Mahajan表示，诺基亚的核心是一个永远在线的网络，需要在瞬间做出决定，以便为各种机器人提供服务，包括"智能"工厂中的自动驾驶汽车和无人机。对于5G--很可能是6G--水平，她说，"决策需要在微秒内做出"。因此，在网络层面上，延迟将比以往任何时候都更加重要。
这一点变得尤为重要，因为Mahajan设想物理AI机器人在工厂车间与"重型机械"的人类一起工作。她指出:"一个网络滑倒，机器人实际上可能会错过一个安全站。"
At the heart of this for Nokia is an always-on network, where sub-split-second decisions need to be made in order to serve robots of all kinds, including autonomous vehicles and drones in “intelligent” factories, Mahajan suggested. For the 5G — and likely 6G by that point in time — level, “decisions will need to be taken in microseconds,” she said. So, on the network plane, latency will be more important than ever before.
This becomes particularly important as Mahajan envisions physical AI robots working with humans “with heavy machinery” on the factory floor. “One network slip and the robot can actually miss a safety stop,” she noted.