# Huawei Proposes Next Generation OTN for AIDC-Centric All-Optical Network

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- Published: 2026-10-15T15:57:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

VIENNA, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — During NetworkX 2026, Huawei shared its vision
for building the "LIGHTS" All-Optical Network at the Optical Transport Innovation
Summit. Huawei outlined three waves of AI-driven opportunities for operators and
explained how an AIDC-centric all-optical network, powered by Huawei’s Next Generation
OTN solution, enables them to drive business growth.

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Gavin Gu delivers
a speech at the summit

**AI Drives Three Waves of Opportunities for Operators**

The rapid evolution of AI unlocks three waves of opportunities for operators: DC
interconnection for hyperscalers, private lines for enterprise computing power, 
and integrated computing and network services. This is reshaping optical transport:
from a basic network serving consumer and home (ToC and ToH) users, to a business
network serving enterprises (ToB) and AI; from administrative-division-based planning,
to AIDC-centric planning.

**NEXT GENERATION OTN Solution Enhances AIDC-Centric All-Optical Network**

To seize these opportunities, operators need an AIDC-centric all-optical network.
Huawei proposes the LIGHTS target network as a key priority for operators in the
AI era, with six key capabilities: Low Latency, Intelligent Operation, Green Foundation,
High Reliability, Tbps-level Capacity, and Security Assurance.

Gavin Gu, president of Huawei’s Optical Transmission Network Domain presented Huawei’s
Next Generation OTN solution, which responds to the need to build the LIGHTS target
network by covering both DCI and DCA scenarios.

For DCI, Next Generation OTN delivers 800G to 2T ultra-high-speed capacity and an
OTN capacity pool, which uses minimal resources to pre-deploy capacity in multiple
directions. It helps operators achieve fast time-to-market (TTM), maximize fiber
capacity, and meet the Tbps-level bandwidth and rapid delivery requirements of DCI
traffic.

For DCA, Huawei offers end-to-end (E2E) OXC for a meshed, one-hop direct architecture,
millisecond-level WSON for guaranteed high availability, fgOTN for flexible bandwidth
from 10Mbps to 1Gbps, and an integrated QKD solution for quantum encryption. In 
addition, Next Generation OTN has been upgraded in both hardware and software to
deliver an end-to-end "zero-outage network."

**LIGHTS All-Optical Network Drives Business Growth**

Powered by the LIGHTS all-optical network, operators are evolving from a bandwidth-
only sales model to delivering core capabilities and value-added services. Computing-
power private lines are advancing from a single bandwidth dimension to multiple 
dimensions covering bandwidth, latency, reliability, and security. This enables 
operators to offer differentiated services for different industries and improves
pricing power. Meanwhile, the convergence of computing and network services is also
accelerating. In Hubei, China, for example, operators are combining network and 
computing advantages to launch integrated services across industries such as education,
healthcare and finance.

The LIGHTS all-optical network for the AI era is helping operators seize AI-driven
opportunities, realize network monetization and achieve business growth. Huawei 
will collaborate with industry partners to advance technological innovation and 
business growth, accelerating the optical transport industry’s evolution into the
AI era.

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