 Ruiquan (Rick) Jing
Chief Engineer, Research Center of Optical Communication, China Telecom Beijing Research Institute (CTBRI)
Ruiquan (Rick) Jing is a Chief Engineer at the Research Center of Optical Communication at China Telecom Beijing Research Institute (CTBRI). His research areas have involved transport SDN, OTN, ASON/GMPLS, Mobile Backhaul & Fronthaul transport, etc. During the past two years, he is the Project Manager of Software Defined Optical Networking (SDON) prototype system developed in CTBRI.
Currently he focuses on 5G mobile transport solutions. Prior to joining CTBRI in 2001, he has been a transport network engineer at Research Institute of Telecommunication Transmission, MII, P.R.China. He received his Master of Engineering from China Academy of Telecommunication Technology, Beijing, China. |
 Han Li
Deputy Director, Network Department, Transport, IP and Access Area, China Mobile Research Institute
Han Li graduated from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) and obtained his Ph.D. in 2002. He has been working in China Mobile Research Institute since 2004. He is currently the deputy director of the network department and in charge of transport , IP and access area. He has profound knowledge in OTN, PTN, PON, and time synchronization technology, and lead the 3G/4G backhaul project for China Mobile. He has published more than 50 articles, applied for 30 patents, and delivered more than 100 ITU-T contributions. He is editor of several ITU-T recommendations and IETF RFCs. His current research includes backhaul and fronthaul transport for 5G, 5G synchronization, NFV/SDN and OTN. |
 Kent G. Mccammon
Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T
Kent McCammon is a Lead Member of Technical Staff in the AT&T Access Architectures Organization. Kent currently works to integrate new FTTP technologies into the AT&T network with focus today on the XGS-PON technology. Kent’s FTTP responsibilities include optical layer design and transmission of FTTP systems including managing a FTTP Prototyping Lab for AT&T in San Ramon, CA. Kent is participating in the ITU-T and FSAN Groups to specify PON-based systems which includes serving as an Editor in ITU-T SG15/Question 2 on WDM coexistence of multiple PON technologies over a single fiber. Kent has served as Chairperson of FSAN from 2004-2009.
Kent is a winner of the 2007 AT&T Science and Technology Medal for outstanding technical contributions in Broadband Access Technologies employed in AT&T’s Access Network. Prior to AT&T, Kent has worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Hubble Space Telescope Camera and at Lawrence Livermore National Lab on WDM networking. Kent received his undergraduate and graduate Electronic Engineering degrees specializing in Electro Optics/Fiber Optics at California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo. |
 Ruud van de Bovenkamp
Network Architect, KPN
Ruud van de Bovenkamp received his bachelor in Electrical Engineering, master in Telecommunications and PhD (with a research interest in dynamic processes on networks) from Delft University of Technology in 2008,2010, and 2015 respectively. He has been working as a network architect with KPN since 2014 focusing on network optimization in next gen access and backhaul networks. |
