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In order to implement a wireless sensor network in process automation system it is needed to specify the sample number for the sensors. Because of the hardware and power supply limitations, wireless sensors are applied to discrete event control system. In wireless sensor network the highest sample number is restricted in comparison to the wired one. Moreover, the lowest sample number is also constrained by the limitations imposed by the control limits values. In this paper, relations between sample number and actuator's frequency drift in discrete domain is formulated and presented. The central and autonomous sensor network structures are introduced. In addition, ways to compromise the sample number with the actuator's frequency and control limits value are acknowledged. An approach to find the optimal sample number is proposed. It is shown when the sensor network becomes larger, autonomous network can partly compensate energy consumption increase by adding the sample number whereas central network does not support this feature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]