Analysis of Energy Efficient Clustering Schemes with Isolated Node Issue in Aerial Wireless Sensors

Energy consumption is a major concern in Aerial Wireless Sensor Network(AWSN), especially when sensors are mounted on airborne platforms with limited power supply. Efficient energy aware clustering scheme can help them gathering and transmitting as much data as possible by extending their limited operation lifetime. In this study, we focus on analyzing how mobility models in 3-D space affect our previous work - Regional Energy Aware Clustering with Isolated Node (REAC-IN) scheme, since sensors moving in 3-D environment bring up the issue of isolated node problem even further. The simulation result shows the implementation of REAC-IN under the scenario of AWSN still performs well.