Huawei releases new 5G products to support Chinese operators in building better 5G networks

[China, March 9, 2020] Today, Huawei held an online product and solution launch event with the theme of "5G, Creating New Value". The conference covered 5G RAN solutions, 5G core network solutions for deterministic networks, distributed intelligent all-optical access networks and Liquid OTN optical transport solutions, intelligent IP network solutions for the 5G and cloud era, Huawei 5G intelligent network optimization solutions, and 5G Power 2.0 solutions, aiming to continuously prosper the 5G ecosystem and accelerate the commercial success of 5G.

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5G accelerates, leads new infrastructure, and creates new value

As an information connection platform for the intelligent world, 5G will build the infrastructure for the interconnection of all things and promote in-depth changes in various industries. Currently, more than 34 countries and regions around the world have achieved 5G commercial use, deployed more than 3,000 application practices, and took the lead in realizing application scenarios in industries such as medical care, manufacturing, media resources, and manufacturing, providing a new driving force for the digital transformation and upgrading of the industry and bringing a new experience to users.

In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, 5G remote consultation, 5G remote live broadcast, collaborative office and other applications have played an important role in prevention, control, treatment, resource allocation, etc. China's seven "new infrastructures", led by 5G infrastructure, are advanced productive forces for economic recovery and development, demonstrating the important industrial positioning of the digital economy as a new driving force for economic growth.

China has excellent soil for the development of 5G, contributing more than 50% of the world's terminal modules. The three major domestic operators have promoted the pilot or commercial use of 5G-related industry information solutions in more than 4,000 organizations, providing innovative development ideas for global operators and driving the prosperity and development of the industry ecosystem. It is believed that the breadth and depth of China's 5G market development and the establishment of new business value will be at the forefront of the world in the future, and it will provide industrial capabilities to the world, allowing the world to share China's 5G industry dividends.

Huawei's 5G RAN solution helps China build a world-leading 5G network

Last October, the three major telecom operators in China jointly announced the official commercial use of 5G, which also marked the entry of China's 5G into the large-scale network construction stage. At present, more than 50% of the world's 5G sites are in China. At this conference, Huawei launched the 5G RAN solution to help China build a world-leading 5G network.

The 5G RAN solution includes "full-band, full-scenario, full-service" products and technologies: Massive MIMO provides Gbps experience for end users, the exclusive 320W high-power configuration improves network coverage, and the synergy of soft and hard technologies delivers extremely low energy consumption; through full-scenario 5G deployment of macro stations, street stations, and indoor stations, it achieves "dual gigabit indoor and outdoor" experience, helping operators build ubiquitous 5G networks; by providing the industry's end-to-end support for super uplink and the industry's end-to-end slicing network, it helps operators develop full-service 5G and accelerates the 5G business cycle.

　　Building a 5G Core Solution for Deterministic Networks

The large-scale commercial use of 5G has accelerated the digital transformation of the industry and brought new growth opportunities to operators. Industry applications have put forward differentiated, exclusive and self-manageable network requirements, namely deterministic network capabilities. 5G deterministic network refers to the use of 5G network resources to create a predictable, plannable, verifiable and deterministic mobile private network to provide differentiated service experience. Among them, the core network is the key to the 5G deterministic network.

Huawei's 5G core network solution for deterministic networks is centered on the four elements of full cloudification, full integration, full automation, and full service. It is based on the new-generation "E9000H+TCC" hyper-converged cloud platform, supports deep full integration at the microservice level, and realizes multi-dimensional dynamic network slicing through the intelligent and simplified management system integrated automation and AI engine. It creates a connection + computing platform and mobile private network through key technologies such as MEC and 5G LAN, provides differentiated network capabilities and deterministic network experience, and opens a new 5G business era.

Distributed intelligent all-optical access network and Liquid OTN solutions create a new experience in the 5G era

The 5G era has arrived, and fixed broadband networks have entered the fifth-generation F5G era. Huawei continues to focus on technological innovation in all-optical networks, working with operators to build dual-gigabit networks to boost new growth in China's economy.

Based on the industry innovation direction of F5G, Huawei further upgraded its intelligent all-optical network strategy and launched the industry's distributed intelligent all-optical access network and Liquid OTN optical transmission solutions, bringing a tangible quality experience to everyone, every family, and every enterprise with end-to-pipe-office-cloud distributed intelligence and end-to-end network hard slicing.

The distributed intelligent all-optical access network solution builds an end-to-pipe-office-cloud distributed intelligent all-optical access network based on embedded AI (eAI), edge computing intelligent boards, and the iMaster NCE network intelligent management and control platform, helping operators achieve the transformation from bandwidth management to experience management.

The Liquid OTN optical transmission solution supports network hard slicing with a granularity of 2Mbit/s, increasing the number of network connections by a hundred times; it provides stepless speed change, allowing users to adjust network bandwidth on demand at any time without interrupting business; it greatly simplifies the network transmission hierarchy, provides differentiated hierarchical latency, and reduces single-site latency by 70%.

　　Intelligent IP Network Solutions for the 5G and Cloud Era

With the accelerated arrival of the 5G and cloud era, new services have brought new opportunities to operators. In order to meet the network challenges of the new era, Huawei comprehensively upgraded its intelligent IP network strategy at this press conference, making adequate preparations for IP networks to enter the 5G and cloud era.

The fully upgraded intelligent IP network solution includes the industry's end-to-end 400GE solution, helping operators build ultra-wide networks with better experience; the industry's SLA commitment solution, supporting 5G to enable thousands of industries; and the AI ​​intelligent management, control and analysis integrated operation and maintenance platform for autonomous driving networks, helping the network move towards an intelligently operated autonomous driving network.

Platform + Intelligence, helping operators achieve smart operations in the 5G era

In response to the problems of investment efficiency and network experience realization faced by operators in the early stage of 5G commercialization, Huawei has implemented a digitalized 5G intelligent network construction process from insight, planning and construction through the CWR@Digital solution based on AI+big data. The 5G intelligent network optimization solution accurately identifies "false, poor and dumb" 5G problems through commercial number release, helping operators reduce complaints in the early stage of commercialization; and taps into network potential through speed guarantee to further improve 5G speed. 5G SOC guarantees differentiated experience for 5G 2C and 2B services, supporting operators to realize experience realization.

At the conference, Huawei also released the global 5G Cloud Contact Center (AICC) solution, working with operators to drive the future call center industry to evolve towards video, intelligence and open platforms, opening up a market worth tens of billions of yuan. Human-machine collaborative 5G intelligent operation and maintenance guarantees ultra-reliable 5G networks, breaking the law that operation and maintenance manpower grows linearly with equipment. Huawei's 5G talent training and certification solution establishes talent capability standards, based on leading content co-created by multiple parties, and cultivates digital talents for the 5G industry through a variety of teaching modes such as online and offline.

Huawei's 5G Power 2.0 solution: Larger capacity, smarter, and supports all business scenarios

In the 5G era, the vigorous development of mobile Internet and cloud computing services has put forward higher requirements for site energy. The energy equipment that existed as a site accessory in the past has now become the cornerstone of the network and an important determinant of whether 5G can develop rapidly. In the future, it will even need to move towards open capabilities and increase new value such as coordination with the power grid.

Huawei has launched the 5G Power 2.0 solution, which focuses on the "power" and "backup power" of site energy. On the power side, it breaks through the density limit and doubles the power density compared to traditional solutions. It also supports input/output of multiple standards to flexibly meet diverse power supply and backup needs. On the backup power side, the intelligent communication lithium battery BoostLi achieves intelligent peak shaving, intelligent voltage boosting, intelligent mix and match, and intelligent anti-theft. It is equipped with a full range of solutions for different temperatures, including low temperature, normal temperature, and high temperature, and different environments, helping operators achieve minimalist deployment, minimalist evolution, and high efficiency and energy saving, while ensuring better TCO.

In 2020, global 5G development continues to accelerate. Huawei is committed to creating new value with 5G strategies, products, solutions and business cases, promoting the development of the 5G industry, and building a fully connected, intelligent world.

The entire launch event was held online. The video replay address is: https://carrier.huawei.com/cn/events/launch2020shenzhen