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A computer-implemented method for supporting one or more mobile robots operable in a facility equipped with an access network, the method comprising:

• executing a path-planning process on the basis of input specifying at least one task of the one or more mobile robots;
• authorizing the path-planning process to control movement of the one or more mobile robots;
• deriving a predictive network resource request from an output of the path-planning process;
• executing a network resource allocation process, which is independent from the path-planning process, on the basis of the predictive network resource request;
• and
• authorizing the network resource allocation process to configure the access network.

A computer program comprising instructions for supporting one or more mobile robots operable in a facility, including:

• a fleet management system, FMS authorized to perform path planning and path execution for the one or more mobile robots;
• and
• a network management system, NMS, authorized to configure and perform resource allocation in an access network, which is operable to provide the one or more mobile robots with wireless connectivity in the facility,
• wherein the respective authorities of the FMS and the NMS are mutually exclusive,
• wherein the FMS is configured to generate, on the basis of the path planning, a predictive network resource request and share this with the NMS to execute a method for supporting one or more mobile robots operable in a facility equipped with an access network, the method including:
• executing a path-planning process on the basis of input specifying at least one task of the one or more mobile robots;
• authorizing the path-planning process to control movement of the one or more mobile robots;
• deriving a predictive network resource request from an output of the path-planning process;
• executing a network resource allocation process, which is independent from the path-planning process, on the basis of the predictive network resource request;
• and
• authorizing the network resource allocation process to configure the access network.

A vertical application layer, VAL, server configured to generate a network resource request and share this with a network resource management server, wherein the network resource request pertains to one or more VAL user equipments, UEs, and specifies:

• an identity of the VAL server,
• at least one identity for said one or more VAL UEs,
• a quality-of-service, QoS, requirement, and
• a future location of said one or more VAL UEs.