eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2328-4110 2015-12-17 3 6 235 239 10.12691/ajme-3-6-16 AJME20153616 article Vladislav MAXIM vladislav.maxim@tuke.sk 1 Jaroslav SEMINSKY 1 Vladimir SLANINA 2 Institute of Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics, FME, Technical University of Kosice, Slovak Republic SIEMENS s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovak Republic The importance of automation in the industries has increased dramatically in recent years. Industrial communication is one of the keys to increasing efficiency, reducing total cost of ownership, and improving productivity. The huge potential, especially of wireless communication, opens up new perspectives here - from partial modernization of plants, right up to optimizing complex logistics or production processes. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajme/3/6/16/ajme-3-6-16.pdf engineering automotive industrial automation LAN wireless communication