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Computers & Security

Relay and jammer selection schemes for improving physical layer security in two-way cooperative networks

Doaa H. Ibrahim, Emad S. Hassan, Sami A. El‐Dolil

Published Feb 18, 2015• 27 citations
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10.1016/j.cose.2015.02.002

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