%0 Conference Paper %B 2016 IEEE 30th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA) %D 2016 %T A Preamble Ahead Anycast Protocol for WSNs %A T. Heimfarth %A J. C. Giacomin %A J. P. d. Araujo %A E. P. d. Freitas %K access protocols %K advanced preamble propagation %K anycast %K asynchronous preamble-based MAC protocol %K Cross-layer %K cross-layer anycast MAC protocol %K cross-layer anycast medium access control protocol %K Delays %K energy consumption %K FCS %K forwarding candidate set %K geographic routing %K MAC protocol %K Media Access Protocol %K packet size evaluation %K preamble ahead anycast protocol %K preamble sequence propagation %K radiowave propagation %K Routing %K routing protocols %K simultaneous signaling and packet propagation %K sleep-delay problem reduction %K state-of-the-art protocol %K Synchronization %K telecommunication power management %K wireless sensor network %K wireless sensor networks %K WSN %P 458-466 %R 10.1109/AINA.2016.125 %X n/a %Z n/a %8 March