Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Manoharan, Rajesh; Balan, R. V. Siva; Rajulu, G. Govinda; Padhy, Amit Kumar; Elsraj, Hafiza Elbadie Ahmed; Moorthy, Usha; Easwaramoorthy, Sathishkumar Veerappampalayam Title A name given to the resource Unified Multimodal Information Flows for Immersive and Context-Aware 6G Systems Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2026 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society;Volume;7;pp.4239-4247 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2026.3683716" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2026.3683716</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105036828181?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105036828181?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Manoharan R., Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 603104, India; Balan R.V.S., Christ (Deemed to be University), Department of Computer Science, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Rajulu G.G., Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala Research and Development Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Computer Science and Design, Avadi, Chennai, 600055, India; Padhy A.K., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 6180, IL, United States; Elsraj H.E.A., Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), College of Computer and Information Sciences, Department of Computer Sciences, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia; Moorthy U., Manipal Institute of Technology Bengaluru, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Department of Information Technology, Karnataka, Manipal, 560063, India; Easwaramoorthy S.V., Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Selangor, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Malaysia Description An account of the resource Communication is moving from being data-centric to being experience-centric and perception-aware with the advent of 6G wireless networks. Immersive applications such as digital twins, holographic telepresence, extended reality, tactile Internet, and visual-auditory-haptic data integration are essential to these applications. Unfortunately, the way communication is currently designed treats these modalities as separate data streams, leading to wasteful use of energy, bandwidth, and latency, and a poor user experience. For 6G systems that are both immersive and aware of their surroundings, this research presents a novel paradigm called Unified Multimodal Information Flow (UMIF). Underpinned by user intent and contextual awareness, UMIF combines multimodal data into coherent semantic flows, reimagining communication as a semantic experience. A semantic flow model with predictive state development and relevance-aware filtering, along with an event-driven semantic flow optimisation algorithm, enables scalable, energy-efficient, and ultra-low-latency communication. One way to improve the framework is by implementing distributed multi-agent orchestration at the network edge. Compared to bit-centric approaches, UMIF performs better across many areas, including transmission efficiency, semantic latency, user experience quality, and sustainability, according to several trials. 6G communication networks that are intelligent, immersive, and focused on humans can be built on top of this framework. 2026 The Authors. Subject The topic of the resource 6G communication; context-aware systems; edge intelligence; event-driven communication; immersive networks; multi-agent systems; multimodal intelligence; quality of experience; semantic communication; sustainable networking Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 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