About the Authors

Baozhu Li

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Computer Science, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang, China

Salman Ghafoor

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation SEECS, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Jawad Mirza

Roles Software

Affiliation SEECS Photonics Research Group, Islamabad, Pakistan

Bilal Aziz

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Telecommunication Department, Hazara University (HU), Mansehra, Pakistan

Muhammad Ijaz

Roles Project administration

M.Ijaz@mmu.ac.uk (MI); ahalmogren@ksu.edu.sa (AA)

Affiliation Department of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

Ahmad Almogren

Roles Funding acquisition

M.Ijaz@mmu.ac.uk (MI); ahalmogren@ksu.edu.sa (AA)

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.