[Shenzhen, China, February 26, 2025] In its latest Core & Metro Packet-Optical Transport: Competitive Landscape Assessment, the world-renowned industry analysis firm GlobalData gave Huawei high marks for its flagship optical transmission product OptiX OSN 9800 series. Thanks to its leading technical architecture, ultra-large capacity, intelligent O&M capabilities, and the company’s mature global commercial practices, OptiX OSN 9800 once again ranked as a “Leader” with the highest score in the core and metro WDM fields. This further reinforces its leading position in optical communications.
Huawei’s OptiX OSN 9800 Series Retained “Leader” Position in GlobalData’s Core and Metro WDM
Huawei’s OptiX OSN 9800 series has made multiple technical breakthroughs and achieved comprehensive leadership in aspects ranging from transmission performance to network management.
1. Ultra-high rate and ultra-large capacity
- Huawei’s OptiX OSN 9800 series supports a programmable rate of 400 Gbit/s to 1.2 Tbit/s per wavelength, as well as future evolution to a higher rate of 2 Tbit/s and beyond. The PBC non-linear compensation algorithm and new material technologies are used to extend the transmission distance by more than 20%. To date, Huawei’s 400G solution has been deployed on more than 200 networks in over 100 countries around the world, accelerating the commercial use of 400G+ networks.
- This series also supports a single-fiber capacity of 96 Tbit/s, and Super C+L band ultra-broadband spectrum to meet the capacity requirements for the next decade. In addition, it also provides Pbit/s-level optical switching capacity per subrack, facilitating data center interconnection.
2. Energy saving and high efficiency
- OSN 9800 K36 is the industry’s first DC-oriented OTN platform. It uses the dual 3D orthogonal architecture and intelligent heat dissipation technology to double the switching capacity per slot and reduce the per-Gbit power consumption by 65%. In addition, the front-to-rear airflow design optimizes the energy efficiency of equipment rooms, enabling carriers to build green data centers.
- Compared with traditional solutions, Huawei’s OSN 9800 P32/P32C all-optical cross-connect products achieve 90% less device footprint and 60% less power consumption, achieving the best energy efficiency ratio in the industry.
3. High availability and automatic O&M
- Huawei’s NCE-T transmission digital map solution provides automatic wavelength expansion planning, shortening the network expansion period from months to days. Moreover, the solution provides functions such as proactive assurance for availability risks and accurate fault diagnosis. With ASON, an E2E availability system covering prevention, recovery, and repair is established, improving the network availability to 99.999% and significantly reducing O&M costs.
The OptiX OSN 9800 series has been widely implemented on global carrier networks in integrated transmission scenarios such as high-speed interconnection between data centers, home broadband, mobile bearing, and enterprise private lines. The flexible optical-electrical convergence architecture supports unified switching of OTN, SDH, packet, and OSU services, as well as integrating the all-optical cross-connect function, to provide carriers with ultra-broadband, elastic, and intelligent transmission solutions.
According to the report, Huawei is ahead of competitors in terms of line ports, switching capacity, transmission capability, and network management. Emir Halilovic, Research Director of GlobalData, highlighted that Huawei’s OSN 9800 series products “define a new benchmark in terms of ultra-large capacity and intelligence features”.
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