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SHANGHAI, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

During HUAWEI CONNECT 2020, Huawei commissioned an IDC White Paper titled IT

Decision-maker Insights: POLAN as an Enabler of Enterprise Campus

Transformation. According to the White Paper, IT decision makers are rethinking

their campus network strategies as digital transformation speeds up faced with

the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared with conventional solutions, the passive

optical LAN (POLAN) solution offers advantages in terms of bandwidth, O&M,

power consumption, and total cost of ownership (TCO). In the next five years,

POLAN will be widely used across various industries and become a solid

foundation for reimagining enterprise services.

The white paper's findings are based on a web survey with IT decision makers at

318 large- and medium-sized enterprises in select countries across multiple

industries, including education, government, healthcare, transportation, and

real estate. The custom survey was commissioned by Huawei, and was designed,

conducted and analyzed by IDC. It provides detailed policy reference and

guidance for the construction of enterprise campus networks in the digital era.

According to the white paper, the campus network solution preferred by

enterprises must feature a simplified network architecture, simple management,

low cost, and flexible capacity expansion to meet future requirements.

The white paper also shares five reasons why POLAN will become a mainstream

campus network solution in the context of digital transformation, detailed below.

- Meeting future bandwidth requirements

In the near future, HD videos and IoT applications will grow exponentially, and

continuously push up bandwidth requirements. Compared with copper cables,

optical cables provide higher bandwidth and capacity, and support continuous

bandwidth upgrades without re-cabling. For example, the Dubai Creek Harbor has

adopted the POLAN solution to carry hotel IoT and video services based on the

10G PON technology, meeting their requirements projected for the next 10 years.

The technology and bandwidth can be upgraded without replacing the transmission

media, thereby protecting customer investment.

- Providing premium network experience

Compared with traditional copper cables, fibers feature low latency, high

reliability, and anti-electromagnetic interference. This enables fiber lines to

meet the requirements of new campus applications such as video conferencing,

security surveillance, AR/VR interaction, and IoT. A national bank has adopted

the POLAN solution in its office building to modernize its office network and

carry all services, including wired office, digital enhanced cordless telephone

voice, wireless AP backhaul, and IoT access.

- Improving network O&M efficiency by up to 60%

Compared with traditional campus network solutions, the POLAN solution has a

simpler architecture. Only OLTs need to be managed. Terminals support plug and

play, and faulty terminals can be directly replaced, greatly reducing the O&M

workload. In addition, passive splitters replace a large number of active

aggregation devices, reducing the possibility of faults. Fudan University has

adopted the POLAN solution as part of its efforts to build a smart campus with

a simplified architecture and minimal cable deployment. The solution simplifies

fault locating and capacity expansion, and reduces the O&M cost.

- Power consumption 30% lower, making the world greener

The POLAN solution reconstructs the campus network from multi-layer to

two-layer. As the network structure is flattened, fewer IT equipment rooms are

required, and the power consumption of devices and equipment room ventilation

is effectively reduced by 30%. A famous hotel in Yunnan China adopted the POLAN

solution for this purpose, revolutionizing their network infrastructure. Thanks

to long-distance transmission and multi-service bearing, the network supports

Wi-Fi, voice, HD TV, and hot spring intelligent control, sparing the need for

hundreds of equipment rooms. The annual power consumption is reduced by 100,000

kWh, equivalent to 47.5 tons less carbon emission or 2,065 more trees planted.

- Reducing network construction CAPEX by 20%

Not only is fiber capable of providing better services, it has obvious physical

advantages in size, weight, and capacity expansion capability. According to IDC

survey, customers agree that POLAN can be deployed and operated more easily and

efficiently, and reduce the CAPEX by around 20%.

Rohit Mehra, Vice President of IDC, said: "As more data collection and analysis

tasks are increasingly pushed to the enterprise edge, campus networks become a

solid foundation for enterprise service innovation. More and more enterprises

will look favorably at POLAN solutions to leverage latest technologies for an

improved user experience, increase service revenue, and to speed up digitization."

Jinhui Wang, President of Marketing Execution, Huawei Transmission & Access,

said: "The result of this in-depth survey accurately reflects the expectations

of enterprise IT decision makers for campus network construction. We believe

that in the next few years, the POLAN solution will be rapidly deployed in many

industries, including education, hotel, and transportation. Huawei will

continue to invest in solutions and industry ecosystem construction to enable

ubiquitous optical connections."

For more information, please download the white paper at

https://e.huawei.com/en/solutions/enterprise-transmission-access/campus-optix-polan-idc-white-paper 

SOURCE: Huawei