disclosed herein are methods , apparatus and articles of manufacture for configuring a communication network associated with a plurality of wireless enabled field devices . a disclosed example method of establishing a communication network for use in a process control system having a controller and a plurality of wireless enabled field devices involves identifying a plurality of wireless communication links available for routing communications between the wirless enabled field devices and the controller . each of the wireless enabled field devices is at least one of a sensor or an actuator . the example method also involves automatically assigning at least first and second ones of the plurality of wireless communication links to a first one of the wireless enabled field devices based on at least one predetermined signal criterion . the first wireless communication link wirelessly communicatively couples the first wireless enabled field device to a second wireless device . in addition , the second wireless communication link wirelessly communicatively couples the second wireless device to the controller .