An MSCN-Based Virtual Computing Cell-Oriented BSM Dissemination Mechanism

Table 1

Explanation for Algorithm 1 variables and functions.

Variable/function	Explanation
BSMvehicle_brocast (X)	Vehicle X broadcast BSMvehicle to neighbors
Tneighbor	Neighbor table for saving neighbor BSM
cal_MSCNcriteria (T)	Calculate MSCN selection criteria based on neighbor table T
W	The MSCN selection criteria
Getposition (X)	Get the position coordinates of node X
VirCCnum	The VirCC number that the node belongs to
getVirCC_num (X, Y)	Obtain the VirCC number of coordinate X according to equation (5)
setW_min (X, Y)	Set Y to the minimum MSCN selection criteria in VirCC X
getW_min (X)	Get the minimum MSCN selection criteria in VirCC X
getid (X)	Get the node ID of node X
MSCNid	The node ID of MSCN
Set_MSCN (X, Y)	Set Y as the MSCN node ID in VirCC X
get_MSCN (X)	Get the MSCN node ID in VirCC X
n	The number of VirCC calculated according to equation (2)