Product Specifications - Cisco Aironet 3500 Series Datasheet

Scalability
The Cisco Aironet 3500 Series is a component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, which can scale up to 18,000
access points with full Layer 3 mobility across central or remote locations on the enterprise campus, in branch
offices, and at remote sites. The Cisco Unified Wireless Network is the industry's most flexible, resilient, and
scalable architecture, delivering secure access to mobility services and applications and offering the lowest total cost
of ownership and investment protection by integrating seamlessly with the existing wired network.

Product Specifications

Table 1 lists the product specifications for Cisco Aironet 3500 Series Access Points.
Table 1.
Item
Part Numbers
Software
802.11n Version 2.0
(and Related)
Capabilities
Data Rates Supported
1
MCS Index: The Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) index determines the number of spatial streams, the modulation, the
coding rate, and data rate values.
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Product Specifications for Cisco Aironet 3500 Series Access Points
Specification
Cisco Aironet 3500 Series Access Point
Controller-Based Access Point
The Cisco Aironet 3500i mode - Indoor environments, with internal antennas
● AIR-CAP3502I-x-K9 - Dual-band controller-based 802.11a/g/n
● AIR-CAP3501I-x-K9 - Single-band controller-based 802.11g/n
● AIR-CAP3502I-xK910 - Eco-pack (dual-band 802.11a/g/n) 10 quantity access points
The Cisco Aironet 3500e mode - Indoor, challenging environments, with external antennas
● AIR-CAP3502E-x-K9 - Dual-band controller-based 802.11a/g/n
● AIR-CAP3501E-x-K9 - Single-band controller-based 802.11g/n
● AIR-CAP3502E-xK910 - Eco-pack (dual-band 802.11a/g/n) 10 quantity access points
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Cisco SMARTnet Services for the Cisco Aironet 3500i model with internal antennas
● CON-SNT-CAP352Ix - SMARTnet 8x5xNBD 3500i access point (dual-band 802.11 a/g/n)
● CON-SNT-CAP351Ix - SMARTnet 8x5xNBD 3500i access point (single-band 802.11 g/n)
● Qty(10) CON-SNT-CAP352Ix - SMARTnet 8x5xNBD 10 quantity eco-pack 3500i access point (dual-band 802.11a/g/n)
SMARTnet Services for the Cisco Aironet 3500e model with external antennas
● CON-SNT-CAP3502x - SMARTnet 8x5xNBD 3500e access point (dual-band 802.11 a/g/n)
● CON-SNT-CAP3501x - SMARTnet 8x5xNBD 3500e access point (single-band 802.11 g/n)
● Qty(10) CON-SNT-CAP3502x - SMARTnet 8x5xNBD 10 quantity eco-pack 3500e access point (dual-band
802.11a/g/n)
Cisco Wireless LAN Services
● AS-WLAN-CNSLT -
● AS-WLAN-CNSLT -
● AS-WLAN-CNSLT -
Regulatory domains: (x = regulatory domain)
Customers are responsible for verifying approval for use in their individual countries. To verify approval and to identify the
regulatory domain that corresponds to a particular country, please visit http://www.cisco.com/go/aironet/compliance.
Not all regulatory domains have been approved. As they are approved, the part numbers will be available on the Global
Price List.
Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 7.0 or later.
● 2x3 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with two spatial streams
● Maximal ratio combining (MRC)
● Legacy beamforming
● 20- and 40-MHz channels
● PHY data rates up to 300 Mbps
● Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (Tx/Rx), A-MSDU (Tx/Rx)
● 802.11 dynamic frequency selection (DFS)
● Cyclic shift diversity (CSD) support
802.11a: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbps
802.11g: 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbps
802.11n data rates (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz):
1 2
MCS Index GI = 800ns
Cisco Wireless LAN Network Planning and Design Service
Cisco Wireless LAN 802.11n Migration Service
Cisco Wireless LAN Performance and Security Assessment Service
GI = 400ns
Data Sheet
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