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# Copyright 2015–2018 comatose contributors
# 
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
# this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
# the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
# use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
# of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
# so, subject to the following conditions:
# 
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
# 
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.

# comatose
#
# COmprehensive MAc TaxonOmy databaSE

# Available features
# ==================
features:
    access:
        name: Channel access
        description: >
            Basic method for channel access, that is how sender and/or receiver
            decide who is allowed to access the medium.
    access.random:
        name: Random
        description: >
            Stations access the medium in a random, uncoordinated fashion.
    access.token-passing:
        name: Token-passing
        description: >
            Permission to speak is granted by the node who previously held it
            (the “token”) with no fixed master involved.
    access.polling:
        name: Polling
        description: >
            Base or master station polls slaves, granting them acces to the
            medium. This is also called receiver-initiated (RI) access.
    access.reservation:
        name: Dynamic reservation
        description: >
            Stations request transmission resources
    access.schedule:
        name: Static schedule
        description: >
            Scheduled access to the medium.

    radio:
        name: Radio
        description: Features of the radio hardware.
    radio.carriersense:
        name: Carrier sense

    topology:
        name: Topology
        description: The network’s 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 topology with a single, central gateway.

    application:
        name: Applications
        description: >
            Target applications the protocol was designed for or explored with.
    application.wsn:
        name: Wireless Sensor Network
    application.vanet:
        name: Vehicular mobile ad hoc network
    application.console:
        name: Serial console
    application.industrial:
        name: Industrial
    application.underwater:
        name: Underwater

    time:
        name: Time model
    time.discrete:
        name: Discrete
        description: Discrete time, which usually requires some form of time synchronization.
    time.continuous:
        name: Continuous
        description: Continuous time without synchronization.

    power:
        name: Powersave mechanisms
    power.dutycycling:
        name: Duty-cycling
    power.lpl:
        name: Low-power listening/preamble sampling

    reliability:
        name: Reliability
        description: Mechanisms employed that increase transmission reliability.
    # unreliable is default
    reliability.retransmission:
        name: Retransmission
        description: Packets will be acked/nacked by the receiver and retransmitted in case of an error.
    reliability.channel-hopping:
        name: Channel hopping
        description: Radio channels are switched frequently in pseudorandom fashion, avoiding collisions and jamming.
    reliability.ecc:
        name: Error correcting codes
        description: Telegrams contain redundant information allowing recovery of (some) corrupted bits.

    realtime:
        name: Real-time
    realtime.guaranteed:
        name: Guaranteed
        description: Worst-case latency is bounded.
    realtime.probabilistic:
        name: Probabilistic
        description: >
            Protocol was designed with latency in mind and tries to reduce it,
            but an upper bound cannot be guaranteed.

    channels:
        name: Channel usage
    channels.single:
        name: Single
        description: Only a single radio channel is used.
    channels.multi:
        name: Multi
        description: Multiple radio channels are used.

    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
        description: >
            How and when stations or the whole network is deployed.
    deployment.static:
        name: Static
        description: >
            The network is mostly static. Stations are deployed at
            fixed posititons.
    deployment.adhoc:
        name: Ad-hoc
        description: >
            Supports joining and leaving of stations in an ad-hoc fashion.
            Stations may move around.

    # XXX figure out where to put these
    other:
        name: Other features
    other.qos:
        name: Quality of Service

# 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]
        related: [csma, alohap]
    ribtma:
        longname: Receiver Initiated Busy Tone Multiple Access
        name: RI-BTMA
        ref: [ribtma]
        related: [alohap, csma]
    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]
        related: []
        # 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: Group Randomly Addressed Polling
        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
        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: [alohap, alohas, raloha]
        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]
        related: [maca, macaw, csmaca]
    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]
        related: []
    pamas:
        longname: Power Aware MultiAccess protocol with signaling
        name: PAMAS
        related: [maca, macaw, fama, macapr, ribtma]
        ref: [pamas]
        #features: [multichannel, rtscts, busytone]
        features:
            channels.multi:
    markowski:
        name: Markowski
        ref: [markowski]
    hrma:
        longname: Hop-reservation multiple access
        name: HRMA
        ref: [hrma]
        related: [alohap, alohas, macaw]
        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]
        related: [aloha, maca, macaw, fama, tsma, csmaca]
    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: [mascara1996, mascara1998]
    dsapp:
        longname: Dynamic Slot Assignment++
        name: DSA++
        ref: [dsapp]
        related: [dsa]
    cata:
        longname: Collision Avoidance Time Allocation
        name: CATA
        ref: [cata]
        related: [alohap, maca, macaw, fama, hrma, fprp]
        # XXX: incomplete
        features:
            time.discrete:
    jin:
        name: Jin’s proposal
        ref: [jin]
    trama:
        longname: traffic-adaptive medium access protocol
        name: TRAMA
        ref: [trama, trama2]
        related: [dcf, pamas, woo2001, smac, smacs, nama]
        features:
            time.discrete:
    nama:
        longname: Node-Activation Multiple Access
        name: NAMA
        ref: [nama]
        related: []
    smac:
        longname: Sensor MAC
        name: S-MAC
        #features: [rtscts]
        ref: [smac, smac2]
        related: [dcf, macaw, pamas, leach, smacs, woo2001]
    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]
        related: [tdmatdd, mascara, dscdma]
    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]
    mcmac2002:
        longname: Multi-Code MAC
        name: MC MAC
        ref: [mcmac2002]
        #features: [adhoc]
    wca:
        longname: Weighted clustering algorithm
        name: WCA
        ref: [wca]
        #features: [adhoc]
    dbtma:
        longname: Dual Busy Tone Multiple Access
        name: DBTMA
        ref: [dbtma]
        related: [ribtma, maca, macaw, alohap, btma, srma, fama, famanps]
    mmac2002:
        longname: Multi-Hop RTS MAC
        name: MMAC
        ref: [mmac2002]
        #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]
        related: [maca, macaw, fama]
    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]
        related: [smac, wisemac, bmac, xmac, pedamacs, lmac2004, crankshaft, funneling, zmac, scpmac, mmsn, mcmac2007, alohaps, scp, dca, chma, mmac2004]
    desynctdma:
        name: DESYNC-TDMA
        related: [tdma]
        ref: [desynctdma]
    leach:
        longname: Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
        name: LEACH
        ref: [leach, leach2]
        related: []
    # no info available
    #leachc:
    #    name: LEACH-C
    lmac2004:
        name: LMAC
        longname: Lightweight Medium Access Control
        ref: [lmac]
        related: [smac, emacs]
    mlmac2007:
        name: MLMAC
        longname: Mobile LMAC
        related: [lmac, tdma]
        #features: [distributed, discrete-time]
        ref: [mlmac2007]
    pmac:
        longname: Pattern-MAC
        name: PMAC
        related: [smac, tmac, dmac2007, leach]
        ref: [pmac]
    rmac2007b:
        longname: Routing-Enhanced MAC
        name: RMAC
        related: [smac]
        ref: [rmac2007b]
    dmac2007:
        name: DMAC
        longname: Data-Gathering MAC
        ref: [dmac2007]
        related: [smac, tmac, wisemac, pamas]
    wisemac:
        longname: Wireless Sensor MAC
        name: WiseMAC
        ref: [wisemac]
        related: [csma, macaw, smac, stem]
    rimac:
        longname: Receiver-Initiated MAC
        name: RI-MAC
        ref: [rimac]
    zmac:
        longname: Zebra MAC
        name: Z-MAC
        related: [smac, tmac, bmac, lpl, sift, bma, trama, ptdma]
        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]
        related: [smac, tmac, bmac, wisemac]
        features:
            # actually: duty-cycled wsn
            application.wsn:
    # from kumar2014
    qosmac:
        name: QoS-MAC
        # kumar2014 calls it qos-mac
        ref: [qosmac]
        related: [fmac, pedamacs, dmac2007, smac, saxena2008, qmac]
    pedamacs:
        name: PEDAMACS
        longname: Power Efficient and Delay Aware MAC for Sensor Networks
        ref: [pedamacs]
        related: [smac, guo2001, havinga2000, trama, tmac]
    ermac:
        name: ER-MAC
        longname: Emergency Response MAC
        ref: [ermac]
        related: [smac, tmac, bmac, xmac, zmac, pmac, crankshaft, ebmac]
        description: >
            Hybrid protocol for emergency response WSNs, low and high priority
            data, TDMA schedule in normal operation with short contention
            period to support node additions, nodes with high-priority packets
            can content for slot access by sending a request to the owner
        features:
            deployment.fixed: # but nodes can join/leave dynamically
            application.wsn:
            time.discrete:
            access.scheduled:
            access.reservation:
            realtime.guaranteed:
    prioritymac:
        # 4 qos classes, tdma with preemption
        name: PriorityMAC
        ref: [priomac]
        features:
            application.industrial:
            application.wsn:
            # 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:
        related: []
    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:
        related: [bmac, rtlink, mmsn, smac, tmac, lmac2004, trama, woo2001,
                wisemac, mcsma, sm, edf, hrma, chma]
    bmac:
        longname: Berkeley MAC
        name: B-MAC
        ref: [bmac]
        related: [alohas, woo2001, mica, psaloha, wisemac, smac, pamas, tmac]
    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]
        features:
            access.random:
            time.discrete:
            channels.multi:
            reliability.retransmission:
            radio.carriersense:
    sift:
        name: Sift
        ref: [sift]
        related: [macaw, fama, leach, woo2001, smac]
    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:
            topology.multihop:
        related: [speed, rap, edf]
    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:
    omac2006:
        #longname: none
        name: O-MAC
        ref: [omac2006]
    # from the mac alphabet soup
    mumac:
        #longname: none
        name: μ-MAC
        ref: [mumac]
        # XXX incomplete
        features:
            time.discrete:
            channels.single:
            # contention period + contention-free period
            access.random:
            access.reservation:
        related: [smac, tmac, trama]
    amac2010:
        #longname: none
        name: A-MAC
        ref: [amac2010]
    ailmac:
        longname: Adaptive, Information-centric and lightweight MAC
        name: AI-LMAC
        ref: [ailmac]
    bitmac:
        name: BitMAC
        ref: [bitmac]
        related: [arisha2002, wisemac, leach, bma, dmac2007, trama, lmac, smac]
    bma:
        longname: Bit-map assisted MAC
        name: BMA
        ref: [bma]
        related: [leach, pact, smacs, psaloha, csma, smac]
    bpmac:
        name: BP-MAC
        longname: Backoff Preamble MAC
        ref: [bpmac]
    bpsmac:
        longname: Backoff Preamble Sequential MAC
        name: BPS-MAC
        ref: [bpsmac]
    buzzbuzz:
        name: BuzzBuzz
        ref: [buzzbuzz]
    cmac2009b:
        #longname: Concurrent MAC?
        name: C-MAC
        ref: [cmac2009b]
    ccmac:
        longname: Correlation-based Collaborative MAC
        name: CC-MAC
        ref: [ccmac]
    cmac2009a:
        longname: Convergent MAC
        name: CMAC
        ref: [cmac2009a]
    cmac2006:
        #longname: none
        name: CMAC
        ref: [cmac2006, cmac2009c]
    crankshaft:
        name: Crankshaft
        ref: [crankshaft]
    csmamps:
        longname: Minimum Preamble Sampling CSMA
        name: CSMA-MPS
        ref: [csmamps]
    woo2001:
        name: Woo’s proposal
        ref: [woo2001]
        related: [csma, btma, alohap, alohas, pamas, macaw]
    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]
        related: [smac]
    fmac:
        longname: Framelet MAC
        name: f-MAC
        ref: [fmac]
        related: [smac, tmac, mumac, trama, bitmac, csmamps]
        features:
            access.random:
            topology.singlehop:
            time.continuous:
            realtime.guaranteed:
            routing.broadcast:
            initiation.sender:
            deployment.static:
            other.qos:
    flama:
        name: FLAMA
        longname: Flow-aware Medium Access
        ref: [flama]
    funneling:
        name: Funneling-MAC
        ref: [funneling]
        related: [bmac, zmac, smac, tmac, woo2001, trama, arisha2002, bma]
    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]
        related: [leach]
    pcm:
        name: PCM
        longname: Power Control MAC
        ref: [pcm]
    guo2001:
        name: Guo’s proposal
        ref: [guo2001]
    # cannot find the position-enabled mac (pmac)
    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: [rlmac2006a, rlmac2006b]
    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]
        # XXX: incomplete
        related: [maca, macaw]
    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: # ?
    camac2011:
        name: CA-MAC
        longname: Context-aware MAC
        ref: [camac2011]
    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]
        related: [alohap, csmanp]
    mica:
        #name: Preamble Sampling CSMA
        name: Mica
        ref: [mica]
        related: [smac]
    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]
        related: [wisemac, stem, smac, psaloha, guo2001, woo2001]
    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]
    speckmac:
        name: SpeckMAC
        ref: [speckmac]
    mxmac:
        name: MX-MAC
        ref: [mxmac]
    stem:
        name: STEM
        longname: Sparse Topology and Energy Management
        ref: [stem]
        related: [smac, guo2001]
    edf:
        name: EDF
        longname: Earliest Deadline First
        ref: [edf]
        related: [prma, fama, bb]
    dbmac:
        name: DB-MAC
        longname: Delay-Bounded MAC
        ref: [dbmac]
    ebmac:
        name: EB-MAC
        longname: Event Based MAC
        ref: [ebmac]
        related: [smac, tmac, funneling, zmac, bmac, lpl, xmac, bmacplus, macap, bma]
    macap:
        name: MACA-P
        ref: [macap]
        longname: Medium Access via Collision Avoidance with Enhanced Parallelism
        related: [maca, macaw, seedex]
    bmacplus:
        name: B-MAC+
        ref: [bmacplus]
        related: [wisemac, bmac]
    bb:
        name: BB contention
        ref: [bb]
        longname: Black burst contention
        related: [maca, fama, gama, macapr, carmantg]
        # XXX: incomplete
        features:
            realtime.guaranteed:
    eedfmac:
        name: EEDF-MAC
        ref: [eedfmac]
        longname: Energy efficient earliest deadline first
    macari:
        name: MaCARI
        ref: [macari]
        longname: MAC protocol for Ad-hoc Industrial Network
    ptdma:
        name: PTDMA
        longname: Probabilistic TDMA
        ref: [ptdma]
        related: [alohap, gra]
    gra:
        name: GRA
        longname: Group-random access
        ref: [gra]
        related: [alohap, alohas]
    acmac:
        name: AC-MAC
        longname: Adaptive Coorinated MAC
        ref: [acmac]
    teamac:
        name: TEA-MAC
        longname: Throughput and Energy-Aware MAC
        ref: [teamac]
        related: [tmac, smacs, demac, arc, macaw, dcf, pamas, smac, woo2001]
    asteamac:
        name: asTEA-MAC
        longname: throughput and energy-aware medium-access-control protocol with adjustable sleeps
        ref: [asteamac]
        related: [smacs, smac, tmac, demac, wisemac, dmac2007, pmac, teamac]
    csmap:
        name: CSMA/p*
        longname: nonpersistent CSMA
        ref: [csmap]
        related: [smac, macaw, fama, sift, woo2001, leach, ptdma]
    srsa:
        name: SRSA
        longname: Self-Reorganizing Slot Allocation
        ref: [srsa]
        related: [smac, leach, stdma, btma, arisha2002, npcsmaps, pamas, trama]
    rmac2007a:
        name: R-MAC
        longname: Reservation MAC
        ref: [rmac2007a]
        related: [smac, tmac, trama, mumac, zmac, bmac, pmac]
    asmac2008:
        name: AS-MAC
        longname: Asynchronous Scheduled MAC
        ref: [asmac2008]
        related: [smac, tmac, scpmac, bmac, xmac, wisemac, sparemac]
    asmac2010:
        name: AS-MAC
        longname: Adaptive Scheduling MAC
        ref: [asmac2010]
    sparemac:
        name: SPARE MAC
        longname: Slot Periodic Assignment for Reception
        ref: [sparemac]
        related: [smac, pamas, dmac2007, trama, nama, tdmaw]
    tdmaw:
        name: TDMA-W
        ref: [tdmaw]
        related: [smac, trama, tmac]
    stdma:
        name: Spatial TDMA
        ref: [stdma]
        related: []
    demac:
        name: DE-MAC
        longname: Distributed energy-aware MAC
        ref: [demac]
        related: [pamas, smac, woo2001]
    saxena2008:
        name: Saxena’s proposal
        ref: [saxena2008]
        related: [smac, tmac]
    omac2007:
        name: O-MAC
        longname: Organized MAC
        ref: [omac2007]
    rtmac2009:
        name: RT-MAC
        longname: Real-Time MAC
        ref: [rtmac2009]
    seamac:
        name: SEA-MAC
        longname: Simple Energy Aware MAC
        ref: [seamac]
    etmac:
        name: ET-MAC
        longname: Energy-Efficient and High Throughput MAC
        ref: [etmac]
    tapdcmac:
        name: TA-PDC-MAC
        longname: Traffic Adaptive PDC-MAC
        ref: [tapdcmac]
    eemac:
        name: EE-MAC
        longname: Energy Efficient MAC
        ref: [eemac]
    uwanmac:
        name: UWAN-MAC
        longname: Underwater Acoustic Network MAC
        ref: [uwanmac]
        related: [alohap, maca, macaw, pedamacs, smac, fpa, gsa]
    rmac2007c:
        name: R-MAC
        longname: Reservation-based MAC
        ref: [rmac2007c]
    mmac2005:
        name: MMAC
        longname: Mobility-Adaptive MAC
        ref: [mmac2005, mmac2006]
    peleato2006:
        name: Peleato’s proposal
        ref: [peleato2006]
    mcmac2006:
        name: MCMAC
        longname: Multi-channel MAC
        ref: [mcmac2006]
    teem:
        name: TEEM
        longname: Traffic aware, Energy Efficient MAC
        ref: [teem]
    tdmaasap:
        name: TDMA-ASAP
        longname: TDMA with Adaptive Slot-Stealing And Parallelism
        ref: [tdmaasap]
    tfmac:
        name: TF-MAC
        longname: Time-Frequency MAC
        ref: [tfmac]
    breath:
        name: Breath
        ref: [breath]
    pqmac:
        name: PQMAC
        longname: priority-based quality-of-service MAC
        ref: [pqmac]
    qmac2010:
        name: QMAC
        longname: quorum-based MAC
        ref: [qmac2010]
    cmac2010:
        name: C-MAC
        longname: Classifier MAC
        ref: [cmac2010]
    camac2010:
        name: CA-MAC
        longname: Channel Access MAC
        ref: [cmac2010]
    commac:
        name: COM-MAC
        longname: clustered on-demand MAC
        ref: [commac]
    dgram:
        name: DGRAM
        longname: Delay Guaranteed Routing and MAC Protocol
        ref: [dgram]
        # XXX: incomplete
        features:
            realtime.guaranteed:
    rtmac2007:
        name: RT-MAC
        longname: Realtime MAC
        ref: [rtmac2007]
        # XXX: incomplete
        features:
            realtime.guaranteed:
        related: [smac, wisemac, tmac, dmac2007, woo2001, stdma, dsmac, rtlink]
    odmac:
        name: ODMAC
        longname: On-Demand MAC
        ref: [odmac]
    lwtmac:
        name: LWT-MAC
        longname: LPL with Wake up after Transmission
        ref: [lwtmac]
    llmac:
        name: LL-MAC
        longname: Low Latency MAC
        ref: [llmac]
    amac2007:
        name: AMAC
        ref: [amac2007]
    diffmac:
        name: Diff-MAC
        ref: [diffmac]
    areamac:
        name: AREA-MAC
        ref: [areamac]
    tcmac:
        name: TC-MAC
        longname: Transport-Controlled MAC
        ref: [tcmac]
    mlmac2011:
        name: ML-MAC
        longname: multi-layer MAC
        ref: [mlmac2011]
    beam:
        name: BEAM
        longname: Burst-Aware Energy-Efficient Adaptive MAC
        ref: [beam]
    tdmawsn:
        name: TDMA-WSN
        ref: [tdmawsn]
    cfma:
        name: CFMA
        longname: Collision Free Mobility Adaptive
        ref: [cfma]
    xmachiavel:
        name: X-Machiavel
        ref: [xmachiavel]
    boxmac:
        name: BOX-MAC
        longname: Burst-Oriented X-MAC
        ref: [boxmac]
    ubmac:
        name: UBMAC
        longname: Uncertainty-Driven BMAC
        ref: [ubmac]
    maxmac:
        name: MaxMAC
        ref: [maxmac]
    adca:
        name: ADCA
        longname: Asynchronous Duty Cycle Adjustment
        ref: [adca]
    hesmac:
        name: HES-MAC
        longname: High Efficient Sensor MAC
        ref: [hesmac]
    gragopoulos2007:
        name: Gragopoulos’s proposal
        ref: [gragopoulos2007]
    obmac:
        name: OBMAC
        longname: Overhearing Based MAC
        ref: [obmac]
    asmac2007:
        name: AS-MAC
        longname: Adaptive Schedule MAC
        ref: [asmac2007]
    lmac2007:
        name: L-MAC
        longname: Low-Latency MAC
        ref: [lmac2007]
    wmac:
        name: W-MAC
        longname: Wide Duty Cycle MAC
        ref: [wmac]
        related: [smac, scp, xmac, wisemac]
    mrpm:
        name: MRPM
        longname: Medium Reservation Preamble Based MAC
        ref: [mrpm]
    mdsmac:
        name: MD-SMAC
        longname: Modified S-MAC
        ref: [mdsmac]
    prmac:
        name: PR-MAC
        longname: Path-oriented Real-time MAC
        ref: [prmac]
    lemac:
        name: LE-MAC
        longname: Latency and energy aware MAC
        ref: [lemac]
    srtdma:
        name: Scaleable Redundant TDMA
        ref: [srtdma]
    wirarb:
        name: WirArb
        longname: Wireless Arbitration
        ref: [wirarb]
        related: [stdma]
    raloha:
        name: R-Aloha
        longname: Reservation Aloha
        ref: [raloha]
    havinga2000:
        name: Havinga’s proposal
        ref: [havinga2000]
        related: []
    seedex:
        name: SEEDEX
        ref: [seedex]
        related: [macaw, fama, macabi, hrma, chma, adapt, abroad, cata, fprp, dbtma, macact]
    macact:
        name: MACA/C-T
        longname: MACA Common-Transmitter-Based
        ref: [macact]
        related: [alohap, maca, macaw, fama, dama]
    macart:
        name: MACA/R-T
        longname: MACA Receiver-Transmitter-Based
        ref: [macact]
        related: [alohap, maca, macaw, fama, dama]
    carmantg:
        name: CARMA-NTG
        ref: [carmantg]
        related: [gama, macaw, famapj, maca]
    gama:
        name: GAMA
        longname: Group Allocation Multiple Access
        ref: [gama]
        related: [fama, macaw]
    famapj:
        name: FAMA-PJ
        ref: [famapj]
        related: [maca, macaw, fama, bram, msap]
    bram:
        name: BRAM
        longname: Broadcast recognizing access
        ref: [bram]
        related: [bram, alohap, msap]
    msap:
        name: MSAP
        longname: Minislotted alternating priorities
        ref: [msap]
        related: [alohap, alohas]
    dama:
        name: DAMA
        longname: Dynamic Allocation Multiple Access
        ref: [dama]
    srma:
        name: SRMA
        longname: Split-Channel Reservation Multiple Access
        ref: [srma]
        related: [alohap, alohas, csma, btma]
    famanps:
        name: FAMA-NPS
        longname: FAMA with non-persistent packet sensing
        ref: [famancs]
        related: [csma, btma, ribtma, srma, maca, macaw, alohap, fama, bram, famapj, carma, msap]
    famancs:
        name: FAMA-NCS
        longname: FAMA with non-persistent carrier sensing
        ref: [famancs]
        # same as above
        related: [csma, btma, ribtma, srma, maca, macaw, alohap, fama, bram, famapj, carma, msap]
    sm:
        name: SM
        longname: Simple Multichannel MMAC
        ref: [sm]
        related: [macaw, dbtma, fama, maca, macapr, mcsma, hrma, wu2000]
    dca:
        name: DCA
        longname: Dynamic Channel Assignment
        ref: [sm]
    chma:
        name: CHMA
        longname: Channel Hopping Multiple Access
        ref: [chma]
    mmac2004:
        name: MMAC
        longname: Multi-Channel MAC
        ref: [mmac2004]
    mcmac2007:
        name: McMAC
        longname: Parallel Rendezvous Multi-Channel MAC
        ref: [mcmac2007]
    carma:
        name: CARMA
        longname: Collision Avoidance and Resolution Multiple Access
        ref: [carma]
    msaloha:
        name: MS-Aloha
        longname: Mobile Slotted Aloha
        ref: [msaloha]
        related: [rralohaplus, adhocmac, rraloha]
    rraloha:
        name: RR-Aloha
        longname: Reliable R-Aloha
        ref: [rraloha]
        related: [fprp, raloha]
    rralohaplus:
        name: RR-Aloha+
        ref: [rralohaplus]
        related: [rraloha, adhocmac]
    adhocmac:
        name: ADHOC MAC
        ref: [adhocmac]
        related: [rraloha, dbtma, raloha]
    mraloha:
        name: M-R-Aloha
        longname: Modified R-Aloha
        ref: [mraloha]
    marraloha:
        name: MARR-Aloha
        longname: Mobility Adaptive RR-Aloha
        ref: [marraloha]
    evemac:
        name: e-VeMAC
        longname: Enhanced Vehicular MAC
        ref: [evemac]
    isomac:
        name: IsoMAC
        longname: Isochronous MAC
        ref: [isomac]
        related: [ftdma, hcca]
    ftdma:
        name: FTDMA
        longname: Flexible TDMA
        ref: [ftdma]
        related: [dmac1997, dqruma, dsapp]
    dmac1997:
        name: DMAC
        longname: Distributed MAC
        ref: [dmac1997]
        related: [ratmmac, dqruma, watmmac, dsapp]
    wu2000:
        name: Wu’s proposal
        ref: [wu2000]
    dsa:
        longname: Dynamic Slot Assignment
        name: DSA
        ref: [dsa]
    watmmac:
        name: WATM MAC
        ref: [watmmac]
    lmac2009:
        name: LMAC
        longname: Latency MAC
        ref: [lmac2009]
    fdcmac2015a:
        name: FDC-MAC
        longname: Full-Duplex Cognitive Medium Access Control
        ref: [fdcmac2015a]
    dsp:
        name: DSP
        longname: Dynamic Switching Protocol
        ref: [dsp]
    hehbmac:
        name: HEH-BMAC
        longname: Human Energy Harvesting Medium Access Control
        ref: [hehbmac]
    camac2015:
        name: CA MAC
        longname: Connectivity-Aware MAC
        ref: [camac2015]
        features:
            application.vanet:
    delcmac:
        name: DEL-CMAC
        longname: Distributed Energy-Adaptive Location-Based Cooperative MAC
        ref: [delcmac]
    cehmac:
        name: CEH-MAC
        longname: Cooperative Energy Harvesting MAC
        ref: [cehmac]
    dfdmac:
        name: Distributed FD-MAC
        longname: Distributed Full-Duplex MAC
        ref: [dfdmac]
    lodmac:
        name: LODMAC
        longname: Location Oriented Directional MAC
        ref: [lodmac]
    imac:
        name: I-MAC
        longname: Interrupt MAC
        ref: [imac]
    rcmac:
        name: RC-MAC
        longname: Receiver-centric MAC
        ref: [rcmac]
    bsmac:
        name: BS-MAC
        longname: Bitmap-assisted Shortest Job First MAC
        ref: [bsmac]
    rrscmac:
        name: RRS-CMAC
        longname: Rapid Relay Selection Cooperative MAC
        ref: [rrscmac]
    qsps:
        name: QS-PS
        longname: Quasi-Sleep-Preempt-Supported
        ref: [qsps]
    pamac:
        name: PA-MAC
        longname: Priority-based Adaptive MAC
        ref: [pamac]
    bestmac:
        name: BEST-MAC
        longname: Bitmap-assisted Efficient and Scalable TDMA-based MAC
        ref: [bestmac]
    upcmac:
        name: UPC-MAC
        longname: Underwater Power Control MAC
        ref: [upcmac]
        features:
            application.wsn:
            application.underwater:
    hmmac:
        name: H-MMAC
        longname: Hybrid and Adaptive Multi-Channel MAC
        ref: [hmmac]
        features:
            channels.multi:
    kim2015:
        name: Kim’s proposal
        ref: [kim2015]
    sywim:
        name: SyWiM
        longname: Synchronized Wake-up Interval MAC
        ref: [sywim]
    smcmac:
        name: SMC-MAC
        longname: Self-Scheduled Multichannel Cognitive Radio MAC
        ref: [smcmac]
    echoring:
        name: EchoRing
        ref: [echoring]
        features:
            access.token-passing:
            application.industrial:
    fdcmac2015b:
        name: FDC-MAC
        longname: Full Duplex Cognitive MAC
        ref: [fdcmac2015b]
    lcsma:
        name: L-CSMA
        longname: Linear CSMA
        ref: [lcsma]
    cfmac:
        name: CF-MAC
        longname: Collision-Free MAC
        ref: [cfmac]
    cmac2015:
        name: C-MAC
        longname: Coordinated Multichannel MAC
        ref: [cmac2015]
    adamac:
        name: Ada-MAC
        longname: Adaptive MAC
        description: >
            Hybrid protocol based on IEEE 802.15.4, combining scheduled slots
            and contention.
        ref: [adamac]
        features:
            access.random:
            access.reservation:
            topology.singlehop:
            topology.centralized:
            time.discrete:
            realtime.guaranteed:
            routing.unicast:
    sdmac:
        name: SD-MAC
        longname: Spectrum Database-Driven MAC
        ref: [sdmac]
    iqueuemac:
        name: iQueue-MAC
        ref: [iqueuemac]
    mmacda:
        name: MMAC-DA
        longname: Multi-channel MAC with Directional Antennas
        ref: [mmacda]
    tars:
        name: TARS
        longname: Traffic-Adaptive Receiver-Synchronized underwater MAC
        ref: [tars]
        features:
            application.underwater:
            application.wsn:
    dact:
        name: DACT
        longname: Data Aided Cognitive Technique
        ref: [dact]
        features:
            application.industrial:
    csmaeca:
        name: CSMA/ECA
        longname: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Enhanced Collision Avoidance
        ref: [csmaeca]
    dcdmac:
        name: DCD-MAC
        ref: [dcdmac]
    lach:
        name: LACH
        longname: Load-aware Channel Hopping MAC
        ref: [lach]
    ddcmac:
        name: DDC-MAC
        longname: Dynamic Cooperative MAC
        ref: [ddcmac]
    omac2017:
        name: O-MAC
        longname: Opportunistic MAC
        ref: [omac2017]
    eecomac:
        name: EECO-MAC
        longname: Energy-Efficient Cooperative MAC
        ref: [eecomac]
    prin:
        name: PRIN
        longname: Priority in Node
        ref: [prin]
    ahmac:
        name: AH-MAC
        longname: Adaptive Hierarchical MAC
        ref: [ahmac]
    ripple:
        name: Ripple
        ref: [ripple]
    pcsma:
        name: P-CSMA
        longname: Priority-based Carrier-Sense Multiple Access
        ref: [pcsma]