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Table 3 Qualitative analysis of pure ALOHA, slotted ALOHA, and CSMA protocols [39,40,41,42,43,44,45]

From: Towards achieving efficient MAC protocols for WBAN-enabled IoT technology: a review

Parameters

Pure ALOHA

Slotted ALOHA

CSMA (1-persistent & non-persistent)

Energy efficiency

Moderate

High

Low

Latency

Moderate

Moderate

High at light loads

Throughput

Low

Moderate

High

Reliability

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Channel utilization

High

Moderate

Moderate