NTT Develops Low-latency Optical Access Technology That Operates in Coordination with 5G Mobile System

TOKYO, Feb. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —

– Achieving Efficient Accommodation and Operation of Base Stations –

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has developed low-latency optical access technology that helps to reduce the number of optical fibers needed to accommodate base stations, especially during the period when the fifth and subsequent generation mobile systems are introduced. NTT has also conducted a feasibility trial in which the optical access system has operated in coordination with a mobile system.