Table 1 Notations and description
From: Distributed multi-hop clustering algorithm for VANETs based on neighborhood follow
Notation | Description |
|---|---|
Nblist x | One-hop neighbor list of vehicle x |
PktDelay x,y | The packet delay of a packet sent from vehicle y to vehicle x |
RelM x,y | The relative mobility metric between x and y |
CH | Cluster head |
CM | Cluster member |
CH x | The CH of vehicle x |
F x | The one-hop neighbor follow target of vehicle x |
Hello message | The control message sent periodically to maintain the information of neighbors |
HI | The time interval of two continuous periods for a vehicle to send hello messages |
Follow message | The notification message sent from a follower to its follow target |
Follow reply message | The reply message from a vehicle to its followers caused by a follow message |
Head message | The message broadcasted from a new CH |