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Studies in big data

Different Architectures of Quantum Key Distribution Network

Ahmed Farouk, Omar Husain Tarawneh, Mohamed Elhoseny, Josep Amengual i Batle, Mosayeb Naseri, Aboul Ella Hassanien, Muzaffar Qadir Lone

Published Oct 13, 2017• 1 citation
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10.1007/978-3-319-63639-9_3

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