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

Table 2

Explanation for Algorithm 2 variables and functions.

Variable/function	Explanation
BSMvehicle_brocast (X)	Vehicle X broadcasts BSMvehicle
push_back_BSM (BSMvehicle)	Put the MSCN’s BSMvehicle into table of neighbor node
Ti	Table of node i for saving BSMvehicle from neighbor MSCN
indexvector	The vector that node stores the VirCC index
cal_VirCCindex (X, Y)	The function to calculate VirCC index between Y and X according to equation (8)
SelectMin_index (X)	Select the node with the smallest VirCC index
VirCCselect	The VirCC that the node joins
MSCN_id	The node ID of MSCN
getMSCNid (X)	Get the MSCN ID of VirCC X
Set_MSCNid (X, Y)	Set Y as the MSCN ID of node X