Wireless communication in tough and demanding applications is nothing new. Wireless has been around for more than 40 years using proprietary radios.
However, with the modernization of industrial networks and the emergence of different Ethernet protocols and the Industrial Internet of Things, there has been an increasing demand for standardized wireless technologies.
It has also become more and more accepted on factory floors and in the last few years, standards like Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11), Bluetooth technology (IEEE 802.15.1), and Zigbee have become the dominant wireless technologies.
HMS works with most wireless technlogies in our offering for industrial communication and IIoT.