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International Journal of Academic Research

Analysis of key management and Quantum Cryptographyin RFID networks

Vijey Thayananthan, Ahmed Alzahrani, Muhammad Shuaib Qureshi

Published Oct 23, 2012• 3 citations
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10.7813/2075-4124.2012/4-6/a.21

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