About author:Zhang Ping is a Counsellor of the State Council, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a Professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China and the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, China. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal on Communications, an IEEE Fellow, a member of the Expert Group for IMT-2020 (5G), a member of the Advisory Committee of the IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Group, and the leader of the Innovative Research Group funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has long been dedicated to theoretical research and technological innovation in mobile communications, and has made fundamental and pioneering contributions to promoting China’s independent communication technologies to become mainstream international standards. Previously, he held important academic and research leadership positions, including serving as the Chief Scientist of the National Basic Research Program of China (“973” Program) and an expert of the Theme Expert Group for the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (“863” Program). He has been honored with numerous prestigious national and industrial awards in recognition of his outstanding academic achievements and technological contributions, including the Special Grade Award and the First Class Award of the State Science and Technology Progress Award, three Second Class Awards of the State Technological Invention Award, and two Second Class Awards of the Science and Technology Progress Award. In addition, he has received the National Innovation Pioneer Medal, the Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award, and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, and the research team led by him was selected into the first batch of Huang Danian-Style Teacher Teams by the Ministry of Education of China.
