Zhao Yajun holds Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees. Since 2010, he has assumed the role of Chief Engineer within the Wireless and Computing Product R&D Institute at ZTE Corp. Prior to this, he contributed to wireless technology research within the Wireless Research Department at Huawei. Currently, his primary focus centers on 5G standardization technology and the advancement of future mobile communication technology, particularly 6G. His research pursuits encompass a broad spectrum, including reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), spectrum sharing, flexible duplex, CoMP, and interference mitigation. He has played an instrumental role in founding the RIS TECH Alliance (RISTA) and currently holds the position of Deputy Secretary General within the organization. Additionally, he is a founding member of the RIS task group under the purview of the China IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Group, where he serves as the Deputy Leader.
Up to now, he has more than 200 granted patents related to 4G LTE and 5G NR mobile communication technologies, and more than 20 of them have been adopted into the 4G/5G standard and become the standard essential patents. Email: zhao.yajun1@zte.com.cn
