Nokia and TIM break European record for long-distance data transmission over high-speed network - laying groundwork for 5G
May 30 2019 - 3:01AM
Press Release
- Two companies achieved data transport of 550 Gigabits per
second on the 350 km Rome to Florence backbone network
30 May 2019
Espoo, Finland - TIM (Telecom Italia), in collaboration with
Nokia, has achieved a wavelength speed of 550 Gigabits per second
(Gb/s), a new European record for data transmission over a
long-distance backbone network. The trial covered more than
350 kilometres on TIM's operational network between Rome and
Florence using the new Nokia Photonic Service Engine 3
(Nokia PSE-3).
In addition to this milestone, TIM and Nokia also reached a
transmission rate of 400 Gigabit/s over 900 kilometers between Rome
and Milan, and 300 Gb/s over 1,750 kilometers.
The PSE-3 is the first coherent DSP to implement a sophisticated
signal processing algorithm known as Probabilistic Constellation
Shaping (PCS), which maximizes data transport capacity over any
distance. This speed triples the bandwidth of the current
network, and with the arrival of 5G, will offer customers the most
efficiency and connectivity in support of the ever-increasing
ultrabroadband traffic, as well as ensuring reliability and
security.
The TIM backbone is a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
network based on the latest generation of Nokia's 1830 Photonic
Service Switch. The network is fully automated and currently
carries optical signals with a capacity of 100 Gb/s over distances
of up to 1,800 kilometers, and 200 Gb/s up to 800 kilometers. The
backbone, with a coverage of over 16,000 kilometers of fiber, and
connecting to 65 national POPs (Point of Presence), has carried
over 9,000 petabytes of data traffic in the last year, equivalent
to the content of 2 billion DVDs.
Elisabetta Romano, Chief Technology &
Innovation Officer at TIM, said: "We are proud of this European
record which confirms TIM's technological leadership, the high
quality of our network, our commitment to develop innovative
solutions in order to guarantee the best experience to our
customers. Today's result, which triples transmission speed
compared to the current one, confirms that TIM's network is the
most advanced infrastructure capable of offering new digital
services and platforms, also with a view to developing 5G."
Sam Bucci, Head of Optical Networking at Nokia, said: "We
are proud of the partnership we have built with Telecom Italia over
the years, and of the opportunity to demonstrate the capability of
our PCS technology on their most important transport
infrastructure."
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