BECAUSE OF INCREASED RELIABILITY and scalability of mesh networking, demand for wireless sensor networking in the industrial sector will increase, according to wireless market research firm ON World Inc.
With thousands of nodes per network to be commonplace within five years, forecasts show that 168 million nodes could be up and running in 2010 for a $5.9 billion end user market, according to ON World.
"High return on investment, low replacement costs, and the ever-increasing pressure to cut costs, make wireless sensor networking especially suited for industrial networking,"said Charlie Chi, a senior analyst with ON World.
By reducing wiring costs by 50-70%, wireless sensor networks enable real-time data sharing throughout a facility, leading to increased industrial efficiency and productivity. Displacing wired systems (e.g., DeviceNet, Modbus, fieldbus), wireless sensor networking provides advantages such as large-scale networking, real-time monitoring, and new applications not previously possible.
By increasing reliability, robustness, and flexibility while significantly reducing overall costs, mesh wireless sensor networking can lead to new ways to network in industrial process automation, officials said. Mesh networking will also facilitate the adoption of real-time process equipment monitoring and distributed networking.
The major benefits of wireless sensor networking are reduced wiring costs and elimination of connectors.
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