**Author details**

Vjaceslavs Bobrovs\*, Sergejs Olonkins, Sandis Spolitis, Jurgis Porins and Girts Ivanovs

\*Address all correspondence to: vjaceslavs.bobrovs@rtu.lv

Riga Technical University, Institute of Telecommunications, Latvia

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