Recent Advances of

Communications
Technology in China
CHEN Junliang
State Key Laboratory of Networking
and Switching Technology
Beijing University of Posts and
Telecommunications

August, 2007
Main Contents

Current Situation, Prospect and

Challenge of Communications Networks
Optical Transmission system
3G and 4G Mobile Communication
Systems
Next Generation Internet
Next Generation Networks
Current Situation,
Prospect and
Challenge of
Communications
Networks in China
Optical Transmission
System
 Outline

Length of optical cable

Development of optical communication
technology
National 863 / O-TIME Program of
China
National 863 / 3T-Net Program of
China
Introduction to typical demonstrations
Future prospect
 Development of optical communication
technology

Direction 1Ultra high-speed, large capacity, long-

distance transport platform

Direction 2: Intelligent, multiple-service and

converged carrier platform
4,000,000Km optical fiber laying in China
16010Gb/s8040Gb/s DWDM system
applied in optical network
ULH/WDM ultra long-haul optical
transmission device and system already
commercialized
ASON, MSTP deployed in MAN
(Metropolitan Area Network)
EPON applied in more than 20 cities,
demonstration of FTTH already applied
Multi-service driven optical access and
switching has been the focus of research
and popularization
 National 863/O-TIME Program

O-TIMEOptical Technology for Internet with Multi-wavelength

Environmentplan is the national Tenth five years' project 863
programs research plan for optical communication technology --
Optical TIME program. (2001-2005)

Typical characteristics of O-TIME program: Aiming at the trends and needs of

broadband information network and optical communication technology,
research on optical wavelength technology supporting Internet multi-
wavelength transmission, taking breakthrough in the four key high
technologies to provide Internet with high-speed, broadband, flexible,
efficient and intelligent physical transport platform:
Ultra long-haul optical transmission Broadband optical access
Node optical switching Intelligent optical interconnecting network
 National 863/O-TIME program roadmap

Interconnecting, Test,
Key tech, Key module,
Milestone achievement
Experimental system

Eleventh
five years'
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 project

DesignVerify System-level tech

Initiation Demonstration of service
and application
 National 863/3T-Net program
High performance broadband
information networks3T-Net
National 863 program high performance information network3T-Net
3T-Net = Tb/s Transport, Tb/s Switching, Tb/s Routing
Duration2002---2006
Overall objective
Promote endemic government and network operation company to
construct next-generation, operative, large-scale concurrent multimedia
service and interactive multimedia services to support high performance
broadband information demo network in the Yangtze River Delta, with the
help of self-developed new network core equipments and application
support environments of Tb/s level routing, switching and transmission.
Specific objectives
Technical objectiveSelf-develop core node equipments of Tb/s level
optical transmission systems, Tb/s level intelligent optical networks, Tb/s
level routing equipments and etc., and develop related network application
support environment.
Network objectiveBuild up a practical WAN high performance broadband
information network.
Application objectiveRealize services and applications related to large-
scale concurrent DTV/HDTV broadband stream media, concerned with
 National 863/3T-Net program
IPTV
Stream media on demand
BOD
Large capacity crossover
Burst UNI
Optical multicast

Yangtze River Delta, China

Accomplished in 2006
 1China Advanced Information Optical Network
(CAINONET)

National 863 program

Accomplished in 2001
LocationBeijing

SDH
ATM
 2National natural science foundation of China
network (NSFCNET)

National natural science foundation

Accomplished in 2001
LocationBeijing
 340Gb/s SDH System
National Tenth five technology program
accomplished in 2005.
Self-develop the first international 40Gb/s SDH
optical transmission equipment in accordance
with national standard of ITU-T STM-256 frame
structure.
Realize 40Gb/s SDH signal error-free
transmission over G.652 and G.655 optical fiber.
SourceFiberhome Technology
STM-256 STM-256 STM-256
ADM TM TM
80km 80km
80km

STM-256 STM-256 STM-256

STM-256
ADM TM TM
ADM

80km 80km 80km 80km 80km 80km

80km

480km
Dual fiber Self-healing ring Point to point transport link
 48040Gb/s DWDM System
National 863 program project, accomplished in 2006.
Develop 8040Gb/s DWDM system equipment, 40Gb/s optical transmission
adopting NRZ code, realizing 800Km 80x40Gb/s transmission over the G.652
optical fiber.
Overcome key technology problems: Forward Error Correction (FEC), Dynamic
Gain EquilibriumDGE, Optical Transceiver Module, 40G OTU, Transport
code and modulate/demodulate technology, Precise chromatic dispersion
management technology.
Build up 8040Gb/s DWDM ShanghaiHangzhou practical project.

Source Fiberhome Technology
IP

ASTN DWDM

IP

DWDM ASTN

IP ASTN

 5160X10Gb/s ultra long-haul optical transmission system

National 863 program, accomplished in 2005.

Self-develop optical transmission system of
1.6Tb/s, relay transmission distance of 3000km-
5000km (G.652G.655 optical fiber) without
electricity provision.

Build up ULH/WDM network demo project in

Xinjiang area (1000km relay transmission over
G.652 optical fiber without electricity provision).

Master completely core technologies of

ULH/WDM system (C+L wavelength band),
Raman optical fiber amplifier, test and
application ...

Two standard recommendations (D.735D.736)

are accepted by ITU-T, leading draft qualification
of ITU-T G.raman. Source ZTE
 6Large capacity ASON
Equipment
National 863 program, accomplish in
2006.
Self-develop ASON node devices,
supporting services of link layer
Multicast-ASON and Burst-ASON,
overcoming ASON large-scale
hierarchical routing technology.
Deployed in 863/3T-Net and Telecom
networks, also applied in Hainan Source Huawei Technology
district.
Multiple recommendations are adopted
by ITU-T.
 8Optical Burst Switching Test-bed

Source: BUPT, SJTU and so on.

1 National natural science foundation , National 863 program, Burst service

based novel optical switching technology.

2First domestic institute (leading in the world) of successfully building up

Optical Burst Switching (OBS) test-bed, supporting image, voice, data and grid
service access.
 Research direction of future optical
communication technology
Service-driven, flexible and dynamic architecture and technology of
optical networks

Deploying mechanism of optical wavelength attributes and

application technologies in the next-generation network

Intelligent optical switching and optical inter-connecting technology

Autonomic optical networks and condition monitoring (Self-

awareness, Self-adaptation, Self-organization)

Intelligence, Packet transmission and Extension of MPLS protocol

G-MPLST-MPLSWireless MPLS...

Large-scale broadband optical access application technology

Crossover convergence technology (optics and wireless, optics and

sensoring, optics and service, optics and resource, optics and
computing )
3G and 4G Mobile
Communication Networks
China 3G Mobile Systems

TD-SCDMA
LAS-CDMA
TD-SCDMA
TD-SCDMA as the worlds 3rd 3G mobile
system was officially accepted by the
ITU-R in May 2000;
System works in TDD and uplink
synchronous mode, supporting
asymmetric data transmission;
Series of new technologies are adopted
in the system
TD-SCDMA
LAS-CDMA
LAS-CDMA Large Area Synchronous
CDMA
The core innovation is the discovery of
a group of pseudo-random codes called
LA/LS codes which are capable to
decrease the various kinds of
interferences (Intersymbol interference,
multiple address interference and
adjacent cell interference)
 1----CDMA
G Processing Gain
Autocorrelation function

G-1/2 Relative delay
-20 -10 0 10 20

Crosscorrelation function
G-1/2

-20 -10 0 10 20
 2----LAS-CDMA
Autocorrelation
function:

0
Crosscorrelation
function:

0
IFW: Interference IFW
free window
4G System Development
-- FUTURE Project
 FuTURE Future Technologies for Universal Radio Environment as a
part of China High-Tech 863 program.
Phase 1: Six universities cooperating with six companies
developed six transmission schemes for B3G mobile.
Phase 2: Jointly develop wireless network experimental system
supporting both FDD and TDD on a common platform.
Phase 3: Trial & Pre-commercial System will be developed.

Vision, Spectrum, Tech Trends ITUs Activities

Candidate Proposals
Key Tech
Standardization
FuTURE Demo Sys & Appl

FuTURE+ Trial & Pre-commercial System

FuTURE II
2001 2003 2005
GMC/OFDM FDD SYSTEM Coding Intl. Mapp. STC/SM Insert
Pilot

Sub-Channel Transmitter 1

MC-SFB
IFFT
Sub-Channel Transmitter 2

RxRF
Rx RF
RF

A/D
A/D
A/D Rx
subTxRF

100Mb/s peak uplink and downlink

Sub-Channel Transmitter 3 D/A sub
sub ---system
system
system

/
.

Rx/Tx
Rx/Tx
Rx/Tx
Sub-Channel Transmitter N

Filtersfilter
Intf MCU Freq. Synth.

filter
filter
Antennas

high-speed transmission rate; Sub-channel Receiver 1

Multi-
Multi-
Multi-
MC-AFB / FFT
Sub-channel Receiver 2

Time
filter
filter
filter
A/D RxRF
Rx
Rx RF
RF
A/D

Synch.
Sub-channel Receiver 3 A/D
A/D subRxRF
sub -system
system
sub --system

bank
& Freq.
bank
bank
.

Sub-channel Receiver N

FDMA and TDMA hybrid multiple Interface and Control Baseband RF and Antennas

access; Decod. DeIntl DeMap ST JD CHE

Iterative receiving technology;

Distributed radio network
architecture;
MIMO-GMC technology in uplink;
MIMO-OFDM in downlink;
MIMO adaptive link transmission
technology
 Breakthrough of B3G Theory
B3G TDD Network Architecture

Flat Radio Access Network

All-IP based architecture
Short latency
Novel Cellular Architecture
Group Cell
Slide Handover
User always in cell center
Solve smaller cell problem
Avoid cell edge effect
Avoid frequent handover
Enlarge coverage area
Fully Explore Space Diversity
Distributed Antenna Array
Virtual MIMO
Multi-hop, Relay
 B3G
RoF

6,3,4,6
FDD/TDD
3.5GHz@20MHz,100MHz
GMC/OFDM
M IM O 8X4 4X4
40-100Mbps/
2-10bps/Hz

1km 2 1km
17dBi
27dBm

B3G Field Trial characteristics

RoF-based distributed radio
Trial system
6 access points, 3 cells, 4 CUs, 6 MTs
Duplex mode FDD/TDD Co-exist
Frequency band 3.5GHz@20MHz,100MHz total bandwidth
Modulation GMC/OFDM
MIMO 84 , distributed antenna 44
Data Rate 40-100Mbps/high mobility
spectrum efficiency 2-10bps/Hz
Senatio Campus, urban, highway
Coverage about 1km2 micro-cell>1km highway
Antenna directioanl, polarization, 17dBi
Tranmission power 27dBm/antenna
 Services Demo
IPTV Wireless IPTV
Wireless Remote Video
Wireless Video Conference
Wireless VOD
VoIP Wireless VoIP Phone
Web Wireless Web Browse
FTP Wireless FTP
NEXT GENERATION INTERNET
NGI
Given in the presentation of
Prof. MA Yan
NEXT GENERATION
NETWORK
NGN
CN2 Network Topology
Designed and Deployed by
China Telecom
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