Verizon quadruples capacity in fiber network core
August 02 2022 - 11:00AM
Verizon is supercharging the core of its fiber network by upgrading
older router equipment with new equipment, capable of utilizing the
latest 400 Gbps per port optical technology. When the overhaul of
the fiber core network (the superhighway Verizon uses to move
customers’ data) is complete, Verizon will be able to manage 115
Tbps of data, the equivalent of almost 24 billion streaming songs,
at any given moment. This upgrade will significantly increase the
bandwidth needed to support wireless, home internet, enterprise,
small business and FIOS customers.
“Our fiber network is the largely invisible foundation that is a
key driving force behind providing the scalability and reliability
our customers need and expect,” said Kyle Malady. “This new packet
core will provide the reliability and capacity we need today, but
more importantly will be able to scale to meet the forecasted
future demands that will result from the incredible capabilities of
our robust 5G network, the platform for 21st century
innovation.”
In June of this year, Verizon announced that data traffic on its
5G Ultra Wideband network had already increased 249%, and it
expects exponentially higher increases as more customers adopt the
new technology and begin to experience the robust capabilities and
performance of 5G Ultra Wideband. The new optical core, which is
being built to meet customers’ growing demands through 2032, is
upgradeable to future 800 Gbps and 1 Tbps per port optical
technology, allowing Verizon to manage 230 Tbps of data at any
given time.
In addition to providing the increased bandwidth needed for data
growth over the next decade, the new equipment provided by Juniper
Networks, Inc. offers many additional operational benefits:
- The equipment is half the size of the existing equipment,
reducing space requirements in core facilities and driving down
both power usage per GB and cost per GB to operate.
- The new equipment offers an advanced level of automation,
allowing for automated interfaces with other network systems to
make faster decisions and changes, improving reporting telemetry to
advance analytics and real-time adjustments to address congestion
or other performance improvements, and incorporating protocols like
segment routing to make more intelligent routing decisions. These
automations will make the Verizon network even more reliable,
programmable and efficient.
- Additionally, because this new equipment is so dense with such
large capacity, Verizon will be able to redesign its network
architecture to spread the equipment out to additional facilities
across geographies, building in an additional level of redundancy
with the ability to reroute traffic onto a greater number of fiber
routes when needed.
Media contact: Karen
Schulz864.561.1527Karen.Schulz@verizon.com
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