Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2328-4110 3 6 2015 12 17 Trends in Industrial Wireless Communication and Applications 235 239 EN Vladislav MAXIM Institute of Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics, FME, Technical University of Kosice, Slovak Republic Jaroslav SEMINSKY Vladimir SLANINA AJME20153616 10.12691/ajme-3-6-16 2015 9 2 2015 9 30 2015 12 15 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.