Industry Panel Moderator – An Intelligent 5G Network for a Variety of Services

Abstract:

5G wireless network is evolving from a connectivity-based network to an intelligent service delivery platform. The 5G service based network architecture, radio and core network virtualization allow more flexible network function placement and broad ecosystem. The 5G supports end-to-end network slicing and differentiated Quality of Services (QoS) from radio, transport to core and application server. An intelligent multiple-access edge network is needed to support massive Internet of Things, ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) on top of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB). Dynamic new radio access with sophistic beam management and further densified radio nodes increase the complexity of network operation beyond human–being can handle. Thus, artificial intelligence and machine learning are essential for autonomous network operations to enable a fully connected world with communications of everything.

Biography:

Dr. Jin Yang is a Fellow at Verizon Communications Inc., responsible for wireless technology and strategy. She is leading next generation wireless network architecture and technologies, including 5G NR, Evolved LTE, Internet of Things (IoT), Multi-access Edge Computing, network virtualization, and Self-Organizing Network. She has played a key role in the development and commercialization of 5G NR in 2019, LTE networks in 2010 and various CDMA networks since 1995 at Verizon, Vodafone and AirTouch Communications.

Dr. Yang received the B.Sc. (Honors), and Ph.D. degrees from Tsinghua University. She has more than 50 granted patents and 20 pending patents on wireless communications. She has published numerous papers, and co-authored 3 books on mobile communications.