IPv6 Network Services for the Expo Park Infrastructure
The Shanghai World Expo marks a significant step in IPv6/IPv4 dual-stack internet access for the general public. At 8 PM on April 30, in the eight mainstream media rooms of the Expo press center — including Xinhua News Agency, CCTV, and the People's Daily — the eyes of news workers from both electronic and print media were focused on large LCD screens. On these screens, the opening ceremony of the Expo was being broadcast synchronously with exceptional clarity. As the final fireworks over the Huangpu River lit up the sky, the journalists in the media room cheered in unison, celebrating the successful live broadcast of this Expo opening ceremony.
Specifically, based on the advanced IPv6 FTTH (Fiber To The Home) access network, Shanghai Telecom provided Blu-ray high-definition synchronous IPTV live broadcasts to the eight major media rooms. This achieved a perfect combination of IPv6, FTTH, and Blu-ray high-definition applications. Blu-ray high-definition brought clearer visual experiences to the Expo press center, while the IPv6 FTTH fiber-optic network provided ultra-wideband basic service quality assurance. These three cutting-edge technologies were seamlessly integrated, making the communication network deployment of this Expo a focal point of the industry.
Expo Press Center: A Perfect Combination of IPv6 Network and Blu-ray High Definition
Through years of deep technical research and application studies, Huawei's IPv6 solution products finally made their appearance at the Expo, like the fireworks along the Huangpu River, as promised, shining brightly across the entire Expo park. "Technological Innovation, Making Life Better" became more evident through the 41st World Expo. Shanghai Telecom praised this cooperation as very beautiful and hopes that it can continue to deeply cooperate with Huawei, extending such innovative applications to the entire city of Shanghai, allowing the harmonious ideal of "innovative technology, changing life" to spread to every corner of the city.
With sound, light, electricity, river views, fireworks, fountains, and massive LED screens, as the fireworks over the Huangpu River illuminated the night sky, the 41st World Expo arrived in Shanghai as scheduled. Different from previous Expos, one small highlight in this Expo's presentation is the comprehensive application of various technological innovations within the Expo park, among which the IPv6 network application is a notable innovation in the telecommunications industry.
In addition to the IPv6 network deployment in the venue area, marking the ideal of "cities making life better and bringing technological innovation into ordinary people's homes," Shanghai Telecom collaborated with Huawei to globally launch the first FTTH-based IPv6/IPv4 dual-stack routing terminal, bringing the most advanced network technology experience to ordinary residents within the park.
Huawei's IPv6 Applications Shine at the Expo
Residents around the Expo park, after applying, can enjoy the full internet surfing experience brought by IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack terminals with this IPv6/IPv4 dual-stack internet access terminal. Such services not only enhance internet bandwidth and service quality but also allow access to more IPv6 websites, providing rich information content and experiencing the lifestyle changes brought by IPv6. It aligns with the goal of making life richer and better, harmonizing with the urban living objectives of the Expo.
The Shanghai Expo has the largest park area in history, covering 5.28 square kilometers, spanning both sides of the Huangpu River from Puxi to Pudong, including national pavilions, theme pavilions, Expo Center corporate pavilions, and the Urban Best Practice Area. Providing network communication facilities for such a vast area presented significant challenges, requiring satisfaction of diverse needs from main venue communications to civilian internet access, from high-quality video transmission and top-tier information delivery to regular data usage.
During the Expo opening, Huawei's FTTx equipment had been fully deployed in the Puxi area of the Expo, including the national pavilion, enterprise pavilion, press center, performance center, and residential homes within the park. Connected with the core IPv6 backbone network, it provides IPv6 network services, meeting diverse needs from venue communications to home broadband, high-quality video transmission, top-tier information delivery, and regular internet data usage.
The synchronous IPTV live broadcast communication network support provided for this Expo media room was jointly constructed by Shanghai Telecom and Huawei using an IPv6 fiber-optic network and Blu-ray high-definition IPTV platform. In the network construction issues of the press center, apart from traditional wired techniques, Shanghai Telecom and Huawei cooperated to provide a fully advanced IPv6 FTTH fiber-optic access network for the first floor of the press venue, including eight small media rooms, 32 large media rooms, and 300 journalist seats, satisfying the high-reliability transmission needs of various media's high-quality videos and news data. The IPv6 FTTH fiber-optic access network smoothly connects to Shanghai Telecom's Puxi IPv6 core node, forming an end-to-end IPv6 network connection from access to the core.
A year ago, Shanghai Telecom began overall planning for the network deployment of scattered parts of the park, comprehensively investigating and experimenting with various advanced network technology plans. Ultimately, they chose a fiber-optic broadband and next-generation internet technology deployment plan to provide key network services for the Expo, collaborating with Huawei's FTTx and IPv6 solutions to achieve related network constructions.