Multivendor 5G Mobile xHaul successfully demoed
- Infinera, DZS, and Calnex successfully demonstrate 5G Mobile xHaul with Open XR Point-to-Multipoint sptics in European Open Test & Integration Center in Torino, Italy
Infinera have announced the completion of a successful multi-vendor demonstration of 5G mobile broadband xHaul – the transport network connecting 5G RANs to core networks. The demo used coherent open XR optics point-to-multipoint optical transmission.
The multi-vendor interoperability testing is supporting efforts to simplify and lower the cost of 5G and next-generation mobile transport deployments by reducing the number of optical transceivers needed.
The high-capacity xHaul application testing took place at the European Open Test & Integration Center in Torino. The work, jointly carried out by TIM and Infinera was partly supported by the EU project ALLEGRO.
It included fronthaul, midhaul, and backhaul transport scenarios with XR-based coherent pluggable optics. These were deployed in third-party hosts supporting point-to-point and point-to-multipoint optical transmission.
Equipment used in the interoperable xHaul testing included Infinera ICE-X intelligent coherent pluggables, the DZS Saber 2200, and Calnex Paragon-NEO.
Results of the performance testing included successful demonstration of xHaul synchronization and timing distribution in a point-to-multipoint optical transport architecture.
Ron Johnson, SVP and General Manager, Optical Subsystems and Global Engineering Group, Infinera said: “It is not only the significant bandwidth demands of 5G that create challenges for mobile operators, but also the fundamental misalignment between actual 5G network traffic patterns and the underlying transport technology.(…) This testing validates the critical role that XR optics innovation can play in transforming the economics of 5G transport and paving the way for efficient 6G networks.”
