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Title: A Hierarchical Vehicular-Based Architecture for Vehicular Networks: A Case Study on Computation Offloading
Award ID(s):
1718666
NSF-PAR ID:
10342695
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
IEEE Access
Volume:
8
ISSN:
2169-3536
Page Range / eLocation ID:
184273 to 184283
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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