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Enhancing the Security of IEEE 802.11i Standard by Integrating a Quantum Scheme for Authentication and Encryption Key Distribution

Aymen Ghilen, Mostafa Azizi, Ridha Bouallègue

Published Nov 12, 2016• 4 citations
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10.1007/s11277-016-3873-9

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