SDN/NFV Solutions Enable Digital Transformation

Shanghai, China, 19 June 2025 - ZTE Corporation(0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, has unveiled the industry's first AI-Reshaping Core network solution, AIR Core, at MWC Shanghai 2025.  By deeply integrating cutting-edge AI technologies such as large language models (LLMs), communication large models, and digital twins, this solution propels the core network from a "Cloud Native" to an "AI Native" architecture. It provides operators with an intelligent and agile platform for service innovation, a dynamic experience assurance system, and an efficient autonomous O&M system, laying a solid intelligent foundation for the evolution of networks towards 6G. The AIR Core innovatively constructs a three-tier AI agent collaborative architecture, breaking through the traditional core network capability boundaries: Service Intelligence: The new calling agent integrates LLMs, text-to-speech (TTS), and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to transform the traditional dialer into an "intent-driven interactive portal," redefining the human-machine interaction paradigm. Users can trigger AI-based anti-fraud interception and cross-language AI chat services through natural voice commands. Additionally, the plug-in open architecture integrates third-party ecosystems such as food delivery, business travel, and public welfare services, evolving the calling interface into a one-stop service aggregation entry point. Connection Intelligence: Focusing on scenario-based experience operation, the service experience assurance agent is introduced. Featuring three key capabilities—NWDAF, AI-UPF, and communication large models, it achieves a full closed-loop process of accurate service identification, real-time package recommendation, dynamic network assurance, real-time experience perception, and autonomous network optimization. Leveraging a multi-dimensional KQI indicator model and MOS scoring system, it enables top-tier application experience to be perceptible and visible. This agent supports operators in building differentiated capability supply and scenario-based monetization. Currently, it has been commercially deployed in China for tiered and dynamic experience assurance, with an assurance accuracy rate of over 99.98%. O&M Intelligence: The digital twin simulation agent, NetTwinGuard, based on high-precision digital twin simulation and multi-dimensional small model collaboration, identifies and prevents network risks or hidden dangers in advance, with a simulation accuracy rate of over 95%. It generates optimal defense strategies for five major typical scenarios, shifting the O&M model from post-event handling to pre-event prevention, and significantly enhancing network risk resistance and ultra-high availability. The deep integration of AI technology and the core network is driving the renewal of communication infrastructure. ZTE's AIR Core solution not only achieves technological innovation and embodies the vision of an intelligent network but also accelerates the transformation of operators from "connectivity providers" to "intelligent service providers."  Moving forward, ZTE will continue to collaborate with global partners to explore the boundless possibilities of AI and communication network integration, propelling the industry towards a more intelligent and efficient future.

Shanghai, China, 19 June 2025 - ZTE Corporation(0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, has launched its innovative NetTwinGuard at MWC Shanghai 2025. This solution deeply integrates network digital twin (NDT), multi-dimensional small models, and AI - driven simulation algorithms to tackle the industry challenge of preventing signaling storms and optimizing disaster recovery decisions in core networks. Confronted with the challenge of service interruption caused by signaling storms in core networks and the limitations of traditional simulation drills, NetTwinGuard pioneers high-precision digital twins for networks at the ten-million scale. It enables risk-free simulation of signaling storms across multiple scenarios and rapid parameter optimization, boosting disaster recovery decision efficiency by 10 times. This fundamentally shifts core network resilience strategy from "passive disaster response" to "proactive immunity". ZTE's NetTwinGuard innovation lies in intelligently planning disaster recovery tasks, leveraging long/short-term memory for signaling data, and orchestrating internal and external tools for data collection and prediction. This creates an intelligent simulation system achieving "zero-risk" storm simulation and "precision" decision-making: · High-precision core network digital twins: Based on AI algorithms and multi-source statistical models, this solution digitally replicates key elements such as network topology, signaling routes, and terminal behavior on a 1:1 basis. It calculates the load-impact on network elements at a second-level granularity, with highly realistic simulation waveforms and a digital twin precision of over 95%. · Flexible storm scenario orchestration: With a built-in library of rich scenario models, it supports the flexible combination and simulation of more than 30 service scenarios. These include resource pool disaster recovery, network element switchover, and sudden traffic surges during holidays, capable of creating tasks within minutes. · Intelligent parameter optimization and decision-making: Using discrete event simulation algorithms, it can optimize flow control parameters from tens of thousands of combinations within minutes. This ensures the fastest possible convergence of services while minimizing their impact. It accurately identifies network bottlenecks and guides network optimization. · Closed loop verification and automatic deployment: After verifying the effectiveness of configurations in the digital twin network, it automatically deploys them in the live network. This achieves a closed loop disaster prevention and control process that is "one-click pre-simulation, real-time visible during the event, and zero-rollback afterwards". To date, the solution has been piloted in multiple provinces in China for resource pool disaster recovery switchover simulation, realizing a joint impact assessment of all network elements and cloud - resource pools for the first time. It has reduced simulation time from over eight hours to within half an hour, increasing efficiency by more than 90%. Comparative verification shows a simulation accuracy rate of over 95%. ZTE's NetTwinGuard not only improves O&M efficiency but also fundamentally transforms signaling storm scenarios from post-event passive handling to pre-event active prevention. Moving forward, ZTE will continue to deepen the application of digital twin technology in core networks, tackling key points such as the integration of fine grained data collection and digital twin application technologies. Meanwhile, the company will promote the evolution from single point prevention and control to global autonomy, expecting to build a "digital immune system" for core networks in the 6G era. With great commitment to continuous technological innovation, ZTE aims to provide global operators with more reliable and intelligent network solutions, helping the communications industry step forward into a new era of intelligence.