ADVA Optical Networking Plays Key Role in COMBO Project to Create Fixed-Mobile Convergence
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Showcase Successfully Demonstrates Access Technology Essential to 5G
Munich, Germany. September 22, 2016. ADVA Optical Networking announced today
that it is playing a key role in the Convergence of Fixed and Mobile Broadband
Access/Aggregation Networks (COMBO) project. The initiative, funded by the
European Commission, is developing pioneering technology vital to the success of
5G. 16 partner organizations, including operators, equipment suppliers and
research centers, are collaborating on COMBO to create new approaches that will
enable full architectural convergence of fixed and mobile networks. The project
also focuses on integrating network functionality to enhance security,
simplicity and user experience. The COMBO consortium's main outcomes and proofs
of concept were successfully demonstrated at a recent showcase in Lannion,
France.
"The COMBO project represents a significant achievement for Europe and for the
telecommunications industry. By working closely with the partner organizations,
we have been able to take a concrete step towards solving some key challenges of
5G and shaping the infrastructure of tomorrow," said Christian Gacon, VP,
wireline and transport convergent networks, Orange. "The outcomes of the COMBO
project will redesign fixed and mobile networks towards more integration like
shared transport infrastructures. This will allow improvements to performance
and energy efficiency that we are targeting for 5G and the internet of things."
The new network architecture designed by the COMBO project is based on the
concept of next-generation point-of-presence (NG-PoP), which enables network
components to be hosted centrally or at the edge for optimum efficiency. In this
open and intelligent environment, fixed and mobile infrastructures are
physically integrated in converged broadband access/aggregation networks. The
technology was presented in a public showcase that followed two and a half years
of close collaboration and seven weeks of experiments at the Pôle Images &
Réseaux in Lannion, France. Key transport and functional enablers of 5G
networking were successfully demonstrated as well as distributed and centralized
NG-POP scenarios. Video footage of the showcase is now available so that the
wider industry can benefit from the COMBO project's vision for integrated fixed-
mobile networks.
"Fixed-mobile convergence is essential to 5G and therefore underpins the growth
of the European digital economy. That's why so many major vendors, operators and
research institutes from seven European countries have joined forces to create
and evaluate the technology," commented Achim Autenrieth, director, advanced
technology, ADVA Optical Networking. "The 5G network will have to cope with a
vast increase in traffic to accommodate users as well as an enormous range of
connected objects. It will also have to be agile to handle an increasingly
diverse range of services. That's why it's essential not only to integrate Wi-
Fi, wireless and fiber access infrastructure, but also to create functional
convergence. The new automated system of universal user authentication that ADVA
Optical Networking has been working to integrate will bring simplicity, enhanced
security and a massive increase in coverage."
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About ADVA Optical Networking
At ADVA Optical Networking we're creating new opportunities for tomorrow's
networks, a new vision for a connected world. Our intelligent telecommunications
hardware, software and services have been deployed by several hundred service
providers and thousands of enterprises. Over the past twenty years, our
innovative connectivity solutions have helped to drive our customers' networks
forward, helped to drive their businesses to new levels of success. We forge
close working relationships with all our customers. As your trusted partner we
ensure that we're always ready to exceed your networking expectations. For more
information on our products and our team, please visit us at:
www.advaoptical.com.
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