Research Article

[Retracted] HGKM: An Efficient Hybrid Group Key Management for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles MBN in Wireless Network Environment

Table 9

The computation cost of join and leave operations in HGKM.

Computation cost

JoinThe TKC
Members of that immediately affected operation element
Outside members affected directly by operation unit.1

LeaveThe TKC in Case I
The TKC in Case II
Members of that immediately affected operation element
Newly elected leader of immediately affected member element2
Members outside the immediately affected operation element1

: the highest operation element; : the entire number of members within this leader element; : the entire number of members within this group;