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Zhang, W., Wang, Z., Das, S.K., Hassan, M. (2008). Security Issues in Wireless Mesh Networks. In: Hossain, E., Leung, K. (eds) Wireless Mesh Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68839-8_12

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