Dr. Yifei Yuan, Technical Director at the Standards Department of ZTE Inc., has been responsible for the overall technical direction of LTE-Advanced standards research since 2008. Before this he worked on key technologies of 3G and 4G wireless communications at Bell Labs for eight years. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, and completed his Ph.D in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He was included in the “One Thousand Talents Plan/Recruitment Program of Global Experts” by the Chinese government in 2010.

• Introduction.- LTE-A Relay Scenarios and Evaluation Methodology.- LTE-A Relay Study and Related Technologies.- Physical Layer Standardization of Release 10 Relay.- Higher Layer Aspects and RAN4 Performance Aspects.- Implementation Aspects of Release 10 Relay.- Outlook of Relay in Future LTE Releases.

Dr. Yifei Yuan, Technical Director at the Standards Department of ZTE Inc., has been responsible for the overall technical direction of LTE-Advanced standards research since 2008. Before this he worked on key technologies of 3G and 4G wireless communications at Bell Labs for eight years. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, and completed his Ph.D in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He was included in the “One Thousand Talents Plan/Recruitment Program of Global Experts” by the Chinese government in 2010.

• Introduction.- LTE-A Relay Scenarios and Evaluation Methodology.- LTE-A Relay Study and Related Technologies.- Physical Layer Standardization of Release 10 Relay.- Higher Layer Aspects and RAN4 Performance Aspects.- Implementation Aspects of Release 10 Relay.- Outlook of Relay in Future LTE Releases.

Dr. Yifei Yuan, Technical Director at the Standards Department of ZTE Inc., has been responsible for the overall technical direction of LTE-Advanced standards research since 2008. Before this he worked on key technologies of 3G and 4G wireless communications at Bell Labs for eight years. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, and completed his Ph.D in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He was included in the “One Thousand Talents Plan/Recruitment Program of Global Experts” by the Chinese government in 2010.

• Introduction.- LTE-A Relay Scenarios and Evaluation Methodology.- LTE-A Relay Study and Related Technologies.- Physical Layer Standardization of Release 10 Relay.- Higher Layer Aspects and RAN4 Performance Aspects.- Implementation Aspects of Release 10 Relay.- Outlook of Relay in Future LTE Releases.