Immersive Situational Awareness for Robotic Assistance of First Responders Enabled by Reliable 6G Multi-X Communications

The teleoperation of robotic systems relies heavily on the perception of the robot's environment and, therefore, expects reliability and low latency from wireless networks. The convergence of digital and physical worlds envisioned by the upcoming 6G standard is expected to enable use cases that provide immersive sensory experiences. This work focuses on one such case: immersive situational awareness for first responders. It proposes a system architecture based on the multi-link concept that combines multiple network links into a single link, thus combining their strengths to meet the reliability and responsiveness requirements of the application. The proposed architecture is implemented in a demonstration scenario. The results show improved connectivity robustness and confirm the importance of multi-X communications for future communication standards.