/PRNewswire/ — During the Huawei product and solution presentation event as part of MWC Barcelona 2026, Bob Chen, president in charge of Huawei’s optical product line, presented Next Generation Optical Network products and solutions, which aim to build synergies between AI and networks and accelerate the evolution towards an AI-centric all-optical network.
Bob Chen, President of Huawei Optical Business Product Line, is unveiling Next Generation Optical Network products and solutions
Modernizing optical networks for the AI era is the right direction of development. ITU-T has officially published the ION-2030 vision, defining key capabilities, application scenarios and a standardization roadmap for next-generation optical networks. Leading operators around the world are also accelerating the deployment of next-generation optical networks.
Bob Chen said: “Huawei is developing Next Generation Optical Network solutions in two directions: AI for networks and networks for AI. In the area of AI for networks, AI technologies enable intelligent monitoring of optical fibers, improving network performance and user experience, increasing maintenance and operation efficiency, and reducing energy consumption. In the area of u200bu200bnetworks for AI, improved network capabilities help operators build targeted AI-centric all-optical networks, accelerating the adoption of AI in homes and enterprises.”
AI for networks: improving network quality and efficiency
Intelligent fiber optic monitoring: Based on the risk detection model in fiber optic networks and the fault identification model, early detection of threats is possible, and the location of faults can be determined with an accuracy of 10 meters.
Increased network performance: The optical parameter simulation model based on thousands of transmission parameters significantly increases the precision of network performance assessments and extends the transmission range by 20%.
Improving the quality of your online experience: Wi-Fi interference can be detected in real time, and AI algorithms intelligently adjust Wi-Fi signal strength, increasing throughput by 20% in interference conditions.
Energy saving: Service traffic is analyzed in real time and ports and adapters are intelligently adjusted. When there is no traffic, all ports and cards enter hibernation mode, reducing average power consumption by 40%.
Intelligent operation and maintenance: AI technologies are used to increase the share of intelligent solutions in the processes of planning, construction, maintenance and optimization of networks. For example, an O&M agent for home broadband can automatically identify and locate over 60 types of faults and support network management and O&M center engineers in quickly resolving them by interacting in natural language, significantly reducing the number of service calls.
Networks for AI: Accelerating the popularization of AI
Optical access: A target network with gigabit download and 100 Mbps upload is being established to meet the bandwidth requirements of new home AI services and improve the overall home network experience.
Optical transmission: Latency zones are created: 5 ms for national networks, 3 ms for regional networks and 1 ms for metropolitan networks, enabling access to computing power at the millisecond level and ensuring optimal performance of AI applications.
Huawei has introduced a full range of next-generation optical networking products and solutions. In the area of optical access, the company presented new generation FAN products, such as FTTR, OLT, ONT and ODN. In the field of optical transmission, Huawei has introduced new generation OTN products for OTN backbone networks, OTN optical layer and OTN metropolitan networks, supporting operators in building UBB agent networks.
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