5G Mobile Open xHaul Leader Launches DZS
Chronos Mobile Transport Portfolio
Open, software defined xHaul portfolio
speeds
O-RAN, 5G deployments worldwide
DZS a global leader of intelligent, packet-based mobile transport and broadband access converged edge solutions representing communications service providers and enterprise customers in more than 100 countries, today announced the launch of the DZS Chronos mobile transport solutions portfolio. Open, software defined and proven, the comprehensive set of cutting-edge Fronthaul, Midhaul and Backhaul capable DZS Chronos solutions enable topologies and architectures for Open RAN and Virtual RAN approaches using both packet and optical transport technologies.
With over 1.5 million mobile xHaul ports shipped
globally, many of the world’s most innovative and agile service
providers, including five of the top twenty globally, leverage DZS Chronos
solutions to transport their groundbreaking mobile services. With the rise of
5G-based networks, success depends on meeting new demands for extreme low
latency and high performance synchronization; DZS delivers with specialized
mobile-oriented capabilities including Time Sensitive Networking (TSN),
preemption, Grand Master and GPS / GNSS receiver functions. The breadth of
advanced, open, xHaul enabled solutions from DZS, recently enhanced by the acquired Optelian coherent optics products (the
DZS O-series), are leading the industry with the
combination of edge intelligence, flexible deployment options, and high
performance required for the 5G era.
“DZS has established itself as a pioneer
in mobile xHaul by working in partnership with major wireless providers in
Japan and South Korea, in North America now as the result of the Optelian
acquisition, and with other regional disruptors who are advancing 4G and 5G
networks around the world,” said Charlie Vogt, President and CEO of DZS. “As
service providers look to launch new 5G services and future-proof their
networks in the face of pandemic-related network demands, the DZS Chronos
mobile transport portfolio offers unparalleled ultra-low latency and
high-resolution synchronization capabilities and robust performance to enable
demanding applications, such as interactive gaming, social networking,
streaming video, augmented/virtual reality, Internet of Things, online school,
and smart homes, buildings and cities. Whether building out a new 5G multiband
network or enhancing existing 4G infrastructure to support enhanced wireless
services, DZS solutions are optimized to enable maximum agility and performance
for service providers globally.”
The DZS Chronos mobile transport
portfolio includes an array of products for end-to-end mobile transport systems
with indoor and outdoor options for small cell and macro deployment sites,
network edge datacenters and regional hubs. With embedded mobile-specific
features that are enabled when software features are licensed, these products
include industry standard network and compute offload functions that form the
basis of a versatile, distributed, “micro-cloud” designed for latency-critical
real-time edge services. The DZS Chronos solutions portfolio is a critical
enabler for virtualized RAN, Open RAN and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC)
architectures, providing connectivity for software-based baseband units (BBU)
or distributed units (DU) / centralized units (CU) and Radio Units (RU) in
distributed or centralized topologies.
The DZS Chronos mobile transport solutions
portfolio, powered by the fully SDN-enabled sdNOS Network Operating System, includes the
following product families:
- C-series: An expanding family of environmentally
hardened, intelligent edge units developed to empower Open RAN, vRAN and MEC
deployments requiring packet-based Fronthaul functionality, with options for
direct radio interface capabilities using CPRI, eCPRI, OpenFH, or Radio over
Ethernet technologies.
- M-series: These scalable, 100G-capable MPLS
access/aggregation multilayer switches provide high performance Cell Site
Router (CSR) as well as spine element switching functions for disaggregated
multi node SDN designs.
- V-series: These NG-PON, XGS-PON and GPON-based
products enable operators to architect their mobile networks for cost effective
network edge Midhaul and Backhaul at scale while leveraging SDN control and NFV
capabilities.
- NEW O-series (previously known as Optelian): These
environmentally hardened optical transport products are optimized for high
capacity and long-reach mobile backhaul scenarios and have completed the
Telcordia/Ericsson OSMINE certification progress.
- E-series: These high-density, small and large port
count in-building switches offer Power over Ethernet and clock distribution
functions especially suited to small cell and Wi-Fi access point
connectivity.
In Japan, DZS C-Series products have
helped Rakuten to turn the promise of Open RAN into a reality. With over 2
million subscribers, the network relies on DZS Chronos mobile transport
solutions to aggregate and manage Rakuten’s 4G and 5G traffic – offering
significant financial and technology advantages when compared to proprietary
and closed mobile network architectures.
In South Korea and Japan, DZS Chronos
solutions using M-series and V-series products are powering major operators
like LG U+ and KT (formerly Korea Telecom) in their state-of-the-art commercial
5G networks – delivering speeds that are up to 10-20x faster than LTE with over
40 times higher capacity, ultra-low latency in-line with 5G requirements.
In North America, O-series products are
optimizing the use of scarce fiber optic resources by delivering the most
versatile and cost effective optical transport solutions for backhaul of mobile
traffic over long distances to remote parts of the network in which the
availability of environmentally controlled spaces is not practical.
Source: DZS media announcement