Spirent Helps China Telecom and Huawei Complete the World’s First 400GE Test for Short and Long-range Technologies
November 07 2017 - 3:58PM
Business Wire
Spirent embraces 400G Ethernet
commercialization by verifying functionality and performance of
line-rate forwarding and multi-service stacking
Spirent Communications (LSE: SPT), a leader in the Ethernet
testing and assurance industry, announced today a collaboration
with China Telecom China Co. Ltd., Guangzhou Research Institute and
Huawei to verify 400 Gb/s Ethernet (400GE) short- and long-range
technologies. The test, which is the first of its kind, included
the verification of 400GE port functions such as line-speed
forwarding, multi-service stacking, and fault reporting for short-
and long-range technologies.
The trials were performed in China Telecom's network and
terminal key laboratory using test cases based on real-world
network applications, while Guangzhou Research Institute was
responsible for network requirements, test-case design, and
execution. Spirent provided testing equipment for the project,
which included Spirent TestCenter® with DX3-400GO-P2 400G and
FX3-100GO-T2 100G test modules.
“The IEEE 400GE standard is expected to be adopted by the end of
2017 and, as various international bodies are accelerating the
standardization process of 400GE, the perfection and establishment
of these standards will rely on early and sufficient testing to
verify their performance,” said Zhu Yongqing, director for IP
technology research of the China Telecom Research Institute. "This
collaborative test marks the first R&D evaluation of its kind
and perhaps most importantly, the achievement of our expected
outcome is a landmark step for the adoption of standardized 400GE
short- and long-range technologies.”
“The joint innovation endeavor of the Guangzhou Research
Institute, Huawei and Spirent lays a solid foundation for the
industry-wide maturity of 400GE technologies, marking the threshold
for the commercialization of next generation high capacity port
technologies provided by 400GE,” said Zhou Jiaxin, Sales Director
for Spirent Communications.
“It is our hope these results help to accelerate the
commercialization of 400GE in the industry,” Zhou continued.
Abhitesh Kastuar, General Manager for Cloud and IP Solutions
stated, “Spirent has been involved in the entire 400GE R&D and
evaluation process, making great contributions to the research and
development of the standard. We track development trends, continue
investment in core technologies, and provide innovative solutions
to our customers and the industry to advance the evolution of
networks and improve services for the cloud age.”
According to the joint press release issued by China Telecom
Guangzhou and Huawei, the quantum leap in development and the
explosion of services like HD video and cloud computing has caused
traffic across the backbone to increase by 45% annually. These
annual increases across the network pose critical bandwidth
challenges. At present, 100GE is the highest line-rate commercially
available.
To meet these challenges, Spirent has adopted a high-density
mandate to offer test solutions with more 100GbE ports in one test
module than any other vendor. In addition, Spirent expects to
continue this standard of high port density in future releases,
giving customers a higher return on investment and smaller
footprint of rack space.
To satisfy test requirements of the new generation of 400GE,
Spirent has released the DX3 series and PX3 series, 400G and 200G
testing modules on its flagship product, Spirent TestCenter,
providing industry-leading single-slot 2-port density and CFP8 and
QSFP-DD interfaces to help the industry to advance the
commercialization of 400GE in carrier networks and data
centers.
Click here to watch the video. For more information on Spirent
TestCenter and 400G testing, please visit
http://www.spirent.cn/Products/TestCenter/Boost/400G.
About Spirent Communications plc
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of verification, assessment, analytics, and device intelligence
solutions. We enable those who deliver networks, connected devices,
and communication services to provide a superior user experience.
From service provider networks and enterprise data centers to
mobile communications and connected vehicles, Spirent works with
leading innovators to help the world communicate and collaborate
faster, better, and more securely.
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