Huawei for green development, energy-efficient ICT infrastructure

Huawei’s Carrier Business Group Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Philip Song has launched a new suite of green development solutions in an online programme named ‘Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week’.

This solution is aimed at helping operators systematically improve network energy efficiency as ICT infrastructure continues to evolve from 5G and F5G to 5.5G and F5.5G, green networks, evaluated against the network carbon intensity (NCIe) index, and it will become a critical part of future target networks, said a statement.

It will help operators systematically build green networks that simultaneously address traffic growth and carbon emission reduction, it said.

According to Song, technological innovation is required at three levels. Firstly, to move sites fully outdoors and increase equipment energy efficiency and the efficiency of using renewable energy; secondly, to maximise energy efficiency and make networks all-optical, simplified, and intelligent; and thirdly, to achieve green O&M, new O&M and energy-saving policies more efficiently.

Song launched Huawei’s green development solution with innovations at these three levels and the new NCIe indicator system, which supports this three-layer solution of green site, green network, and green operation.

Closing out his speech, Song also announced the Evergreen Land engagement room opening. Huawei will meet with global operators to discuss in-depth green development and ways to build the most energy-efficient ICT infrastructure. He reiterated, “Huawei is committed to working with operators to improve the energy efficiency of ICT infrastructure and create value using green ICT technologies.”

At the site layer, the solution focuses on innovation in three areas like fully-outdoor deployment since its leading blade power module supports 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G within a single site. And that solution features 97 per cent site energy efficiency (SEE).

Besides, High degrees of integration where Ultra-wideband RF modules and multi-band antennas are integrated within these simplified sites. It also ensures the efficient use of renewable energy.

On the other hand, at the network layer, the solution also features innovations in three areas, (i) all-optical connectivity by upgrading the entire network from electrical switching to optical switching; (ii) Simplification by enabling the solution to integrate four units of equipment into one; and (iii) Intelligence with dynamic hibernation of routers and automatically adjusts the forwarding frequency of network processors based on changes in the traffic volume.

Also, the solution focuses on user operations, energy saving policies, and energy efficiency indicators at the operation layer.