A Chinese university announces that it has built the world's first ``ultra-high-speed next-generation Internet backbone with a bandwidth of 1.2 Tbps'', making it possible to transmit 150 movies in 1 second

China's Tsinghua University , research company Cernet.com, telecommunications equipment manufacturers Huawei and China Mobile announced that they have built an Internet backbone between Beijing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou with a bandwidth of 1.2 Tbps (terabits per second). .

China launches ultra-high-speed next-generation Internet backbone-Tsinghua University
https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1245/12541.htm

China launches world's fastest internet with 1.2 terabit per second link, years ahead of forecasts | South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3241453/china-launches-worlds-fastest-internet-12-terabit-second-link-years-ahead-forecasts

World's Fastest Internet: China Claims 1.2 Terabit Per Second Breakthrough - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-15/world-s-fastest-internet-china-claims-1-2-terabit-per-second-breakthrough

According to Tsinghua University, this ultra-high-speed next-generation Internet was jointly developed by Tsinghua University, Cernet.com, Huawei, and China Mobile, and is realized over a transmission network with a total length of more than 3,000 km connecting the three cities of Beijing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou. It seems that there is.

The network is being developed as part of China's Future Internet Technology Infrastructure (FITI) project and has been piloted since July 31, 2023, passing various tests and demonstrating stability. That's what he said.

The FITI project has been underway in China for over 10 years, and 40 universities in China, including Tsinghua University, are participating. The FITI project network is operated based on core technologies in China, such as ultra-high-speed IPv6 interfaces and ultra-high-speed multipath aggregation, and all the software and hardware used are apparently developed within China. is.

Huawei Vice President Wang Lei said at a press conference, ``The ultra-high-speed Internet network we have built can transmit 150 high-definition movies in just one second, and all Netflix content within 30 minutes.''

According to the Chinese media South China Morning Post, it was predicted that ultra-high-speed networks with bandwidths exceeding 1 Tbps would not be put into practical use until around 2025. The United States has just migrated its national infrastructure to a 400Gbps 5th generation Internet 2 network in January 2022.

Wu Jianping of the China Academy of Engineering, who is the leader of the FITI project, said, ``This ultra-high-speed network has not only been successfully operated, but also brought advanced technology to build an even faster Internet in China.'' .