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The specifics and the main contributions are the results both of the theoretical analysis and of the empirical measurements, which were executed using the commercially available hardware transceivers and software stacks. The presented results reveal the protocols\u2019 capabilities and enable one to estimate the feasibility of using these technologies for particular applications. 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