| Model | Cisco Catalyst 9115AX Series |
| 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) | The IEEE 802.11ax emerging standard, also known as High-Efficiency-Wireless |
| (HEW) or Wi-Fi 6, builds on 802.11ac. It will deliver a better experience in typical | |
| environments and more predictable performance for advanced applications such | |
| as 4K or 8K video, high-density, high-definition collaboration apps, all-wireless | |
| offices, and IoT. 802.11ax is designed to use both the 2.4-Ghz and 5-GHz bands | |
| unlike the 802.11ac standard. | |
| MU- MIMO technology | Supporting four spatial streams, MU-MIMO enables access points to split spatial |
| streams between client devices, to maximize throughput | |
| Target wake time | A new power savings mode called Target Wake Time (TWT) allows the client to |
| stay asleep and to wake up only at prescheduled (target) times to exchange data | |
| with the AP. This offers significant energy savings for battery-operated devices | |
| up to 3x to 4x compared to 802.11n and 802.11ac | |
| Cisco Embedded | The 9115AX Wi-Fi 6 access points are available with a built-in controller. The Cisco |
| Wireless Controller | Embedded Wireless Controller on Catalyst 9100 Access Points provides an |
| easy-to-deploy and manage option that does not require a physical appliance | |
| The control resides on the access point, so there is no added footprint or | |
| complexity. And because it uses Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series code, it’s easy to | |
| migrate your network as your needs grow | |
| Multigigabit Ethernet support | Provides uplink speeds of 2.5 Gbps, in addition to 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps. All |
| speeds are supported on Category 5e cabling for an industry first, as well as | |
| 10GBASE-T (IEEE 802.3bz) cabling | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 radio to enable IoT use cases such as |
| location tracking and wayfinding. | |
| Software | Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 8.9 or later |
| Cisco IOS ® XE Software Release 16.11 or later | |
| 802.11n version 2.0 (and related) capabilities | 4x4 MIMO with four spatial streams |
| Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) | |
| 802.11n and 802.11a/g beamforming | |
| 20- and 40-MHz channels | |
| PHY data rates up to 890 Mbps (40 MHz with 5 GHz and 20 MHz with 2.4 GHz) | |
| Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive) | |
| 802.11 Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) | |
| Cyclic Shift Diversity (CSD) support | |
| 802.11ac | 4x4 downlink MU-MIMO with four spatial streams |
| MRC | |
| 802.11ac beamforming | |
| 20-, 40-, 80-, and 160-MHz channels | |
| PHY data rates up to 3.47 Gbps (160 MHz with 5 GHz) | |
| Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive) | |
| 802.11 DFS | |
| CSD support | |
| 802.11ax | 4x4 downlink MU-MIMO with four spatial streams |
| Uplink/downlink OFDMA | |
| TWT | |
| BSS coloring | |
| MRC | |
| 802.11ax beamforming | |
| 20-, 40-, 80-, and 160-MHz channels | |
| Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive) | |
| 802.11 DFS | |
| CSD support | |
| Integrated antenna | 2.4 GHz, peak gain 3 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth |
| 5 GHz, peak gain 4 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth | |
| Interfaces | 1x 100, 1000, 2500 Multigigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) – IEEE 802.3bz |
| Management console port (RJ-45) | |
| USB 2.0 (enabled via future software) | |
| Status LED indicates boot loader status, association status, operating status, | |
| boot loader warnings, and boot loader errors | |
| Dimensions (W x L x H) | Access point (without mounting brackets): C9115AXI: 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.5 in. |
| (20.3 x 20.3x 3.8 cm), C9115AXE: 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.7 in. (20.3 x 20.3 x 4.3 cm) | |
| Weight | Cisco Catalyst 9115AXI 1.98 lb (0.9 kg) |
| Cisco Catalyst 9115AXE 2.43 lb (1.1 kg) |