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Although Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) over CSMA and TDMA MAC have been extensively studied, CSMA still suffers from heavy interference due to hidden terminals, while TDMA has a practical difficulty in accurate time synchronization. Slotted CSMA, in which we assume that CSMA runs within relatively large time-divided slots, could be one of the solutions since it works on loosely synchronized time slots...