A Safety-Aware Location Privacy-Preserving IoV Scheme with Road Congestion-Estimation in Mobile Edge Computing

. 2023 Jan 3;23(1):531. doi: 10.3390/s23010531

Algorithm 5 Send a BSM

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procedureShould_I_Send_a_BSM()
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if ( $v_{i}$ has a Car_type of “role vehicles” or “public transport vehicles”) then
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Send_the_BSM_Message(); ▹ these two kinds of vehicles always broadcast
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else if ((the number $n_N e i g h b o r$ is ≥ $k_s f t$ ) AND ( $F r o n t_1$ OR $F r o n t_2$ ) AND ( $R e a r_1$ OR $R e a r_2$ )) then
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Delete_the_BSM_Message();
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if ( $M y_s e t . s i z e ()$ == 0) then
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$S e t_n o v e l t y_r a t i o$ =0;
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else
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$S e t_n o v e l t y_r a t i o$ = 1 - $M y_f i n a l_s e t . s i z e ()$ / $M y_s e t . s i z e ()$ ;
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end if
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else
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Send_the_BSM_Message();
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end if
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$M y_s e t . c l e a r ()$ ; ▹ a reinitialization for the next timeslot
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$M y_f i n a l_s e t . c l e a r ()$ ; ▹ a reinitialization for the next timeslot
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end procedure