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J. Sens. Actuator Netw. 2012, 1, 111-122; doi:10.3390/jsan1020111 OPEN ACCESS Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks ISSN 2224-2708 /journal/jsan/ Article An Efficient Medium Access Control Protocol with Parallel Transmission for Wireless Sensor Networks Mohammad Arifuzzaman * and Mitsuji Matsumoto Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan; E-Mail: mmatsumoto@waseda.jp * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: arif@fuji.waseda.jp or arifcse94@; Tel./Fax: +81-3-5292-7897. Received: 20 June 2012; in revis