Yuanqiu Luo of Futurewei Technologies Inc.

This talk will introduce the ITU standardization effort on 50 Gbit/s Passive Optical Network (50G-PON). The ITU project G.hsp will be
reviewed and the standards development status will be updated. The talk will focus on the 50G-PON system requirements and accepted
solutions. Applications in 5G will be analyzed to highlight 50G-PON features. Recent industry test results will be reported, and challenges
will be summarized to encourage joint research in this area.

Biography:

Yuanqiu Luo is a Director of Optical Access Standards in Futurewei Technologies, USA. She received the Ph.D. degree in electrical
engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Luo has been working in the areas of optical access networks for more than 15
years. She is an Editor of ITU standards G.987.3 (XG-PON), G.988 (OMCI), G.989.2 (NG-PON2), G.9802 (multiwave PON), G.9803,
G.9804.2 (50G-PON), and G.9807.1(XGS-PON). She was the Chief Editor of IEEE standard 802.3cp (Highspeed BiDi) and a Clause Editor of IEEE
standard 802.1AS (time synchronization). 
Dr. Luo is a Senior Member of IEEE. She has been teaching a PON Short Course at OFC since 2018. She is a member of the IEEE ComSoc
Educational Services Board (ESB). She received the Best Paper Award from IEEE & OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology. She was a two-time recipient of the IEEE Standards Award (both 2011 and 2021).

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