– APN IOWN 1.0 Next-Gen Network Demonstrated with World’s First All-Photonic Web Conferences and Remote Rap Battles –
TOKYO, Dec 27, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Tokyu Land Corporation (Tokyu Land), NTT Corporation (NTT) and NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) collectively revealed that they arranged IOWN WEEK at the Shibuya Sakura Stage in main Tokyo from December 13 to 15 to commemorate the business launch of the world’s very first all-photonic network, APN IOWN 1.01 in city advancement. This occasion showcased immersive platforms that allowed audiences to experience the APN IOWN 1.0 network’s high speed, high capability, low latency and no jitter.2
Throughout the IOWN Entertainment Event, comics both at the occasion website and in remote areas participated in rap fights and comical efficiencies that were carried out with really natural spoken exchanges with no interaction hold-ups, although the entertainers were not in the very same places. In addition, the IOWN Web Conference held at SHIBUYA SOLASTA showed amazing possibilities for business occupants of Shibuya Sakura Stage for using next-generation networks. These occasions marked the world’s first3 application of remote rap fights and web conferences utilizing an all-photonic network, APN IOWN 1.0.
Tokyu Land and the NTT Group4 participated in a partnership arrangement on June 7 to make use of innovations and services connected to NTT’s IOWN concept5 for ingenious city advancement, such as utilizing the all-photonic IOWN network in wise systems that considerably minimize metropolitan power usage. As the very first effort of this partnership, the APN IOWN 1.0 network was brought online at the Shibuya Sakura Stage structure on December 11.
APN IOWN 1.0 makes it possible for the uncompressed transmission of 4K video and extremely clear audio transmission, both of which will be utilized to improve live home entertainment experiences by permitting remote entertainers to team up as if they were together on the exact same phase. In workplace environments, these sophisticated abilities will help with cooperation with remote individuals as if they were all physically in the exact same location, for instance, to modify video throughout numerous places concurrently.
Shibuya Sakura Stage
Moving forward, Tokyu Land and the NTT Group will utilize APN IOWN 1.0 to produce other ultra-fast, low-latency interaction environments, concentrating on the higher Shibuya location.6
(1) An All-Photonics Network service, introduced by NTT East and NTT West in March 2023, makes use of unique optical wavelengths throughout the whole interaction network.https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/release/detail/20230302_01.html
(2) By using time-division multiplexing (repairing transmission time to distinguish info), hold-ups and package loss due to traffic conditions are decreased.
(3) As of November 22, 2023, based upon research study carried out by NTT DOCOMO.
(4) NTT Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, and NTT East.
(5) Network and information-processing facilities that use ingenious innovations focused around optics for high-speed, large-capacity interaction and enormous computing resources.https://www.rd.ntt/e/iown/
(6) Area within a 2.5 km radius of Shibuya Station (specified by the Tokyu Group) targeted for metropolitan advancement (Greater SHIBUYA 2.0) incorporating work, entertainment and living in a sustainable neighborhood.
