State-of-the-art optical network technology tested at BME

BME and Magyar Telekom have successfully tested Huawei's new Triple PON system capable of 50Gbps symmetric theoretical speed. The novelty of Triple PON technology lies in its ability to serve three generations of PON technologies (GPON, XGS-PON, 50GPON) in parallel on a single optical fibre, using a single PON line card and a combined optical module.

The biggest advantage of 50GPON technology is that it provides a symmetrical theoretical data transfer rate of 50 Gbps, making it ideal for future digital applications such as 8K resolution video streaming, e-sports, VR/AR experiences and home cloud services. It also has extremely low latency of less than 1 millisecond and microsecond latency fluctuations, which is essential for serving 5G base stations (mobile backhaul), industrial automation systems and telemedicine applications.

Future-proof infrastructure

The technology provides the packet loss-free data transmission needed to guarantee a reliable service, while offering a future-proof infrastructure, enabling existing fibre networks to meet the technological and digital needs of the next decade with minimal modification.

"50GPON not only represents a new level of bandwidth, it could also be the answer to the challenges of the future digital society, opening up new opportunities in everything from home entertainment to industrial automation. We are proud to have been the first in Hungary to test this innovation, and 

we are particularly pleased that BME is our partner in this cooperation, where students can gain direct experience of the state-of-the-art optical network technology"

- the company's statement quotes Péter Nagy, Magyar Telekom's Chief Technology and IT Officer.

The equipment for the test was provided by Huawei Technologies Hungary, and the first endpoint was connected at the Department of Telecommunications and Artificial Intelligence (TMIT) of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (VIK) of BME.

"For the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, the 50PON technology provided by Magyar Telekom is a real milestone in education, because it brings the latest, world-class optical network infrastructure directly to the students and researchers" - said Sándor Imre, Dean of VIK.

Pál Varga, Head of the Department of TMIT at VIK, pointed out that the technology is also exploited by the AR/VR workshop in the TMIT laboratories, as well as by the workshops specialising in cloud-driven, artificial intelligence-supported industrial automation in the course of current research tasks.

"BME and the faculty will further strengthen their role at the forefront of digital innovation in Hungary," 

he added.

Rector's Office, Department of Communications
on the cover photo from left to right: Pál Varga (BME), Péter Nagy (MT), Tamás Kiefer (Huawei) and Sándor Imre (BME)