Flexible and dependable manufacturing beyond xURLLC: A novel framework for communication-control co-design

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel communication-control co-design framework that enhances dependability and flexibility for future 6G industrial applications, surpassing traditional ultra-reliable low latency communication limits.

Contribution

It proposes a new CoCoCo framework that improves dependability and openness in manufacturing systems, addressing critical challenges in 6G industrial communication.

Findings

Enhances dependability of remote industrial control

Revolutionizes manufacturing system openness and flexibility

Surpasses limits of traditional URLLC in 6G applications

Abstract

Future Industrial 4.0 applications in the 6G era is calling for high dependability that goes far beyond the current ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC), and therewith proposed critical challenges to the communication technology. Instead of struggling against the physical and technical limits towards an extreme URLLC (xURLLC), communication-control co-design (CoCoCo) appears a more promising solution. This work proposes a novel framework of CoCoCo, which is not only enhancing the dependability of 6G industrial applications such as remote control, but also exhibiting rich potential in revolutionizing the future industry per openness and flexibility of manufacturing systems.