5G for transport from Huawei

Huawei presented a 5G-oriented integrated transport solution during the Mobile World Congress in 2019. The new development will help build transport networks that support all services. It will allow operators to accelerate the development of 5G technology through a simplified transport network and rapid deployment. So far, Huawei has won more than 40 tenders related to the commercial deployment of 5G in transportation.

Distribution 5G

The GSMA predicts that by 2025 there will be 1.3 billion 5G users worldwide and 1.36 billion mobile 5G devices, with 5G network coverage reaching 40%. To make this future a reality, transport networks must be prepared in advance. However, when building them, operators face three key obstacles – it is necessary to increase throughput tenfold, with the same complexity of maintenance, as well as a hundredfold increase in the number of connections. In addition, technology will continue to evolve, and operators need networks that can evolve.

“Operators must systematically analyze their business needs over the next 10 years when building 5G transport networks,” said Jeffrey Gao, president of Huawei Router & Carrier Ethernet. – In this process, we believe they will have to take into account three key standards: affordable bandwidth upgrades, an integrated 4G and 5G transport network and a comprehensive automated maintenance and operations system.

To help operators meet these challenges, Huawei has introduced a 5G-oriented, integrated transport solution that is ready for commercial use and has three key features.

Transport solution 5G

The 5G transport solution is based on the market’s first 50GE router and radio-relay 5G solution with PAM-4 (four-level amplitude-pulse modulation). It enables network speeds of up to 10 Gbps on-site and a 30 percent reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO).

When using a fiber-optic access network, the router supports two-stage transmission over a single fiber over 80 km. This reduces cost per bit by 30% and reduces the amount of fiber resources required by 50%. In scenarios where there is no fiber access network, Huawei’s 5G radio-relay solution provides throughput at 10 Gbps in any band and also gives the possibility of channel expansion. As a result, only one site visit is required to provide the service. This reduces the total cost of ownership for the operator by 30%.

The 5G transport solution uses the market’s first commercially oriented SR and SRv6 solution to enable seamless evolution from MPLS to SR and SRv6 protocols without interfering with 4G and 5G services. Huawei’s 5G transport solution supports MPLS and SR protocols. So operators can use SR and SRv6 protocols to deploy comprehensive 5G services while applying MPLS protocol for 4G services.

This enables new services to be launched without compromising the quality of services already available. The SR and SRv6 solution, based on a programmable network processor (NP) architecture, supports seamless evolution from MPLS to SR and then to SRv6 without the need for hardware changes.

Heter cloud processor

The first cloud-based network processor (NCE) on the market integrates network monitoring, control and analysis. It enables the 5G transport solution to support the operation of a full-cycle automated maintenance and operation system across the entire transport network. The Huawei Network Cloud Processor supports unified control and management of 4G and 5G transport networks, and provides a model-based machine-to-machine interface instead of a human-to-machine interface.

This reduces the amount of time it takes to provide services from hours to minutes. Thanks to telemetry and artificial intelligence technologies, it takes only a few minutes instead of hours to identify and fix failures. The cloud network processor also has big data analytics functionality, which provides SLA visualization, and targeted expansion and optimization of the transport network.

“5G technology addresses both enterprises and private users. It will support new services such as Cloud VR, private leased lines and connected vehicles,” says Jeffrey Gao. – The 5G network architecture of the future will be based on data centers. The quality of various innovative services requires that 5G networks provide guaranteed SLAs. Accordingly, upstream and downstream flows must be integrated, and a universal integrated transport network must be created. Together, we will work to create highly available networks that support minimal latency, on-demand services, and automatic maintenance and operation.

Huawei has been a leader in the global mobile transport industry for seven consecutive years, and has been at the forefront of the development of this sector. It has also helped leading international operators build more than 40 transport 5 G-networks. Huawei actively participates in the work of international standardization organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). It played a key role in the development of 50GE and SRv, and is a leader in 5G radio relay and smart networks.

The Mobile World Congress (MWC 2019) is taking place in Barcelona, Spain, from February 25 to 28. Huawei is demonstrating its solutions at booth 1H50 in Fira Gran Via Hall 1, booth 3I30 in Hall 3, in the City of Innovation zone in Hall 4, and booths 7C21 and 7C31 in Hall 7.