T9: From 1 to 100: Standardization in the Communications Industry

Co-chair: Ruiqi (Richie) Liu, ZTE Corporation, China
Co-chair: Tianqi Mao, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Co-chair: Leyi Zhang, ZTE Corporation, China

Abstract: Standardization is shaping the way the communication industry moves forward, and is the key to research and development of current and future networks. Despite the fact that many researchers devoted lots of efforts in bridging the scientific society and the industry, there still exists a gap in between, making it challenging for scientific researchers to correctly understand where the industry is heading as well as creating impact to the industry with their work. This gap is largely due to the fact that communication technologies are evolving in an unprecedented pace and the standards are getting more complicated for freshmen to comprehend. In this tutorial, the instructor aims to provide the audience with basic knowledge to be able to find, read and understand standard documents when needed, and even try to impact the standards with their work.

Co-chair Bios:

Ruiqi (Richie) Liu

Bio: Ruiqi (Richie) Liu (S’14-M’20) received the B.S. and M.S. degree (with honors) in electronic engineering from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2016 and 2019 respectively. He is now a master researcher in the wireless and computing research institute of ZTE Corporation, responsible for long-term research as well as standardization. His research interests include reconfigurable intelligent surfaces and integrated sensing and communications. He is the author or co-author of several books and book chapters. He has made significant contributions to standardization of 5G / 5G-advanced in 3GPP by authoring and submitting more than 500 technical documents with over 100 approved, and serving as a rapporteur. He served as the chair of multiple correspondence groups in ITU-R WP5D towards 6G. He currently serves as the Vice Chair of ISG RIS in the ETSI. He actively participates in organizing committees, tutorials, workshops, symposia and industry sessions in global conferences as the chair, organizer, moderator, panelist or invited speaker. He served as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IET Quantum Communication, the Editor of ITU Journal of Future and Evolving Technologies and Guest Editor or Lead Guest Editor for a series of special issues. He is a voting member of the ComSoc industry communities board. His recent awards include the 2022 SPCC-TC Outstanding Service Award and the Beijing Science and Technology Invention Award (Second Prize, 2023).

 

Tianqi Mao

Bio: Tianqi Mao (Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S. (Hons.), and Ph. D (Hons.) degrees from Tsinghua University in 2015, 2018 and 2022, respectively. He is currently working as an Associate Professor with the Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. He has authored over 40 journal and conference papers in IEEE COMST, IEEE JSAC, IEEE WCM, IEEE COMMAG, IEEE TWC, IEEE TCOM, IEEE TVT, etc., including 3 Highly Cited Papers of ESI (as the first author). His current research interests include terahertz communications, optical wireless communications and integrated sensing and communications. He was a recipient of the 8th Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology, the Science and Technology Award (Second Prize) of China Institute of Communications, the Excellent Master Dissertation of Chinese Institute of Electronics, the Special Scholarship of Tsinghua University, the Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate of Beijing City and the Outstanding Master Graduate of Tsinghua University. He is currently an Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Letters and IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, and is a Guest Editor of IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. He was also the Exemplary Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Communications and Communications Letters.

Leyi Zhang

Bio: Leyi Zhang (S’22-M’23) received the B.S. and M.S. degree (with honors) in electronic engineering from the Department of Electronic Information Engineering, Beihang University in 2020 and 2023 respectively. She is working as a researcher with the technology planning department of ZTE Corporation, responsible for long-term research as well as standardization. Her research interests include network security and quantum communication. She has many peer-reviewed publications. She took part in many international academic conferences as the session chair or invited speaker. She participated in national key research projects as the research assistant or researcher. She actively participates in global standardization activities through platforms such as ITU-T, 3GPP, ETSI and CCSA. She currently serves as the chief delegate of ZTE to ITU-T SG17.