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CONTENT PLATFORMS REDUCE EUROPEAN STREAMING QUALITY TO MAKE WAY FOR REMOTE WORKING


Content platorms Netlix and YouTube agreed to reduce the quality of streaming across Europe as internet-use continues to rise amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Te companies commited to the measure to try and help reduce traffic on European networks, while also ensuring a good quality of service. Announcements from the


providers came following talks in March between European Commissioner Tierry Breton and Reed Hastings, CEO at Netlix, about the strain video streaming has been placing on networks. Breton stated, via his Twiter


account, that ‘teleworking and streaming help a lot but infrastructures might be in strain. To secure internet access for all,


let’s switch to standard definition when HD is not necessary.’ He has since praised Hastings’ strong sense of responsibility, saying: ‘I welcome the very prompt action that #Netlix has taken to preserve the smooth functioning of the Internet during the Covid-19 crisis while maintaining a good experience for users.’ YouTube parent company


Google followed suit, commiting publicly to temporarily switching its traffic in Europe to standard definition by default. Breton responded: ‘I warmly welcome the initiative that Google takes to preserve the smooth functioning of the Internet during the Covid-19 crisis by having YouTube switch all EU traffic to standard definition by default.’


TWO NEW 5G STANDARDS FINALISED BY BROADBAND FORUM


Te Broadband Forum has wrapped up the development of two new standards for 5G as part of its promise to rapidly support the 3GPP release cycles. Te standards are based on


contributions from a number of global operators and vendors, and in close collaboration with


the 3GPP. Titled 5G Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) Architecture (TR-470) and Access Gateway Function (AGF) Functional Requirements (TR-456), the standards build on Broadband Forum’s previous 5G work to provide a practical roadmap to deliver 5G. TR-470 describes the 5G FMC architecture to provide a high-level


guide for network architects and planners. TR-456, meanwhile, describes the functional requirements of the


AGF. Te AGF resides between fixed access networks and the 5G core network to support 5G and wireline residential gateways, creating a truly converged deployment. Te specifications are currently undergoing the approvals process


and will be published as the forum’s other 5G initiatives continue. Tese include ongoing work to standardise and enhance the transport network to ensure it can meet the demands of 5G, and normative work is also beginning on Broadband Forum’s joint FMC project with 3GPP. Robin Mersh, CEO at Broadband Forum said: ‘Broadband Forum’s


latest specifications are key pieces of the very big jigsaw that must be created and completed to deliver on 5G – and we are working with operators to define those pieces quickly, efficiently, and, most importantly, together as an open collaborative effort, preventing fragmentation and misalignments between stakeholders.’


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NETWORK TRIAL TRANSMITS 800G OVER 950KM


Infinera has completed a live network trial of 800Gb/s single- wavelength transmission at 96GBd over 950km across a long-haul link in a major North American network operator’s production network. Te trial featured the


company’s sixth-generation dual-800G Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE6) technology, and the company says that the achievement is a milestone in driving down the cost-per-bit of telecommunications networks. Te network trial demonstrated


the ability of the 800G technology to enable network operators to rapidly and cost-effectively address the increasing capacity demands of new services such as 5G, enhanced broadband, and cloud-based business services. Te production network trial


was conducted over a third- party optical line system carrying live multi-vendor traffic. It was implemented using Infinera’s


Groove (GX) Series disaggregated platorm, equipped with an ICE6-based sled over industry- standard G.652 fibre. Te results demonstrated the performance value of the vertically integrated ICE6 optical engine, which features second-generation Nyquist subcarriers, 64QAM with per-subcarrier long-codeword probabilistic constellation shaping, and per-subcarrier dynamic bandwidth allocation. Parthi Kandappan, chief


technology officer at Infinera explained: ‘Te success of this trial proves our ability to transmit 800G high-baud-rate signals across significant distances, which will be instrumental in driving down network costs.’


MELLANOX ACQUIRES TITAN IN EFFORT TO HELP STRENGTHEN NETWORK INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES


Mellanox Technologies is acquiring network intelligence and security technology developer, Titan IC Systems, to help accelerate search and big data analytics across a broad range of applications in data centres. The acquisition is designed


to help strengthen Mellanox’s network intelligence capabilities, delivered through the company’s advanced ConnectX and BlueField families of SmartNIC and inside/outside processing unit (IPU) solutions. Titan is experienced in


high-speed complex pattern matching and real-time internet traffic inspection for advanced cyber security and data analytics applications. Its RXP hardware network intelligence acceleration engine offloads regular expressions string and malware matching, freeing up CPU cores and delivering faster throughput and increased efficiency.


The RXP engine will


complement the Mellanox BlueField IPU based solutions, which include line-rate network, storage, and crypto accelerators at speeds up to 200Gb/s. Titan IC’s team in Belfast,


Northern Ireland will become the centre of advanced network intelligence research and development for Mellanox. Eyal Waldman, president and


CEO Mellanox Technologies: ‘Our customers will benefit from the deep analytics and enhanced security that will be delivered by the integration of our Ethernet and InfiniBand products and deep packet inspection and analytics technologies from Titan IC. ‘With this acquisition,


our mergers and acquisition investments total more than $1.2bn to date and more than $53m invested in start-ups to further our intelligent networking strategy.’


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