Simulation of Energy Consumption in a Multi-Tier Heterogeneous Sensor Network for Patient Monitoring: Simulation Using NS2-Simulation-Tool

Thierry O. C. Edoh Technical University of Munich Chair of Applied Software Engineering Boltzmannstr. 3 85748 Garching Munich, GERMANY +49 176 6572 6944 edoh@informatik.tumuenchen.de Oscar.edoh@gmail.com Athanase Atchome1, Bidossessi R. U. Alahassa2 ARNAUD AHOUANDJINOU University of Abomey-Calavi 2, 3 Institute of Mathematics and Physics (IMSP/UAC) 1, 2 Institut de recherche et de formation en informatique (UAC-IFRI) 3 BP 613, Porto-Novo, BENIN. +229 97 32 48 34, +229 67 33 22 00 +229 97 32 48 34, +229 67 33 22 00 1atchomeathanase@gmail.com, 2bidossessi.alahassa@gmail.com 3ahou.arn@gmail.com Pravin Pawar Department of Computer Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology, Goa Ponda 403401 Goa, INDIA +91 9096822903 pravin.pa@gmail.com