Huawei presents telecom industry’s first 5G network slicing router

Huawei 5G at MWC 2017Telecom equipment and software major Huawei has released its 5G network slicing router at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2017) in Barcelona.

Huawei’s 5G network slicing router provides 50GE base station access and compatibility with 100GE, and achieves physical isolation of port channels based on innovative Flexible Ethernet technology to provide differentiated SLA guarantee.

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Huawei said its 5G network slicing router implements resource slicing from the control, protocol, and forwarding dimensions. A full series of network slicing routers can generate E2E network slicing for specific 5G scenarios. Each network slice is a self-sufficient logical network and each service can have an independent network slice.

Different service slices have their own O&M views and can independently implement resource scheduling and management. This realizes on-demand network SLA guarantee, on-demand bandwidth adjustment, and rapid fault locating for each scenario, meeting the differentiated SLA service bearer requirements of 5G scenarios.

The technology company said routing protocols of different network slices can be independently configured to provide physically isolated slices for traditional 2G/3G/4G and other mobile services. In the future, the router will be smoothly compatible with 5G services by providing new slices.

“The launch of the 5G network slicing router will effectively promote the development of 5G services and help operators quickly enter more vertical industries,” said Gai Gang, president of Huawei’s Router & Carrier Ethernet Product Line.

Huawei strategies

Meanwhile, Huawei outlined its role as a strategic partner in to emerging telecom markets.
Huawei CSMO William Xu at MWC 2017Huawei aims to work with telecom operators to help them maximize network assets, deploy home broadband and indoor digitalization, and drive connectivity to enhance the user experience, while promoting economic and social growth.

“We enable operators to combine industry policy with the utilization of existing network resources, and integrate technological and business innovation. Our goal is to help operators drive new revenue streams and a positive business cycle of service development and network construction,” said William Xu, chief strategy marketing officer of Huawei.

The industry is expecting to see 2 billion more people with mobile connections, and another 500 million broadband homes by 2025.

Huawei has analyzed the current landscape in emerging markets to formulate its strategic approach from four angles: user+, family+, asset+, and efficiency+.

Rapid deployment of home broadband and indoor digitalization will improve coverage and the user experience. Existing network assets are leveraged to maximize network value and spectrum efficiency, improve O&M, and serve every economic level.