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Sensors 2010, 10, 128-145; doi:10.3390/s100100128 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Review A Study of MAC Protocols for WBANs Sana Ullah *, Bin Shen, S.M. Riazul Islam, Pervez Khan, Shahnaz Saleem and Kyung Sup Kwak UWB-ITRC Center, Inha University, 253 Yonghyun-dong, Nam-gu, Incheon, 402-751, Korea; E-Mails: shenbinem@ (B.S.); dubd96@ (S.M.R.I.); pervaizkanju@ (P.K.); roshnee13@ (S.S.); kskwak@inha.ac.kr (K.S.K.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: sanajcs@; Tel.: +82-10-3145-3546. Received: 26 November 2009; in revised form: 7 December 2009 / A