AeroProof: Decentralized Mutual Authentication for UAV Swarm Networks

Hayder Ali Hameed, Hussein Ahmed Ali, Wasnaa Kadhim Jawad, Varun Shukla, Zainab Marid Alzamili and Mahmood A. Al-Shareeda

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