# Smart Handoff Technique for Internet of Vehicles Communication using Dynamic Edge-Backup Node
## 3 Proposed Methodology
### Algorithm
methodology, which enables the group of connected vehicles to play out its obligations. The weight on a cluster is limited so that it is responsible for communication and physical handoff of the dynamic feature of the backup mobile edge-node. Accordingly, the responsibility of the proposed node was to refresh the BS list and the location as the cluster of vehicles moves. This method was formed and named DEBCK. At the point when a cluster is connected with BS, the proposed backup node is configured to send a hello message. When a backup mobile edge-node or cluster head, at runtime, faces disconnection, the new backup provision's ability to deal with the situation makes the proposed method better than other methods. The proposed technique was contrasted with other related methods in regard to network disconnectivity, packet loss rate, and throughput. The proposed DEBCK could effectively minimize the packet loss rate and decrease the overhead on the clustering forming process. On top of that, DEBCK has increased the throughput and provided a more reliable connection using the concept we introduced: the edge mobile node. In the future work, research will be conducted to optimize the handoff decision scheme by constructing an objective function for minimizing packet loss, which the authors of this paper are currently working on. Furthermore, radiowave propagation, Doppler phenomena, and terrain affects are very important factors; taking them into consideration in our improved version of the DEBCK method would provide more reliability during the process of backup node formulation; these factors are to be further investigated in our future work. **Author Contributions:** [PERSON] has contributed mainly in formulating the main conceptual idea of the proposed algorithm and its design and implementation, while [PERSON] has contributed to the writing the original draft preparation, [PERSON], has contributed in writing the modified version of the paper and verifing and validating the simulation model as well as address some of the modifications suggested by the reviewers on the new simulated work. On the other hand, [PERSON], [PERSON] and [PERSON] have contributed in the final editing and funding acquisition. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. **Funding:** This research received no external funding. **Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare there is no conflict of interest in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. ## References

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