Huawei upgrades its CloudWAN 3.0 solution

During HUAWEI CONNECT 2023, Huawei unveiled the upgraded capabilities of its CloudWAN 3.0 solution, including wide connection, converged network, and intelligent management. This solution delivers the ultimate experience for enterprise data express networks, accelerating industry intelligent transformation.

In the contemporary landscape, digital technology is instigating a profound transformation across multiple industries. Within this paradigm shift towards intelligent industry transformation, Wide Area Networks (WANs) are assuming a pivotal role as the linchpin of connectivity. These WANs must adeptly cater to the diverse bandwidth and latency demands inherent to a wide array of services.

However, in their pursuit of meeting these demands, WANs confront an array of challenges. In the public service sector, discerning and addressing quality-of-experience (QoE) issues in audio and video transmission poses a significant hurdle. Meanwhile, the financial sector contends with the underutilization of private lines, and the energy and transportation sectors grapple with ensuring seamless production service assurance.

Additionally, WANs are beset by inefficiencies stemming from manual and passive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) processes. These multifaceted challenges collectively underscore the evolving landscape in which WANs operate.

Zuo Meng, President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line Metro Router Domain, delved into the comprehensively upgraded CloudWAN 3.0 solution, which leverages the IPv6 Enhanced technology system to deliver the broadband and deterministic latency demanded by networks and provides simplified architecture and O&M, as well as ultimate experience and reliability.

• Wide connection: The Huawei NetEngine 8000 E series offers 400GE ports for efficient data transmission and ultra-broadband interconnection. Cloud terminals (NetEngine A800 Es) allow for both wired and wireless access from any location of an enterprise’s WAN branch, improving network coverage. SRv6 enables services to access clouds over optimal paths and be provisioned within minutes.
• Converged network: 10 Mbps-level fine-grained slicing provides deterministic assurance for core production services — such as power relay protection, train control, and train dispatching — by providing exclusive transmission resources and security isolation for these services. Huawei’s computing application awareness boards significantly improve transmission efficiency through data acceleration. APN6-based application-level intelligent scheduling enables refined operations, improved network utilization, and differentiated assurance. It provides data isolation and all-round security protection to ensure secure service transport.
• Intelligent management: iMaster NCE-IP Network Digital Map 2.0 builds a smart CloudWAN cockpit, enabling holographic network perception and real-time six-dimensional visualization within seconds. It also powers functions such as service-level in-band flow measurement, automated hop-by-hop path restoration, minute-level fault demarcation, automated path optimization, application-level differentiated assurance, application identification, and intelligent application bandwidth optimization.

The CloudWAN 3.0 solution upgrades have led to device upgrades too. The NetEngine 8000E M14 router is the most compact universal-service router in the industry, which now has an upgraded forwarding capacity of 3.6 Tbps. It offers SR, BRAS, CGN, IPsec, and SA functions in a single device and supports 64 kbps to 400 Gbps interfaces. The NetEngine A800 E series is designed specifically for enterprise scenarios and can enhance IPv6. It provides MPLS, SR-MPLS, and SRv6 transport, as well as uplink wireless access, which caters to the diverse access requirements of enterprise branches.

Huawei is committed to investing in technological innovation for data communication WANs, developing advanced solutions and products that unlock the digital potential and fuel the intelligent transformation of industries. Huawei is poised to make an impact on the world of technology. Their innovative solutions are set to change the way we communicate and conduct business. Huawei's focus on innovation and cutting-edge technology ensures that it will remain ahead of the curve for years to come.