Huawei Leads FlexE-based 50GE Interface Testing to Facilitate Commercial Use of 5G

[Shenzhen, China, September 4, 2017] Huawei announced that its 50GE interface based on Flex Ethernet (FlexE) technology was the first such interface to pass functionality and performance testing organized by the China Mobile Research Institute. Testing results show that the interface is capable of line-rate forwarding at 50 Gb/s with a transmission range of 40 km, performance that is sufficient for the access layer of 5G metro bearer networks. The interface also supports FlexE network slicing, e