Recently, in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Fiberhome's intelligent optical network resource visualization iTRMS solution innovation pilot has achieved phased results. At the same time, the IA2000 all-optical product used in the solution also successfully won the bid for the Guangdong Unicom digital optical fiber management system project. It marks an important step forward for the evolution and commercialization of dumb resources such as optical fiber and optical crossports from no monitoring and no management blind spots to visualization, manageability and intelligence.
"Dumb resource" management restricts the efficiency and quality of optical networks
Optical network is the physical cornerstone of modern communication, which not only carries mobile, home broadband and other services, but also provides end-to-end high-reliability and high-value services for high-quality government and enterprise private line and private network users. In 2021, the length of optical cables deployed worldwide is about 4.65 billion kilometers, and it will maintain an annual growth of 15%. Due to the passive nature, the large-scale optical cable "dumb resources" cannot achieve real-time visual state management, and need to rely on manual entry and maintenance. Although the optical network service has perfect path protection measures, the invisible of "dumb resources" will infinitely amplify the monitoring blind spots, and the risk probability of fiber breakage and service interruption will increase exponentially, which will not only affect customer perception, but also restrict the development of operators' services.
In order to make the optical cable "speak", the industry has launched a variety of solutions, but either due to the need for professional engineers to carry equipment and instruments for positioning, resulting in low fault handling efficiency, or based on the current operator's existing network transformation, resulting in a large amount of engineering, so it is difficult to find a balance between value and cost.
Smart optical network resource visualization scheme, let dumb resources "speak"
The iTRMS solution of smart optical network resource visualization is aimed at multiple scenarios of optical network, and the optical network matte resources are reconstructed at low cost and intelligently, forming an efficient, intelligent and safe dumb resource management mode. Solve the inefficiency and inaccuracy of manual collection, and at the same time actively discover the risk of failure, effectively reduce the problem of passive acceptance of fault complaints, solve the digital problem of optical network dumb resource management from the source, ensure the reliable operation of optical network security, and improve operational efficiency and user perception.
In the face of various dumb resource management solutions, the intelligent optical network resource visualization iTRMS solution innovation realizes the monitoring and statistics of resource occupation, optical cable idleness and business resources, which greatly improves the opening efficiency. At the same time, the scheme adopts a semi-active method, using active equipment at the local end (maximum support 128 core monitoring), and remote end adopts passive mode, which not only has lower cost of the solution, but also is simple and flexible to deploy. In the future, after the docking with the operator's resource management system is completed, the resource management information will be automatically entered and managed, which can effectively save operation and maintenance costs in the current period of operator cost reduction and efficiency increase.
Always building a high-quality, high-performance optical fiber cable network has always been the mission and task of Fiberhome Intelligent Optical Network. In the future, Fiberhome will work with operators to build a smart optical network and continue to innovate, stimulate new momentum in the digital economy, and create a new and intelligent all-optical base for 5G applications and government and enterprise affairs.