MarketsandMarkets recently performed a market research report titled "Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSN) Market - Global Forecast & Analysis (2012 - 2017): By Technology, Components, Applications, Geography." This report determined that the industrial wireless sensor network market is forecasted to reach $3.795 B by 2017.
It is believed that the growth of wireless technologies is due to the recent increase in demand for wireless sensor networks. Asia-Pacific, China and India are the first markets where the growth will be visible the most.