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Sensors2010,10,5548-5568;doi:10.3390/s100605548 OPENACCESS sensors ISSN1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article AnEnergy-ef?cientRateAdaptiveMediaAccessProtocol (RA-MAC)forLong-livedSensorNetworks ,PeterCorke andDamienO’Rourke WenHu 1,?,QuanjunChen 2 1 1 1 2 ICTCentre,CSIRO,Brisbane4069,Australia;E-Mails:peter.corke@csiro.au(P.C.); damien.o’rourke@csiro.au(D.O.R.) SchoolofComputerScienceandEngineering,TheUniversityofNewSouthWales,Sydney2052, Australia;E-Mail:quanc@.au ? Authortowhomcorrespondenceshouldbeaddressed;E-Mail:wen.hu@csiro.au; Tel.:+(61)-7-3327-4043