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Advances in intelligent systems and computing

Security in IoT-Based Smart Grid Through Quantum Key Distribution

Maninder Kaur, Sheetal Kalra

Published Sep 29, 2017• 26 citations
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10.1007/978-981-10-3773-3_51

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