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Huawei launches iFTTO for campus AI networks

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Huawei unveiled the iFTTO solution at MWC Barcelona 2026, presenting a campus networking approach that combined optical access with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support on-site AI applications.

Huawei said campus environments were shifting from physical layouts toward digital, intelligent setups that required higher network bandwidth and lower latency, and that these changes introduced new operational challenges for campus networks.

Huawei described the iFTTO architecture around the O-N.E.X.T concept, which layered optical and intelligent technologies. N stood for Network Unified by Optical, where optical networks connected directly to terminals; E stood for Ecosystem of Open Internet of Things (IoT), enabled by an 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) optical IoT Access Point (AP) with built-in NearLink and Bluetooth; X stood for X-Dimensional Information Fusion, supporting vision, Wi-Fi channels, radio frequency, and 3D LiDAR; T stood for Towards Autonomous Operation, citing an intelligent agent for all-optical campus O&M; and O stood for Open 3-Layer Computing Power for cloud-edge-device deployment.

Huawei outlined specific feature sets for education, healthcare, and hospitality use cases. In education it cited passive all-optical aggregation and tri-band Wi‑Fi 7 optical Adaptive Power Scheduler (APS) to deliver ultra-10G per room and coordinated control of lighting and air conditioning; in dormitories it cited AI algorithms to prioritize services. In healthcare it cited 50G Passive Optical Network (PON) for AI-powered pathology analysis and optical-IoT interconnection in wards; for hotels it cited 2D-to-3D video conversion. To date, Huawei's FTTO solution had served more than 15,000 campuses.

“Huawei has upgraded its FTTO solution to the iFTTO solution, driving campus networks beyond traditional ”connectivity“ toward multi-dimensional information convergence and the Internet of Things. This evolution establishes a unified foundation that integrates vision, computing, and control, laying the groundwork for smart campus transformation and accelerating the journey toward intelligent operations,” said Perry Yang, President of Huawei Enterprise Optical Domain.

Huawei described plans for iFTTO to build a foundation for the expansion of campus AI applications and to enable campuses to evolve into truly intelligent environments.

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