Adaptive Configuration of Mobile Roadside Units for the Cost-Effective Vehicular Communication Infrastructure

Table 4

Notations for the adaptive state determination of mRSUs.

Notation	Description
	The set of all the neighboring vehicles of mRSU
	The set of all the associated vehicles of mRSU ;
	The set of all the neighboring vehicles of mRSU which are not associated with any mRSUs;
	The mRSU bloom filter of vehicle
	The set of the neighboring mRSUs of mRSU
	The set of the mRSUs included in
	The set of the mRSUs included in both and ;
	The threshold used for the state change from ON to OFF
	The number of vehicles that can be additionally associated with mRSU ; the remaining capacity of ;
	The set of ’s of the neighboring mRSU ’s of mRSU
	The transferability of vehicle to a new mRSU from mRSU in the case that changes its state to OFF;
	The threshold for determining the value of
	The parameter controlling the probability of an OFF-state mRSU to become the ON-state; is a positive integer; the larger is, the higher the probability is
	The broadcast period of the mR_INFO message
	The time spent for association;
	The broadcast period of the mR_SA message;
	The broadcast period of the V_INFO message;
	The start time of the ON or OFF state