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Sensor networks have been investigated in many scenarios and a good number of protocols have been developed. With the standardization of the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol, sensor networks became also an interesting topic in industrial automation. Here, the main focus is on real-time capabilities and reliability. We analyzed the IEEE 802.15.4 standard both in a simulation environment and analytically to figure...