The path from the earliest days of wireless networks to 5G and beyond has been paved on top of other transformative technologies, from the PC to web to mobile to cloud and now, of course, AI.
April 29, 2025
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AI is beginning to disrupt and revamp businesses at the same time as the telco industry moves full speed ahead into the 5.5G – or 5G-Advanced – era, widely seen as a bridge from 5G to 6G that will further unlock some of the original promises of commercial 5G networks.
What’s most exciting is how all of the above helps rapidly modernize today’s enterprise campuses from connectivity networks to experience networks, capable of blazing-fast speeds, all-wireless connections, application-level experience guarantees, VIP user assurance, and other dynamic and customized experiences – all while actually improving campus network security.
That’s true both for operators and for their enterprise customers. The latest example comes from a longstanding purview of enterprise IT: the campus network.
It’s still a vital asset, but thanks to AI and other technological advances, the campus network is now metamorphosing from traditional connectivity – the days when the network construction was simply about getting people online – to dynamic experiences.
That intelligent transformation is grounded in four significant changes to network construction and O&M, according to Huawei, which recently updated its Xinghe Intelligent Campus solution[m1] for enterprise networks, with major experience upgrades to wireless experience, application experience, O&M experience[m2] [RL3] , and security experience.
4 areas of enterprise network transformation
Wireless terminals: We’re accelerating fast into the Wi-Fi 7 (aka IEEE 802.11be) generation of wireless technology, and Huawei has been a major contributor on this front. As organizations make this shift, they’re moving from single-AP models to multi-AP construction to improve and optimize network experience.
Always-assured applications: Wired-side improvements are similarly improving overall application availability and performance, in part by eliminating unavailable breakpoints in application experience.
Intelligent O&M: More dynamic, intelligent networks come with an operational cost in the form of increased complexity. The same underlying factor in that complexity – AI – is also its solution, as enterprises move from manual O&M models to more automated, deterministic approaches assisted by AI.
Multi-dimensional: Finally, the modern network requires modern security, with AI again playing a role in end-to-end security of campus networks that minimize data age and other potential incidents.
The Huawei approach to network intelligence in the enterprise
What does that all look like under the hood? Huawei is uniquely positioned to understand the requirements for intelligent network transformation, since it is also leading the charge in terms of the technology innovation required to get there.
For example, Huawei is the largest single contributor to the development of Wi-Fi 7 standards as a percentage of total contributions, making 22.9% of total contributions to date.[m4] [RL5]
Let’s look at how Huawei’s understanding of the four key trends in enterprise network transformation has informed its Xinghe Intelligent Campus solution.
AI-Powered Superfast Wireless Experience: 10+ Gbps throughput, 1 Gbps access anywhere
The industry in general has entered an explosive period of growth in terms of Wi-Fi adoption, and Wi-Fi 7 terminals have tripled. Huawei's Wi-Fi 7 layout continues to take the lead in terms of adoption, according to the company.[m6] [RL7]
Enterprise campus networks have higher requirements for optimal experience, and Huawei’s Wi-Fi 7 provides a rate of 30 Gbps[m8] [RL9] . AI-based converged scheduling and wireless optimization CSSR reduces interference by 40% and increases network throughput by 30%, according to the company.
AI-Powered Deterministic Application Experience: always-smooth video conferences, always-optimal VIP services
Similarly, AI is enabling a more automated approach to optimizing application experience. Enterprise IT departments can leverage AI application identification, AI full-flow scheduling, and AI experience analysis to guarantee network experience for key applications. In the process, they can reduce average latency by 75% and eliminate frame-freezing for critical applications.
Moreover, Huawei offers a “VIP fast lane” option for further ensuring high-performance experiences for VIPs and their applications on the network.
AI-Powered Intelligent O&M Experience: one person managing a campus with 10,000+ users
You read right: the AI-powered change from manual O&M and to intelligent O&M will empower unprecedented levels of scale for O&M, even as networks become more complex.
Huawei points to the combination of digital map (or digital twin) technology that offers a comprehensive view of users/terminals, applications, and networks, along with its Net Master large model for AI-assisted telecommunications O&M. The combination rapidly accelerates the move from manual to intelligent operations, reducing fault location to a matter of minutes, enabling self-loop closure of 80% wireless faults, and ultimately empowering a single person to manage a campus of up to 10,000 people.
Green networks are not only technological improvements, but also form the core engine of CSR and sustainable development. Huawei AI Energy Saving and CSI Synaesthesia intelligently senses personnel presence, for example, and can automatically optimize energy savings. This saves 30% network energy and 10% campus energy.
AI-Powered E2E Campus Security: easy terminal access, E2E wired and wireless security, zero age of sensitive data
As enterprise campuses move towards all-wireless models, their openness brings new security risks that must be mitigated, especially in highly regulated industries such as government and financial services.
Huawei's unique Wi-Fi shield fills the security gap on the air interface side of wireless networks. Radio channels are scrambled, and air interface packets are not intercepted. They also use MACsec on the uplink port (wired) of the wireless AP to achieve end-to-end security in the wired network and ensure a secure campus, end to end.
Moreover, wireless APs use invisible networks to bolster campus security and eliminate the bling spots that occur with traditional camera security. The solution utilizes exclusive CSI smart space awareness and second-level intrusion detection without cameras or lights for enhanced protection.
The bottom line
What’s most exciting is how all of the above helps rapidly modernize today’s enterprise campuses from connectivity networks to experience networks, capable of blazing-fast speeds, all-wireless connections, application-level experience guarantees, VIP user assurance, and other dynamic and customized experiences – all while actually improving campus network security
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