Spirent Communications, a leader in the Ethernet testing and assurance said it is collaborating with China Telecom and Huawei to verify 400 Gb/s Ethernet (400GE) short and long range technologies.
The objective of the test is to accelerate the commercialization of 400GE based on IEEE 400GE standard which is expected to be adopted by the end of 2017.
Claiming to be the world's first, the test includes the verification of 400GE port functions such as line speed forwarding, multi service stacking, and fault reporting for short and long range technologies
The trials were performed in China Telecom's network and terminal key laboratory using test cases based on real-world network applications, while China Telecom's Guangzhou Research Institute was responsible for network requirements, test-case design, and execution. Spirent provided testing equipment for the project, which included Spirent TestCenter with DX3-400GO-P2 400G and FX3-100GO-T2 100G test modules.
To satisfy test requirements of the new generation of 400GE, Spirent has released the DX3 series and PX3 series, 400G and 200G testing modules on its flagship product, Spirent TestCenter, providing industry-leading single-slot 2-port density and CFP8 and QSFP-DD interfaces to help the industry to advance the commercialization of 400GE in carrier networks and data centers.
Zhu Yongqing, Director for IP Technology Research, China Telecom Research Institute
This collaborative test marks the first R&D evaluation of its kind and perhaps most importantly, the achievement of our expected outcome is a landmark step for the adoption of standardized 400GE short- and long-range technologies.
Abhitesh Kastuar, GM for Cloud and IP Solutions
Spirent has been involved in the entire 400GE R&D and evaluation process, making great contributions to the research and development of the standard.
