Hello everyone! On the eve of the popularity of Wi-Fi 6 and the explosion of IoT applications, traditional gigabit networking cannot meet enterprises’ requirements for high-speed, low-latency, and large-capacity networks. Therefore, after “100M optical fiber” and “Gigabit-to-desktop”, campus networks have entered the 10G era.
Looking back over the past decade, 10 Gigabit Ethernet has come a long way. In July 2002, the IEEE 802.3ae standard was officially released. Compared with the gigabit network, the IEEE 802.3ae standard was expected to increase the bandwidth by 10 times and the cost by only 3 to 4 times. However, during the deployment phase, we found that “cost” was the biggest stumbling block for the technology, limiting its development and application.
Then, in 2006, a new standard for 10 Gigabit Ethernet based on 100-meter twisted-pair applications, 10GBase-T (802.3an-2006), was established. In 2010, the 40G/100G standard (802.3ba-2010) is determined, which marks the maturity of 10G Ethernet technology. As the cost of 10GE modules and interfaces decreases year by year, and the number of port shipments increases year by year, the era of 10GE is the king.
The familiar term, “King of 10 gigabytes”, was proposed as early as 2012 and has become the hottest topic of the moment. At that time, because of the high price of 10GE network equipment, users to “thousand to ten thousand” idea was shelved. Today, after seven years of technology accumulation, the 10GE campus network has once again entered the historical stage with the emergence of high-bandwidth applications.
As Wi-Fi 6 crosses the technology rift and enters the full deployment phase, the access bandwidth of each Wi-Fi 6 AP is upgraded to 2 Gbit/s or higher (2.5 Gbit/s, 5 Gbit/s, and 10 Gbit/s). According to the latest Dell’Oro Group research report, by 2021, the proportion of gigabit ports on campus will peak and begin to decline, while the proportion of 10-gigabit ports will continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45.2%.
Huawei Focuses on Competitiveness and Expands the Campus Market
Today, the campus network is in the bottleneck period of the full 10GE/Gigabit alternative. Based on its own R&D advantages, Huawei launched the “China Region 10GE Smart and Simple Campus Special Campaign”. The “3 + 2” model is designed with ultra-broadband, simplified, smart, secure, and open design concepts. Provides cost-effective 10GE products and all-scenario solutions for enterprises.
Zhao Zhipeng, President of the Campus Network Domain of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line
Zhao Zhipeng, president of the campus network domain of Huawei Data Communication Product Line, said, “2019 is the first year of large-scale commercial use of Wi-Fi 6. In the Wi-Fi 6 era, wireless access will become the default access mode for everything. With the emergence of VR, AR, IoT, 4K, and 8K ultra-HD video applications, emerging applications are moving from local to cloud, and from low-interactivity to high-interactivity, posing new challenges to network latency and bandwidth. Upgrading the campus access network from gigabit to 10GE has become a mainstream consensus in the industry. Huawei’s 10GE intelligent campus solution is based on CloudEngine S series 10GE switches, AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 with ultra-large capacity and ultra-low latency, and iMaster NCE converged management, control, and analysis platform. Provide enterprise customers with an ultra-broadband, simplified, and smart campus experience.”
(1) Ultra-broadband bearer: non-blocking and fast access
Huawei builds a ubiquitous wireless network with AirEngine as the core, uses CloudEngine S series switches to build a wired network with zero packet loss and builds an automated, intelligent, and open network management and O&M center with all 10GE wired and wireless coverage.
In the campus switch field, Huawei launches the next-generation CloudEngine S series campus switches for various industries, including enterprise, government, education, finance, and manufacturing, to build a campus network with simplified management, stability, reliability, and service intelligence, covering access, aggregation, and core switches. 16 new products in total.
● Wired full 10GE: CloudEngine S12700E core switches, CloudEngine S6730-H/-S switches, S7700/8700 intelligent routing switches, and S6720-SIs are used at the core, aggregation, access, and user layers of the network. Products such as rate switches and AP7060DN access points ensure a smooth upgrade from Wi-Fi 5 to Wi-Fi 6 to meet network requirements in the next 5-10 years.
● Full wireless coverage, providing a high-quality Wi-Fi experience in high-density and IoT scenarios.
Wired Bandwidth Upgrade with Wireless Evolution
Huawei’s flagship core switch CloudEngine S12700E features fast-forwarding, converged access, and smooth evolution. With the Solar switching chip, the device supports 57.6 Tbit/s forwarding capability. Converged access and comprehensive management of wired and wireless networks; In addition, the fully programmable architecture enables customer networks to transform from traditional campuses to intelligent campuses without replacing hardware during service upgrades.
CloudEngine S12700E Series Switches
Note: According to the latest test report of Tolly Group, CloudEngine S12700E is the core switch of the campus with the largest single-slot bandwidth, the highest 100GE port density, and the largest overall switching capacity, which is 6 times that of the industry.
The AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 series products, derived from Huawei’s 5G technology, rely on original antenna and algorithm technology to build a Wi-Fi 6 network with zero blind coverage, zero waiting experience, and zero packet loss roaming for enterprises to help future digitalization Industries such as education, digital airport, omnichannel finance, smart healthcare, smart government, and smart manufacturing are rapidly entering the intelligent world of the Internet of Everything.
AP7060DN access point (won the 2019 Interop Tokyo Gold Award)
The AP7060DN, the core product of Huawei AirEngine Wi-Fi 6, has built-in omnidirectional antennas, 12 spatial streams, and a rate of 6 Gbit/s. In high-density scenarios, the number of concurrent users per AP is increased to 400. Supports 10GE uplink ports, which can easily solve the problem of uplink bandwidth bottlenecks and provide external IoT expansion to meet enterprise IoT function expansion requirements.
(2) Simplified deployment: automatic deployment and cloud-based architecture
Based on Huawei’s Wi-Fi 6 products and CloudEngine S series switches, we have built an ultra-fast network. The next step is to deploy, maintain, and manage the network.
To address this issue, Huawei uses iMaster NCE, a one-stop management center, to build a campus network that features the Internet of Everything, worry-free services, and smooth evolution, enabling industry digital transformation.
Based on these three subsystems, we can achieve:
● Automation: The network-wide automated deployment based on a graphical interface improves efficiency by 100%.
● Virtualization: Network virtualization based on VxLAN, realizing multiple uses on one network.
● Intelligent: Self-developed chip Telemetry + edge intelligence + AI algorithm.
● Security: Park security assistance, active threat defense, leading security intelligent detection.
● Convergence: Wired and Wireless Convergence + IOT Convergence + LAN-WAN-DC Convergence
(3) Smart operation and maintenance: visual experience, optimization of prediction
For traditional networks, there are three main problems in operation and maintenance: long time for problem location, transient problem, and passive response. To this end, based on big data, AI, and machine learning algorithms, Huawei has launched the campus analyzer iMaster NEC-Campus (CampusInsight), which uses Telemetry technology to achieve a second-level collection of user experience indicators, which can realize the refined operation of the entire wired and wireless network. dimension.
CampusInsight campus network analyzer (won the silver award at the 2019 Tokyo Interop Exhibition)
At the same time, CampusInsight uses big data and AI algorithms to intelligently analyze the collected data, which can effectively identify four types of typical faults in network operation and maintenance, conduct root causes analysis, and provide repair suggestions. In addition to group obstacle analysis, it can also provide more refined individual obstacle analysis. Through such active operation and maintenance, the complaints from users on the campus network are effectively reduced, and the OPEX of the network is reduced.
Write at the end
Huawei’s continuous R&D investment in software and hardware has enabled it to achieve sustained development in the campus network market. Since 2016, Huawei’s campus switches have been ranked first in the IDC China market share report for three consecutive years; it has been ranked second in the IDC global market share report for three consecutive years, with a compound annual growth rate of 27%.
As a well-known technology and solution provider in the field of global campus networks, Huawei has been providing services to 150 countries around the world. Up to now, Huawei’s campus network has helped customers in many industries such as education, finance, government, large enterprises, healthcare, and manufacturing realize digital transformation.
The characteristics of the future campus network are: “Intelligent connection of all things, worry-free business, and smooth evolution.” With Huawei as the leader, I believe that the future campus network market will have a big change, and the 10G campus will truly realize its dream and bring it into reality.
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