Ubiquiti UniFi AP FlexHD Indoor / Outdoor Access Point (UAP-FlexHD) Features

The UniFi FlexHD Access point has a small, sleek design and compact form factor that can easily be deployed indoors or outdoors. With flexible mounting options, the Flex HD can be deployed on tabletops, walls, poles, and ceilings.

Ubiquiti UAP-FlexHD Key Features

• 4×4 MU-MIMO Technology with 1.733 Gbps Throughput
• Weatherproof for Indoor / Outdoor Installations
• Flexible Mounting Options for Ceiling, Pole, Tabletop, or Wall
• 802.11ac Technology
• High-Density Scenarios
• 10/100/1000 Ethernet Port

802.11ac Technology

Initial 802.11ac Wave 1 SU-MIMO (Single-User, Multiple Input, Multiple Output) technology allows an earlier-generation AP, such as the UniFi AC Pro AP, to communicate with only one client at a time.

802.11ac Wave 2 MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple Input, Multiple Output) technology allows a Wave 2 AP, such as the UniFi AP Flex HD, to communicate with multiple clients at the same time – significantly increasing multi-user throughput and overall user experience. The following describes a 4-client scenario:

MU-MIMO Assuming the same conditions, a Wave 2 AP provides up to 75% improvement overall over a Wave 1 AP. This improvement increases wireless performance and/or serves more clients at the same performance level.

4×4 Spatial Streams At any single time, a Wave 2 AP can communicate with the following MU-MIMO clients:
– four 1×1 clients
– two 2×2 clients
– one 2×2 client and two 1×1 clients
– one 3×3 client and one 1×1 client

A 4×4 Wave 2 AP delivers up to 33% greater performance than a Wave 1 AP that is 3×3 in both radio bands.

High-Density Scenarios

Both Wave 1 and Wave 2 APs offer 28 independent (non-overlapping) channels: three for the 2.4 GHz band and twenty-five for the 5 GHz band, including DFS channels. When you use the 2.4 GHz band in a high-density location, you encounter self-interference and channel saturation. When you use the 5 GHz band, you can deploy smaller cells (coverage areas), so you can support more clients in any cell that deploys more than one AP.

With the advantages of MU-MIMO technology and 4×4 spatial streams, the UniFi AP Flex HD can support more than triple the number of users than a typical Wave 1 AP. In practice, the maximum number of users the UniFi AP Flex HD can support is limited by radio link airtime. This depends on the amount of traffic each device creates, types of devices, network configuration, and the presence of other APs on the same channel.

Versatile Mounting Options

The sleek, compact design lets you locate the UniFi AP Flex HD near users.

Ideal Mesh Point Solution

The UniFi AP Flex HD provides a 4×4 MIMO mesh backhaul for double the speed of traditional mesh solutions.