapping
uses AI and data science to proactively identify issues, determine
BSSs and allows spatial reuse within a given channel by reducing
the root causes and scope of impact, and gain insights into your
packet collisions.
network and user experiences. It eliminates the need to manually
hunt through endless dashboards and CLI commands.
Automatic RF Optimization
Radio Resource Management automates dynamic channel and
power assignment, taking Wi-Fi and external sources of
interference into account with a dedicated sensor radio that
determines whether the AP should operate in the 2.4 or 6 GHz
band. 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.

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Effortless, Cloud-Based Setup and Updates

The AP24 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 Edge

Our Wireless Assurance, User Engagement, and Asset Visibility Juniper APs offer a flexible data plane. The Juniper Mist Edge is an
services include a base analytics capability for analyzing up to 30 on-premises appliance that runs a tunnel termination service. Traffic
days of data, which enables you to simplify the process of can be broken out locally or tunneled to a Juniper Mist Edge.
extracting network insights across your enterprise. If you require Juniper Mist Edge use cases include: seamless mobility in large
dynamic insights like motion paths* and other third-party* data and campus environments, tunneling of guest traffic to a DMZ, IoT
would like the option of customized reports, the Juniper Mist segmentation, and teleworker services. Learn more about Juniper
Premium Analytics service is available as an additional subscription. Mist Edge.

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I/O and Indicators

Eth0 100/1000/2500 Base-T (802.3bz); RJ45; PoE PD

Reset Reset to the factory default settings
Indicators One multicolor status LED
Traffic Forwarding Options Eth0, Juniper Mist Edge
IoT Sensors Temperature, Accelerometer
USB USB 2.0 support interface, 900 mA output

Mounting Brackets
Specifications
APBR-U* Universal bracket
APBR-ADP-M16 16mm threaded rod (M16-2)
Wi-Fi Standard 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6E) with 6 GHz, including support for OFDMA,
1024-QAM, MU-MIMO, Target Wake Time (TWT), and Spatial APBR-ADP-T58 3⁄8” Threaded Rod
Frequency Reuse (BSS Coloring). Backwards compatibility with
APBR-ADP-CR9 9⁄16” T-Rail, Channel Rail
802.11a/b/g/n/ac
APBR-ADP-RT15 15⁄16” T-Rail
Supported Data Rates 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz: 1.8 Gbps, 5 GHz / 6 GHz: 3.6 Gbps
APBR-ADP-WS15 1-1/2” T-Rail
2.4GHz 2x2: 2 802.11ax up to 575 Mbps data rate
APBR-ADP-T12 1/2” threaded rod
5GHz 2x2: 2 802.11ax up to 1,200 Mbps data rate
6 GHz 2x2: 2 802.11ax up to 2,400 Mbps data rate *The AP package includes one Universal Bracket. APBR-U is also available separately as an accessory.

MIMO Operation Two spatial stream SU-MIMO for up to 2400 Mbps wireless data
rate to individual 2x2 HE160. Two spatial stream MU-MIMO for
up to 2400Mbps wireless data rate to up to two MU-MIMO Ordering Information
capable client devices simultaneously
Dedicated Third Radio 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz tri-band WIDS/WIPS, spectrum analysis,
and location analytics radio US/FCC Domain AP24-US (Internal Antenna)

Internal Antennas Two 2.4GHz omnidirectional antennas with 4 dBi peak gain Rest of the World AP24-WW (Internal Antenna)
(AP24) Two 5GHz omnidirectional antennas with 6 dBi peak gain
Two 6GHz omnidirectional antennas with 6 dBi peak gain
IoT Radio Multi Personality with BLE 5.3 and Omni Antenna
Beam Forming Transmit Beamforming and Maximal Ratio Combining
Power Options 802.3af: Single radio, cloud connectivity only
802.3at: Full functionality
Dimensions 185mm x 185mm x 39mm
Shipping Box 244mm x 227mm x 64mm
Weight .75kg
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)
Trusted Platform Includes a TPM for infrastructure security
Module (TPM)

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AP24 5GHz Wi-Fi

AP24 Wi-Fi @ 5150MHz

AP24 Wi-Fi @ 5550MHz

AP24 Wi-Fi @ 5850MHz

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AP24 Dual Band Radio 2.4GHz Wi-Fi

AP24 Wi-Fi @ 2400MHz

AP24 Wi-Fi @ 2450MHz

AP24 Wi-Fi @ 2500MHz

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AP24 Dual Band Radio 6GHz Wi-Fi

AP24 Wi-Fi @ 5925MHz

AP24 Wi-Fi @ 6565MHz

AP24 Wi-Fi @ 7125MHz

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AP24 802.15.4/BLE Radio

AP24 Omni BLE @ 2440MHz

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