
The industrial wireless sensor networks market is forecasted to grow and reach the market value of USD 3,975.38 million at the compounded annual growth rate of 15.59% by the year 2017. Growth of this market is driven by increasing use of wireless sensors in number of industrial applications like process automation, security, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). There are number of physical quantities required to be measured in the processing world. Some common parameters include temperature, pressure, level, and flow. Other wireless sensors used in manufacturing and process control include position sensors, proximity, image, and security sensors among others.