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Huawei's Continuous Innovation in Ultra-Broadband Transmission![]() Huawei, , 7/2/2018
Huawei's optical networks have gone through three generations, from 2.5Gbit/s and 10Gbit/s to 40Gbit/s, before finally achieving good market share in 2008. However, they still have a higher goal: In the era of 100Gbit/s and beyond, Huawei will provide customers with industry-leading solutions. Reviewing the past The PM-QPSK (polarization multiplexing phase modulation) coherent technology, a new field in the industry, used by 100G requires real-time digital signal processing to demodulate optical signals. In early 2008, Huawei set up a special project team for 100Gbit/s optical transmission, a team comprised of global experts in opto-electronics and algorithms. This led to Huawei's release of a 100Gbit/s optical transmission solution in 2011. Since Huawei's 100Gbit/s solution became commercially available, it has been widely applied on operator networks around the world. Here are some of the success stories.
Conquering the Siberian wilderness When Huawei's project team sent engineers several times to check the links onsite, they found a certain segment of optical cable was deployed along the railway in aerial mode. The transient service interruptions occurred whenever a train passed through. Engineers determined the root cause of the problem was because aerial optical cables were located on both sides of the railway. When a train passed through, the phase jitter of the receivers' phase discrimination signals became thousands of times higher than that in the normal environment, which was far beyond the designed value. The project team quickly rectified the problem by modifying the preset configurable logic circuit and optimizing the parameters. Huawei became the only vendor to pass this network test, and became a long-term partner of the operator.
Mysterious bit errors from lightning Huawei's expert team did not give up. Using its ability to capture transient changes in real time and rounds of analysis of the bit error characteristics and the customer's environment, Huawei's team determined the likely cause of the fault was lightning. When it occurred near the optical cable, the strong ionization effect in the air made the polarization state in the optical fiber change rapidly, exceeding the preset tracing capability of the digital equalizer, causing errors on the link. After the root cause was located, Huawei's optical transmission experts began to rectify the fault. A preliminary solution was soon developed, and Huawei eliminated bit errors by adjusting configuration parameters on the live network. It seemed the fault was rectified and the customer was satisfied. However, Huawei's R&D team did not stop there. What if there was even worse lightning somewhere else in the world? Would the current solution fit all environments? To prevent similar issues from occurring again, Huawei invested millions of dollars and built a lab that could simulate lightning. After multiple technical breakthroughs, Huawei developed an innovative algorithm to further improve the State of Polarization (SOP) tolerance ten-times. This algorithm has already been implemented in Huawei's ultra-high-speed products, further enhancing link quality for Huawei customers. After the success of the 100Gbit/s solution, Huawei's R&D team continued to dedicate itself wholeheartedly to innovation. They used real-time phase jump capturing and compensation algorithms to resolve the cycle slip problem, a Trellis phase tracking algorithm to implement accurate phase recovery and a new clock phase discrimination algorithm and non-linear equalization algorithm to compensate for signal distortion caused by overly narrow bandwidth. Between 2013 and 2015, Huawei successfully released the non-differential PM-QPSK 100Gbit/s solution, providing industry-leading performance and the first dual-carrier PM-16QAM 400G solution. Moreover, it led the industry by providing the first single-carrier PM-QPSK 200Gbit/s and 400Gbit/s solutions with optimal transmission distance implemented by the 60Gbit/s baud rate.
Working on the present Some vendors have promoted 400Gbit/s systems, which use the dual-carrier PM-16QAM implementation method. PM-16QAM modulation provides higher spectral efficiency than a 100Gbit/s PM-QPSK modulation system, improving network capacity and reducing the per-bit cost. However, the 16QAM modulation format has a fatal disadvantage in commercial deployment. The transmission distance is significantly lower than that of a 100Gbit/s system. Theoretically, the back-to-back OSNR tolerance of the PM-16QAM is 6.7 dB less than that of the PM-QPSK. Therefore, the transmission distance of the PM-16QAM is less than a quarter that of the PM-QPSK, and the industry struggles to improve the transmission distance of the 400Gbit/s system. In addition, the rapid growth of network traffic increases the challenges brought by heat dissipation and power supply in equipment rooms. Increasing construction costs makes equipment room expansion impractical. Operators need an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient technology to cope with the challenges of power supply and heat dissipation. To meet the complex requirements of 400G, Huawei has released two series of products in the sixth-generation ultra-high-speed solution, optimal for the high-performance scenario and low-power-consumption scenario.
High performance
Low power consumption Additionally, Huawei has integrated its unique AI-powered neural optical networks into these two series of products to further promote the digital evolution of optical networks and smoothly upgrade intelligent network management and control. Optical layer labeling technology is used to quickly mark, detect and collect data for all wavelengths on the WDM network at the optical layer in real time, requiring no extra modules or optical-to-electrical conversion processes. Together with Huawei's NCE-T centralized management and control platform, operators can achieve self-optimization, self-protection and advance warning of performance deterioration in optical networks. In this way, operators can smoothly evolve their legacy networks to the Intent-Driven Network (IDN).
Looking to the future Huawei has launched multiple key technologies, including next-generation algorithms and AI optical network technologies. With this continuous innovation, Huawei's networks are continuously evolving towards ultimate capacity, performance, energy consumption, and intelligence. — Zhuhong Zhang is Technical Vice President and Chief Expert of Channel Algorithm, Network Product Line, Huawei
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