[Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 20, 2013]: Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, and KPN International, a leading telecommunications and ICT provider, have successfully introduced the second generation soft-decision forward error correction (SD FEC) technology on KPN International’s pan-European 100G WDM backbone, marking a new era of 100G. The network was planned to span 1,400 kilometers between Amsterdam and Paris (via Germany), but later extended by 300 kilometers at tail ends due to a surplus of transmission capacity.
SD FEC is the most advanced error correction technology in the optical transport field and a cornerstone of the widespread commercial use of 100G. The use of Optical Digital Signal Processing (oDSP) modules, essentially a 400G technology breakthrough, achieves lower-penalty WDM transmission with lower power consumption per bit. Specifically, the second generation SD FEC system empowers a transmission distance of 4000 km, which is 1000 km longer compared to the first generation SD FEC system, resulting in a 30% higher transmission performance.
The use of the second generation SD FEC system on KPN International’s network has demonstrated the maturity of Huawei’s new 100G technology and 400G-ready module. KPN International is always at the forefront for deploying latest transport technologies, and its pan-European WDM backbone network, which was deployed by Huawei in 2008 using NG-WDM products and the first to be upgraded to coherent 100G by Huawei in 2011, is one of the largest and most advanced WDN networks in Europe.
“Customers first is our commitment. Through long-term cooperation with top international operators such as KPN, we are able to design optical transport products suitable to customer needs and move forward in the right direction,” said Jack Wang, President of the Huawei Transport Network Product Line.
As a best partner to deploy next generation WDM networks, Huawei has built more than 90 commercial 100G networks for operators worldwide. According to Ovum, Huawei ranked No. 1 in the global optical network, WDM/OTN, and 100G/40G network markets as of Q1 2013.
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