Huawei Unveils World’s First Backbone Network Synergy Planning Solution

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today launched the world' s first synergy planning solution for backbone networks. This solution, which is backed by a multi-layer network planning tool called iManager MDS6600, enables synergy between the IP and transport layers of the backbone network, offering highly efficient network resource utilization, greater reliability, and lower operations and maintenance (OM) costs.

Enhanced network resource utilization is possible due to the solution' s management of bandwidth resources, which are assigned based on traffic in a unified manner, thus achieving synergistic traffic processing across the IP and transport layers. This interaction between the IP layer and transport layer eliminates repetitive protection when an issue occurs, reduces wasted resources, and offers highly efficient protection and enhanced network reliability. Huawei' s synergy solution also provides high capacity and an ultra-broadband backbone network for operators.

"Huawei' s innovative synergy planning solution is the first in the world to offer inter-layer traffic synergy, protection synergy, and management synergy, helping operators to increase network efficiency, mitigate pressures on the backbone network and optimize network reliability, while slashing OM costs," said Mr. Christian Chua, president of the Converged Backbone Solution in Huawei' s Network Product Line.

Huawei has a strong track record in the IP and transport arenas, including commercial deployment of the 2+4 5T cluster router system NE5000E and Tbit WDM/OTN OSN8800. According to Ovum-RHK research in 2009, Huawei ranked No. 1 in backbone WDM market share. Infonetics rated Huawei as one of the top three core router vendors in 2009. Huawei is the industry's only vendor listed in the top three for both backbone WDM and core router technology.