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    Huawei OXC on OSN 9800 Platform

    Feb. 20, 2019
    Huawei has completed the research and product implementation of optical cross-connects (OXCs), including technologies for core algorithms, chips, boards, and systems. The OXC can help customers with easy-to-use optical switching for mesh networks. The three key technologies of the OXC are an all-optical backplane, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) switching engine, and digital optical OAM.
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    Huawei has completed the research and product implementation of optical cross-connects (OXCs), including technologies for core algorithms, chips, boards, and systems. The OXC can help customers with easy-to-use optical switching for mesh networks. The three key technologies of the OXC are an all-optical backplane, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) switching engine, and digital optical OAM.

    Judge’s comment: “The overall features of this product do indeed set a new level of capability and solve a huge problem in optical networking.”

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