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arXiv:0711.0711

Information-Theoretic Security in Wireless Networks

Yingbin Liang, H. Vincent Poor, Shlomo Shitz Shamai

Published Nov 5, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

This paper summarizes recent contributions of the authors and their co-workers in the area of information-theoretic security.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.0711.0711

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