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Premium Transmission Network: High-Quality One Hop to Computing and Inter-Computing-Center Interconnection

Intelligence will be ubiquitous in the next decade, and a Second, the 1 ms one-hop metro
solid network foundation is required to support it. Based transmission network: The architecture
needs to be upgraded in two directions —
on the F5.5G 10 Gbps optical network and premium trans- horizontal and vertical. In the horizontal
mission network, 99.9999% availability ensures that direction, a metro core full-mesh network
is built to resolve the high latency caused
computing power is always on, 1 ms latency ensures that by data center interconnect (DCI) route
computing power is instantly accessible, and ubiquitous detours in a ring network architecture.

10 Gbps access makes computing power accessible every- It enables one-hop connection between
DCs, and implements 1 ms high-speed
where, enabling all intelligence in various industries. interconnection between computing
centers. In the vertical direction, OTN is
In the Internet era, Internet access and 3D traffic, preventing network congestion extended to network edges. OXC is used
video services were not real-time, and in the hotspot areas and building a data to upgrade port connections and electrical
were not sensitive to network latency highway between computing centers. In signal switching to optical switching as
and packet loss. Operators and OTT terms of bandwidth, with the maturity well as build an E2E all-optical switching
providers built centralized data centers of the industry chain, OTN networks are network. This greatly reduces the latency
to serve users. With the advent of the moving towards 400G. The 400G rate caused by optical-electrical conversions
intelligent era, enterprises' and home replaces the conventional 100G/200G and congestion. It also achieves premium
users' intelligent applications have higher rate, reducing the per-bit cost by more service access to computing within 1 ms.
requirements on network connection than 30%. The reduction in the number of
quality. Data centers are evolving towards occupied wavelengths also reduces O&M In the construction of all-optical 10 Gbps
a multi-layer and distributed architecture costs and brings considerable technical and premium transmission networks,
to meet differentiated bandwidth and dividends. In terms of reliability, based an intelligent management and control
latency requirements of services. For on the multi-path protection of optical- platform is critical. The platform digitalizes
example, in the finance and government electrical synergy ASON, the backup path transmission network resources, such as
sectors, customers require that data be is automatically restored, the network can bandwidth, latency, reliability, and energy
stored locally and trained on the cloud. withstand multiple fiber cuts, and each consumption, to implement the integrated
This means the bandwidth from the cloud protection switching time is shorter than 50 and optimal scheduling of computing
to the campus network must be higher ms. This ensures that network availability power and transmission capabilities.
than Tbps. In distributed computing reaches 99.9999% and computing power is For example, the platform can select an
power collaboration scenarios, if network accessible as long as there is a path. optimal path based on the bandwidth
latency exceeds 1 ms, the computing and latency requirements of services
power efficiency will be greatly reduced. In terms of reliability, based and corresponding network resources
In addition, abnormal network interruption on the multi-path protec- to implement fast service computing.
will cause AI training rollback. Additionally, once the platform detects a
Therefore, we believe that operators need tion of optical-electrical network reliability risk, it notifies users of
a premium transmission network with synergy ASON, the backup the risk promptly and provides optimization
high bandwidth, low latency, and high path is automatically suggestions to ensure that the computing
reliability. It will implement the high-speed power is always on.
interconnection and efficient collaboration restored, the network can
of multiple data centers and provide withstand multiple fiber Intelligence will be ubiquitous in the next
one-click access and on-tap computing decade, and a solid network foundation is
power services for various industries. The cuts, and each protection required to support it. Based on the F5.5G
premium transmission network features switching time is shorter 10 Gbps optical network and premium
the following. transmission network, 99.9999%
than 50 ms. This ensures availability ensures that computing power
First, the 400G 3D-mesh backbone that network availability is always on, 1 ms latency ensures that
transmission network: Based on a reaches 99.9999% and computing power is instantly accessible,
3D-mesh architecture, backbone network and ubiquitous 10 Gbps access makes
nodes are connected with the shortest computing power is acces- computing power accessible everywhere,
distance using optical cables. Moreover, an sible as long as there is a enabling all intelligence in various
ultra-high-speed optical plane is added to industries.
hotspot areas to upgrade planar traffic to path.

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