Zhang Wanchun of ZTE: Building a "Digital Wisdom Forest" and Promoting the Rapid Development of the 5G Industry

With the further extension of the 5G network, the digitalization capability is gradually becoming a watershed in the breakthrough development of the industry, so the information and communication industry has been given a more important mission and responsibility of the times.

Recently, Zhang Wanchun, Senior Vice President of ZTE, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Forest Power System, Helping New Growth of 5G" at China International Digital Economy Expo. Zhang Wanchun said that the digital revolution process of 5G to the industry is still in the period of innovation incubation and iterative development, just like the birth of Chunlin. Therefore, ZTE advocates building a digital base with "strong network", "living cloud", "giving wisdom with numbers" and "developing industries", focusing on customer scenarios in the industry, finding more pain points and key problems, solving problems through differentiated solutions, creating value with precise services, and promoting the rapid development of the 5G industry.

Create a network with excellent performance

If the digital economy wants to develop in the long run, the basic role of 5G network is self-evident, and it is necessary to build a network with extreme performance. Zhang Wanchun emphasized that ZTE will continue to innovate from two dimensions: differentiated experience and extreme efficiency, and continue to launch a series of innovative solutions on 5 G.

In terms of specific operation, firstly, ZTE's "big network experience" will bring users a brand-new experience. For example, wireless intelligent network deployment can realize the optimal solution of user experience and network utility; ATG plans to give users the opportunity to enjoy high-speed 5G connections at high altitudes. In addition, ZTE will also ensure the personalization of small networks, especially industrial applications. FAST (time-frequency double aggregation) scheme can realize 5G uplink enhancement, 5G+TSN can realize low delay and high reliability, and small particle PRB hard slice can realize security isolation and higher availability, which can better support enterprise application expansion.

For ZTE, whether it is to highlight the advantages of large network or develop the professional performance of small network, its essence is to build a network with extreme performance by using 5G technology to meet the collection, transmission and processing of production data, as well as the control and coordination of production process, so as to achieve full-cycle and full-area network coverage. This is actually the "solid foundation" that ZTE has always proposed. Zhang Wanchun particularly emphasized that network operation will be an important link to realize a strong 5G network, and it needs continuous innovation and breakthrough in improving spectrum efficiency, energy efficiency and operational efficiency. Especially in energy efficiency, ZTE also needs innovative technologies and solutions to reduce the green premium, reduce costs and increase efficiency, and achieve sustainable development. In the "digital wisdom forest" that ZTE strives to build, this touch of green is essential.

Building a Flexible Cloud

Industrial enterprises are eager to gain digital empowerment in the "5G wave", and the demand for the cloud is more diverse. How do manufacturers build an "elastic cloud" suitable for different industries? Zhang Wanchun gave ZTE's countermeasures, namely "agile construction+rapid iteration".

Zhang Wanchun introduced that ZTE's "agile construction" supports lightweight, low cost, rapid deployment, flexible expansion and endless expansion at both hardware and software levels; Fast iteration is to achieve global reinforcement and collaboration through "complete decoupling", "double loop" and "deep optimization", thus realizing fast iteration. ZTE's "life cloud" is helping enterprises to achieve more industry innovations with a more agile attitude and a "light-packed" mentality, and it is also accelerating the continuous iteration of enterprises themselves.

Full-stack digital intelligent platform accelerates application development

In addition, in the digital transformation and upgrading of the industry, in order to realize digital life, enable digital economy and improve digital governance, ZTE also proposed a 1+3+N full-stack digital intelligent platform to accelerate application iteration and algorithm upgrade. Zhang Wanchun said that "1" refers to a big data +AI intermediate platform, which realizes the unification of data and the adaptation of computing environment. At the same time, it supports the deployment of "3" application modes of terminal, cloud and Federation, and accelerates the rapid landing of "n" industry applications. ZTE's "using digital intelligence" makes related businesses become industry benchmarks.

Empowering thousands of industries, 5G is everywhere.

Zhang Wanchun emphasized that ZTE's efforts and attempts in "strengthening the network", "living the cloud" and "giving wisdom with numbers" all point to the same goal, that is, "Xingye".

For the sake of "Xingye", ZTE did its best. According to Zhang Wanchun, ZTE takes industry application scenarios as the center, and uses distributed precision cloud and deterministic precision network to realize that the cloud is born on demand and the network moves with the cloud to meet the differentiated needs of industry customers, and integrates customized solutions with simple, convenient and economical cloud networks to accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading. At the same time, the empowerment platform also breaks the common core technical capabilities and forms a modular component library with machine vision and cloud XR components. Facing different application scenarios, it can be flexibly assembled through simple development or building blocks to create innovative applications with more complex and comprehensive functions. In addition, ZTE also empowers industry customers and ecological partners, lowers the technical threshold, and helps the innovation incubation and ecological construction of upper-level applications.

Zhang Wanchun said that with the new demand of industrial upgrading, the development of digital intelligence in the industry "will flourish like a lush forest". Focusing on problems and creating value will be the core of the 5G-advanced stage and will continue to promote the evolution of 5G capabilities. Zhang Wanchun pointed out that ZTE's "1+2+3" strategy is building value-centered and scenario-driven digital intelligence. Among them, "1" is based on chips, algorithms and architectures, forming a potential energy that takes root continuously; "2" is a double-stranded gene, and its intelligence and security run through the root vein, extending from the network to business; "3E" is reflected in the continuous iterative innovation in three aspects: ability, performance and efficiency, releasing kinetic energy and growing in the sun with industrial and ecological partners.

"Rooting and growing in the sun", ZTE's "digital wisdom forest" will undoubtedly further stimulate the innovation vitality of the digital economy and build an efficient and developed digital society, and new changes in social life may not be far away.