The next generation telecommunications network solutions provider, Huawei announced  the launch of the established intelligent optical distribution network (iODN) first office application (FOA) site in Xuancheng, Anhui Province, China. Huawei’s iODN solution, which uses innovative eID technology, claims that it will improve operations and maintenance efficiency throughout the deployment process.

Traditionally, FTTH deployment and management is performed manually, causing frequent errors and system faults. Such manual operations incur high deployment costs and great operations and maintenance pressure for operators, thereby failing to meet the needs of mass FTTH deployments and management while iODN uses eIDs to automatically identify and manage fiber connections, indicate fiber connection operations and manage optical splitters. With iODN, operators can automatically search out the target optical fiber and appropriately operate it, paving the way for efficient FTTH rollouts and accurate identification of fiber faults. 

“As FTTH deployments are increasing worldwide, ODN has become a greater concern to operators,” said Wang Dexiang, Director of Fiber&Copper Infrastructure Product Line, Huawei. “Intelligent ODN is the way of the future and Huawei’s breakthroughs in this area can help operators manage issues during ODN deployments and ease the rollout of FTTx networks.”