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# comatose
#
# COmprehensive MAc TaxonOmy databaSE

# Available features
# ==================
features:
    access:
        name: Channel access
    access.random:
        name: Random
    access.token-passing:
        name: Token-passing
    access.polling:
        name: Polling
    access.reservation:
        name: Dynamic reservation
    access.schedule:
        name: Static schedule

    radio.carriersense:
        name: Carrier sense

    topology:
        name: Topology
    topology.singlehop:
        name: Single-Hop
        description: MAC relies on upper layers to transmit packet to out-of-range stations
    topology.multihop:
        name: Multi-Hop
        description: MAC transports data through multiple hops
    # bluetooth for example?
    topology.clustered: 
        name: Clustered
        description:
    topology.centralized:
        name: Centralized
        description: Star

    application:
        name: Intended applications
    application.wsn:
        name: Wireless Sensor Network
    application.vanet:
        name: Vehicular mobile ad hoc network
    application.console:
        name: Serial console
    application.iwsan:
        name: Industrial wireless sensor actuator network

    time:
        name: Time model
    time.discrete:
        name: Discrete, synchronized
    time.continuous:
        name: Continuous

    power:
        name: Powersave mechanisms
    power.dutycycling:
        name: Duty-cycling
    # XXX Is this a powersave mechanism?
    power.lpl:
        name: Low-power listening

    reliability:
        name: Reliability machanisms
    # unreliable is default
    reliability.retransmission:
        name: Retransmission
        description: Packets will be acked/nacked and retransmitted
    reliability.channel-hopping:
        name: Channel hopping
        description:
    reliability.ecc:
        name: Error correcting codes

    realtime:
        name: Real-time features
    realtime.guaranteed:
        name: Guaranteed
    realtime.probabilistic:
        name: Probabilistic

    channels:
        name: Channel usage
    channels.single:
        name: Single
    channels.multi:
        name: Multi

    routing:
        name: Routing
    routing.multicast:
        name: Multicast
    routing.unicast:
        name: Unicast
    routing.broadcast:
        name: Broadcast

    initiation:
        name: Transmission initiation
    initiation.sender:
        name: Sender
    initiation.receiver:
        name: Receiver

    deployment:
        name: Deployment
    deployment.static:
        name: Static
        description: Nodes at fixed/planned positions
    deployment.adhoc:
        name: Ad-hoc
        description: 

    # XXX figure out where to put these
    other:
        name: Other features
    other.qos:
        name: QoS

# Algorithms/Protocols
# ====================
algos:
    alohap:
        name: Pure ALOHA
        description: Non-slotted ALOHA
        related: [alohas]
        ref: [aloha]
        # Uses ECC? (parity bit)
        features:
            time.continuous:
            application.console:
            access.random:
    alohas:
        name: Slotted ALOHA
        related: [alohap]
        description: ALOHA with discrete time slots
        features:
            time.discrete:
    csma1p:
        name: 1-persistent CSMA
        related: [csmanp]
        ref: [csma]
        #features: [backoff, carriersense]
    csmanp:
        name: Nonpersistent CSMA
        related: [csma1p]
        ref: [csma]
        #features: [backoff, carriersense]
    csmapp:
        name: p-persistent CSMA
        ref: [csma]
        description: IEEE 802.11 uses refinement
        #features: [backoff, carriersense, discrete-time]
        features:
            time.discrete:
    dfwmac:
        name: DFWMAC
        # related to ieee 802.11
    btma:
        longname: Busy Tone Multiple Access
        name: BTMA
        ref: [btma]
    ribtma:
        longname: Receiver Initiated Busy Tone Multiple Access
        name: RI-BTMA
        ref: [ribtma]
    isma:
        longname: Idle Sense Multiple Access
        # or: Idle Signal Multiple Access ???
        name: ISMA
        collisions: true
        ref: [isma]
    iisma:
        name: I-ISMA
        longname: Idle Signal Multiple Access for Integrated services
        ref: [iisma]
    risma:
        longname: Reservation Idle Sense Multiple Access
        name: R-ISMA
        collisions: true
        ref: [risma]
    sisma:
        longname: Slotted Idle Sense Multiple Access
        name: S-ISMA
        collisions: true
        ref: [sisma]
    rap:
        longname: Randomly Addressed Polling
        name: RAP
        ref: [rap]
        # base station polls nodes for random number (multiple times), sorts
        # them and polls the nodes in that order, collisions can occur
        features:
            access.polling:
            reliability.retransmission:
    rrap:
        longname: Reserved Randomly Addressed Polling
        name: RRAP
        related: [rap]
        collisions: true
        ref: [rrap]
    grap:
        longname: GRAP
        name: GRAP
        related: [rap]
        collisions: true
        ref: [grap]
    grapr:
        name: GRAP-R
        ref: [grap]
    grapo:
        name: GRAPO
        related: [rap]
        collisions: true
        ref: [grapo]
    rama:
        longname: Resource Auction Multiple Access
        name: RAMA
        ref: [rama]
        # Base station has list of free resources, nodes trying to reserve
        # resource send their id, digit by digit to base station, that
        # broadcasts the highest number it received. Nodes whose digit is lower
        # drop out. At the end of the auction a winner is announced.
        features:
            time.discrete:
    frama:
        longname: fair resource assignment multiple access
        name: F-RAMA
        ref: [frama]
    zhang:
        name: Zhang’s Proposal
        collisions: false
        ref: [zhang]
    dtmp:
        longname: Disposable Token MAC Protocol
        name: DTMP
        ref: [dtmp]
        # Base station polls node (i.e. node received token), if no data to be
        # sent on either side -> timeout, node->bs: can be sent immediately,
        # bs->node: indicated by token
        features:
            time.continuous:
            access.polling:
            topology.centralized:
            routing.unicast:
            deployment.static:
    acampora:
        name: Acampora’s Proposal
        collisions: false
        ref: [acampora]
    prma:
        longname: Packet Reservation Multiple Access
        name: PRMA
        ref: [prma]
        related: [raloha, saloha]
        description: >
            Time slots grouped into frames, successful transmission of packet
            (ALOHA contention) reserves slot for next frame until node does not
            use it any more (slot empty).
        features:
            time.discrete:
            access.random:
            access.reservation:
            topology.centralized:
            routing.unicast:
    frma:
        longname: Frame Reservation Multiple Access
        name: FRMA
        ref: [frma]
    prmapp:
        name: PRMA++
        ref: [prmapp]
    cprma:
        longname: Centralized PRMA
        name: C-PRMA
        ref: [cprma]
    maca:
        longname: Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
        name: MACA
        ref: [maca]
        related: [csma/ca, btma]
        description: >
            Stations overhear RTS/CTS and inhibit their transmission, random
            waiting on collisions, no carrier sense, slot time is duration of
            RTS packet, “time multiplexed btma with one channel”
        features:
            channels.single:
            time.discrete:
            topology.singlehop:
            access.random:
    macaw:
        #longname: none
        name: MACAW
        ref: [macaw]
        #features: [rtscts]
        related: [maca]
    fama:
        longname: Floor Acquisition Multiple Access
        name: FAMA
        ref: [fama]
    eynpma:
        name: EY-NPMA
        # mac protocol of hiperlan
        # ref: etsi hiperlan specs
    macabi:
        longname: MACA By Invitation
        name: MACA-BI
        ref: [macabi]
        related: [maca]
        features:
            initiation.sender:
    fprp:
        longname: A Five-Phase Reservation Protocol
        name: FPRP
        ref: [fprp]
    pamas:
        longname: Power Aware MultiAccess protocol with signaling
        name: PAMAS
        related: [maca]
        ref: [pamas]
        #features: [multichannel, rtscts, busytone]
        features:
            channels.multi:
    markowski:
        name: Markowski
        ref: [markowski]
    hrma:
        longname: Hop-reservation multiple access
        name: HRMA
        ref: [hrma]
        #features: [adhoc, discrete-time, slot-reservation, collision-free, multichannel]
        features:
            application.adhoc:
            time.discrete:
    mcsma:
        longname: multichannel CSMA
        name: MCSMA
        ref: [mcsma]
    ps-dcc:
        longname: Power-Save Distributed Contention Control
        name: PS-DCC
        ref: [psdcc]
    rima-sp:
        name: RIMA-SP
        longname: Receiver initiated multiple access with simple polling
        ref: [rimasp]
    adapt:
        name: ADAPT
        longname: A Dynamically Adaptive Protocol for Transmission
        ref: [adapt]
    rraisa:
        longname: Reservation Random Access – Independent Stations Algorithm
        name: RRA-ISA
        ref: [rraisa]
    dqruma:
        longname: Distributed-Queuing Request Update Multiple Access
        name: DQRUMA
        ref: [dqruma]
    mascara:
        longname: Mobile Access Scheme based on Contention and Reservation for ATM
        name: MASCARA
        ref: [mascara]
    dsapp:
        longname: Dynamic Slot Assignment++
        name: DSA++
        ref: [dsapp]
    cata:
        longname: Collision Avoidance Time Allocation
        name: CATA
        ref: [cata]
        # XXX: incomplete
        features:
            time.discrete:
    jin:
        name: Jin’s proposal
        ref: [jin]
    trama:
        longname: traffic-adaptive medium access protocol
        name: TRAMA
        ref: [trama]
        #features: [discrete-time, distributed]
        features:
            time.discrete:
    nama:
        longname: Node-Activation Multiple Access
        name: NAMA
        ref: [nama]
    smac:
        longname: Sensor MAC
        name: S-MAC
        #features: [rtscts]
        ref: [smac]
    tmac:
        longname: Timeout MAC
        name: T-MAC
        related: [smac]
        #features: [rtscts]
        ref: [tmac]
    dsmac:
        longname: Dynamic Sensor MAC
        name: DSMAC
        related: [smac]
        ref: [dsmac]
    march:
        longname: Multiple Access with ReduCed Handshake
        name: MARCH
        ref: [march]
        #features: [adhoc]
    richdp:
        longname: receiver-initiated channel-hopping with dual polling 
        name: RICH-DP
        ref: [richdp]
        #features: [adhoc]
    srmapa:
        longname: Soft Reservation Multiple Access with Priority Assignment
        name: SRMA/PA
        ref: [srmapa]
        # XXX incomplete
        features:
            access.random:
            # nodes content for access and – if granted – remain in control of their slot (aka soft reservation, distributed)
            access.reservation:
            topology.adhoc:
            # does the mac layer actually do multihop?
            topology.multihop:
            time.discrete:
    dcapc:
        longname: Dynamic channel assignment with power control
        name: DCA-PC
        ref: [dcapc]
        #features: [adhoc]
    gpc:
        longname: Generic power-controlled protocol
        name: GPC
        ref: [gpc]
        #features: [adhoc]
    vbs:
        longname: Virtual base stations
        name: VBS
        ref: [vbs]
        #features: [adhoc]
    dpcalp:
        longname: Distributed Power Control with Active Link Protection
        name: DPC/ALP
        ref: [dpcalp]
        #features: [adhoc]
    lal:
        name: Lal’s proposal
        ref: [lal]
        #features: [lal]
    gridb:
        longname: GRID with Channel Borrowing
        name: GRID-B
        ref: [gridb]
        #features: [adhoc]
    mcmac:
        longname: Multi-Code MAC
        name: MC MAC
        ref: [mcmac]
        #features: [adhoc]
    wca:
        longname: Weighted clustering algorithm
        name: WCA
        ref: [wca]
        #features: [adhoc]
    dbtma:
        longname: Dual Busy Tone Multiple Access
        name: DBTMA
        ref: [dbtma]
        #features: [adhoc]
    mmac:
        longname: Multi-Hop RTS MAC
        name: MMAC
        ref: [mmac]
        #features: [adhoc]
    dprma:
        longname: Distributed PRMA
        name: D-PRMA
        ref: [dprma]
        #features: [adhoc]
    dprma2:
        longname: Dynamic Packet Reservation MAC
        name: D-PRMA
        ref: [dprma2]
    macapr:
        longname: Multiple Access Collision Avoidance with Piggyback Reservations
        name: MACA/PR
        #features: [qos, discrete-time, slot-reservation, rtscts, adhoc]
        ref: [macapr]
    dps:
        longname: Distributed Priority Scheduling
        name: DPS
        #features: [rtscts, adhoc]
        ref: [dps]
        # XXX not complete
        features:
            deployment.adhoc:
            topology.multihop:
            other.qos:
    dwop:
        longname: Distributed Wireless Ordering Protocol
        name: DWOP
        #features: [adhoc]
        ref: [dwop]
    ymac:
        #longname: none
        name: Y-MAC
        #features: [discrete-time, carriersense, broadcast, unicast, multichannel]
        ref: [ymac]
    desynctdma:
        name: DESYNC-TDMA
        related: [tdma]
        ref: [desynctdma]
    leach:
        longname: Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
        name: LEACH
        related: [tdma]
        #features: [discrete-time]
        ref: [leach]
    # no info available
    #leachc:
    #    name: LEACH-C
    lmac:
        name: LMAC
        longname: Lightweight Medium Access Control
        #features: [discrete-time, distributed]
        ref: [lmac]
    mlmac:
        name: MLMAC
        longname: Mobile LMAC
        related: [lmac, tdma]
        #features: [distributed, discrete-time]
        ref: [mlmac]
    pmac:
        longname: Pattern MAC
        name: PMAC
        related: [tdma]
        ref: [pmac]
    rmac:
        longname: Routing-Enhanced MAC
        name: RMAC
        related: [smac]
        ref: [rmac]
    dmac:
        name: DMAC
        longname: Data-Gathering MAC
        ref: [dmac]
    wisemac:
        longname: Wireless Sensor MAC
        name: WiseMAC
        ref: [wisemac]
    rimac:
        longname: Receiver-Initiated MAC
        name: RI-MAC
        ref: [rimac]
    zmac:
        longname: Zebra MAC
        name: Z-MAC
        #features: [discrete-time, distributed]
        related: [csma, tdma]
        ref: [zmac]
    mhmac:
        name: MH-MAC
        longname: Mobility Adaptive Hybrid MAC
        #features: [discrete-time]
        ref: [mhmac]
    ginmac:
        name: GinMAC
        # for “real-time” stuff, 1s cycle time
        #features: [centralized, discrete-time]
        ref: [ginmac]
        related: [tdma]
        features:
            time.discrete:
            # off-line dimensioning, exclusive slots
            access.reservation:
            realtime.guaranteed:
            # via dedicated slots
            reliability.retransmission:
            deployment.planned:
            topology.multihop:
    tsmp:
        name: TSMP
        # used by wirelesshart, not just layer 2 though
        longname: Time Synchronized Mesh Protocol
        ref: [tsmp]
        #features: [synchronized, multichannel, centralized]
    aimrp:
        longname: Address-light, integrated MAC and routing protocol
        name: AIMRP
        ref: [aimrp]
        features:
            application.wsn:
    xmac:
        #longname: none
        name: X-MAC
        ref: [xmac]
        features:
            # actually: duty-cycled wsn
            application.wsn:
    # from kumar2014
    qosmac:
        name: QoS-MAC
        # kumar2014 calls it qos-mac
        ref: [qosmac]
    pedamacs:
        name: PEDAMACS
        longname: Power Efficient and Delay Aware MAC for Sensor Networks
        ref: [pedamacs]
    ermac:
        name: ER-MAC
        longname: Emergency Response MAC
        ref: [ermac]
    prioritymac:
        # 4 qos classes, tdma with preemption
        name: PriorityMAC
        ref: [priomac]
        features:
            application.iwsan:
            # access to the medium is contended for AM1/2, with exponential
            # backoff
            access.random:
            radio.carriersense:
            # AM3/4 use dedicated time slots
            access.reservation:
            other.qos:
            initiation.sender:
            time.discrete:
            realtime.probabilistic:
    hymac:
        name: HyMAC
        ref: [hymac]
        features:
            realtime.guaranteed:
            # TDMA _and_ FDMA
            channels.multi:
            application.wsn:
            # out-of-band sync
            time.discrete:
            # both, reserved and contended slots
            access.reservation:
            access.random:
            topology.multihop:
    bmac:
        longname: Berkeley MAC
        name: B-MAC
        ref: [bmac]
    rtlink:
        name: RT-Link
        ref: [rtlink]
        features:
            realtime.guaranteed:
            access.reservation:
            time.discrete:
            power.dutycycling:
            topology.multihop:
    mmsn:
        #longname: Multi-Frequency MAC for Wireless Sensor Networks?
        name: MMSN
        ref: [mmsn]
    alert:
        name: Alert
        ref: [alert]
    sift:
        name: Sift
        ref: [sift]
    rrmac:
        longname: Realtime/reliable MAC # ?
        name: RRMAC
        ref: [rrmac]
        features:
            access.reservation:
            application.wsn:
            time.discrete:
            realtime.guaranteed:
            topology.multihop:
            # centralized assignment of time slots with deadline scheduling
            topology.centralized:
            # retransmissions are contended!
            reliability.retransmission:
    watteyene:
        name: Watteyene’s proposal
        ref: [watteyene]
        # XXX incomplete
        features:
            realtime.guaranteed:
            application.wsn:
    vts:
        longname: Virtual TDMA for Sensors
        name: VTS
        ref: [vts]
    rrr:
        longname: Resilent Round Robin
        name: RRR
        ref: [rrr]
        description: >
            High data-rate sensor networks, scheduled contention with binary
            search tree resolution collision resolution (BSTCR),
            collision-detection by receiver/base-station, dynamic time slot
            assignment possible, no global time synchronization required
        features:
            application.wsn:
            power.dutycycling:
            initiation.receiver:
            access.polling: # ?
            time.discrete:
    pwmac:
        name: PW-MAC
        longname: Predictive-Wakeup MAC
        ref: [pwmac]
        # XXX incomplete
        features:
            # asynchronous
            power.dutycycling:
            initiation.receiver:
            reliability.retransmission:
            # ?
            access.random:
    omac:
        #longname: none
        name: O-MAC
        ref: [omac]
    # from the mac alphabet soup
    mucmac:
        #longname: none
        name: μ-MAC
        ref: [mumac]
        # XXX incomplete
        features:
            time.discrete:
            channels.single:
            # contention period + contention-free period
            access.random:
            access.reservation:
    amac:
        #longname: none
        name: A-MAC
        ref: [amac]
    ailmac:
        longname: Adaptive, Information-centric and lightweight MAC
        name: AI-LMAC
        ref: [ailmac]
    bitmac:
        name: BitMAC
        ref: [bitmac]
    bma:
        longname: Bit-map assisted MAC
        name: BMA
        ref: [bma]
    bpmac:
        name: BP-MAC
        # no ref available?
        # paper at: http://www.ejse.org/Archives/Fulltext/2009/Special/2009SP4.pdf
    bpsmac:
        longname: Backoff Preamble Sequential MAC
        name: BPS-MAC
        ref: [bpsmac]
    buzzbuzz:
        name: BuzzBuzz
        ref: [buzzbuzz]
    cmac:
        #longname: Concurrent MAC?
        name: C-MAC
        ref: [cmac]
    ccmac:
        longname: Correlation-based Collaborative MAC
        name: CC-MAC
        ref: [ccmac]
    cmac2009:
        longname: Convergent MAC
        name: CMAC
        ref: [cmac2009]
    cmacchowdhury2009:
        #longname: none
        name: CMAC
        ref: [cmacchowdhury2009]
    crankshaft:
        name: Crankshaft
        ref: [crankshaft]
    csmamps:
        longname: Minimum Preamble Sampling CSMA
        name: CSMA-MPS
        ref: [csmamps]
    woo2001:
        name: Woo’s proposal
        ref: [woo2001]
    dwmac:
        longname: Demand Wakeup MAC
        name: DW-MAC
        ref: [dwmac]
    e2mac:
        name: E^2-MAC
        longname: Energy-efficient MAC
        ref: [e2mac]
    emmac:
        name: EM-MAC
        longname: Efficient Multichannel MAC
        ref: [emmac]
    emacs:
        name: EMACs
        longname: EYES MAC
        ref: [emacs]
    fmac:
        longname: Framelet MAC
        name: f-MAC
        ref: [fmac]
    flama:
        name: FLAMA
        longname: Flow-aware Medium Access
        ref: [flama]
    funneling:
        name: Funneling-MAC
        ref: [funneling]
    gmac:
        longname: Gateway MAC
        name: G-MAC
        ref: [gmac]
    hmac:
        name: HMAC
        longname: Hybrid MAC
        ref: [hmac]
    iamac:
        name: IAMAC
        longname: Interference Avoidance MAC 
        ref: [iamac]
    mclmac:
        longname: Multi-Channel Lightweight MAC
        name: MC-LMAC
        ref: [mclmac]
        features:
            channels.multi:
            # high-throughput
            application.wsn:
            time.discrete:
            # distributed ad-hoc assignment
            access.reservation:
            topology.multihop:
            routing.broadcast:
    mfp:
        name: MFP
        longname:  Micro-Frame Preamble
        ref: [mfp]
    mixmac:
        #longname: none
        name: MiX-MAC
        ref: [mixmac]
    # no paper/citation available
    #mrmac:
    pact:
        name: PACT
        longname: Power aware clustered TDMA
        ref: [pact]
    pcm:
        name: PCM
        longname: Power Control MAC
        ref: [pcm]
    guo2001:
        name: Guo’s proposal
        ref: [guo2001]
    # cannot find the position-enabled mac (pmac)
    elhoiydi2002:
        name: El-Hoiydi’s proposal
        ref: [elhoiydi2002]
    qmac2006:
        longname: Query MAC # ?
        name: Q-MAC
        ref: [qmac2006]
    qmac2005:
        name: Q-MAC
        longname: QoS-aware MAC
        ref: [qmac2005]
    # cannot find qos-oriented mac (qmac)
    miller2005:
        name: Miller’s proposal
        ref: [miller2005]
    ticer:
        name: TICER
        longname: Transmitter Initiated Cycled Receiver
        ref: [tricer]
    ricer:
        name: RICER
        longname: Receiver Initiated Cycled Receiver
        ref: [tricer]
    rlmac:
        name: RL-MAC
        longname: Reinforced Learning MAC
        ref: [rlmac]
    rmac2004:
        longname: Randomized MAC # ?
        name: RMAC
        ref: [rmac2004]
    rmac2006:
        name: RMAC
        longname: Reliable MAC
        ref: [rmac2006]
    samac:
        name: SA-MAC
        longname: Spectrum agile MAC
        ref: [samac]
    scp:
        name: SCP
        longname: Scheduled Channel Polling
        ref: [scp]
    seesaw:
        name: SEESAW
        ref: [seesaw]
    smacs:
        name: SMACS
        longname: Self-Organizing Medium Access Control for Sensor Networks
        ref: [smacs]
    sotp:
        name: SOTP
        longname: Self-Organized TDMA Protocol
        ref: [sotp]
    sstdma:
        name: SS-TDMA
        longname: Self-Stabilizing MAC
        ref: [sstdma]
    tamac:
        name: TA-MAC
        longname: Traffic adaptive MAC
        ref: [tamac]
    trawmac:
        name: TRACMAC
        longname: Traffic aware MAC
        ref: [trawmac]
    umac:
        #longname: none
        name: U-MAC
        ref: [umac]
    pereira2007:
        name: Pereira’s proposal
        ref: [pereira2007]
    arisha2002:
        name: Arisha’s proposal
        ref: [arisha2002]
    tmmac:
        longname: TDMA-based multi-channel MAC # ?
        name: TMMAC
        ref: [tmmac]
        features:
            channels.multi:
            routing.broadcast:
            time.discrete:
            # not 100% collision-free!
            access.reservation:
            power.dutycycling:
            deployment.adhoc:
    pip:
        longname: Packets in Pipe
        name: PIP
        ref: [pip]
        features:
            channels.multi:
            topology.centralized:
            topology.multihop:
            time.discrete:
            power.dutycycling:
            # bulk-transfer in wsn
            application.wsn:
            access.reservation:
    carley:
        name: Carley’s proposal
        ref: [carley]
        # XXX incomplete
        features:
            time.discrete:
    burstmac:
        name: BurstMAC
        ref: [burstmac]
        description: >
            Even-triggerred, correlated bursts, cooperative static schedule
            based on PRNG, one control channel, multiple data channels (FDMA)
        related: [bitmac]
        features:
            application.wsn:
            channel.multi:
            time.discrete:
            access.reservation:
            access.schedule:
            routing.multihop: # tree?
    dozer:
        name: Dozer
        ref: [dozer]
        description: >
            Ultra-low power, tree-routing, local time synchronization, local
            TDMA schedules (collisions can occur!), static slot assignment to
            joining nodes, beacon time-synchronization
        features:
            application.wsn:
            topology.multihop:
            time.discrete:
            access.schedule:
            reliability.retransmission: # ?
    camac:
        name: CA-MAC
        longname: Context-aware MAC
        ref: [camac]
    uctdma:
        name: UC-TDMA
        longname: User configured TDMA
        ref: [uctdma]
    flammini:
        name: Flammini’s proposal
        ref: [flammini2009]
    flipmac:
        name: Flip-MAC
        ref: [flipmac]
        description: Reduce contention
        features:
            application.wsn:
    fleximac:
        name: FlexiMAC
        ref: [fleximac]
    picoradio:
        name: PicoRadio
        ref: [picoradio]
    pmmac:
        name: Practical Multichannel MAC
        ref: [pmmac]
    swmac:
        name: SWMAC
        ref: [swmac]
    nanomac:
        name: nanoMAC
        ref: [nanomac]
    fpa:
        name: FPA
        longname: Fast Path Algorithm
        ref: [fpa]
    msmac:
        name: MS-MAC
        longname: Adaptive Mobility-Aware MAC protocol for sensor networks
        ref: [msmac]
    gsa:
        name: GSA
        longname: Global Schedule Algorithm
        ref: [fpa]
    e2rmac:
        name: E2RMAC
        longname: On-demand energy-efficient and reliable medium access control
        ref: [e2rmac]
    psaloha:
        name: Preamble Sampling ALOHA
        ref: [psaloha]
    mica:
        #name: Preamble Sampling CSMA
        name: Mica
        ref: [mica]
    eaalpl:
        name: EA-ALPL
        longname: Energy Aware Adaptive Low Power Listening
        ref: [eaalpl]
    csmamps:
        name: CSMA-MPS
        longname: Minimum Preamble Sampling MAC Protocol
        ref: [csmamps]
    dpsmac:
        name: DPS-MAC
        longname: Dual Preamble Sampling MAC
        ref: [dpsmac]
    geraf:
        name: GeRAF
        longname: Geographic Random Forwarding
        ref: [geraf]
    1hopmac:
        name: 1-hopMAC
        ref: [onehopmac]
    sp:
        name: SP
        longname: Sensornet protocol
        ref: [sp]
    syncwuf:
        name: SyncWUF
        ref: [syncwuf]
    speckmacd:
        name: SpeckMAC
        ref: [speckmac]
    mxmac:
        name: MX-MAC
        ref: [mxmac]
    stem:
        name: STEM
        longname: Sparse Topology and Energy Management
        ref: [stem]