Book Description: This all-inclusive, expertly structured contributed volume will serve as
an indispensable guide for professionals or researchers working in areas
like networking, communications, data compression, multimedia
processing, streaming architectures, and computer graphics. Beginning
with a concise overview of the fundamental principles and challenges of
multimedia communication and networking, this book then branches off
organically to tackle compression and networking next before moving on
to systems, wireless multimedia and more advanced topics. The
Compression section advises on the best means and methodology to ensure
multimedia signal (images, text, audio and data) integrity for
transmissions on wireless and wired systems. The Networking section
addresses channel protection and performance. In the Systems section the
focus is on streaming media on demand, live broadcast and video and
voice's role in real-time communication. Wireless multimedia
transmission and Quality of Service issues are discussed in the Wireless
Multimedia section. An Advanced Topics section concludes the book with
an assortment of topics including Peer-to-Peer multimedia communication
and multipath networks.
* Up-to-date coverage of existing standards for multimedia networking
* Synergistic tutorial approach reinforces knowledge gained in previous
chapters
* Balanced treatment of audio and video with coverage of end-to-end
systems
Book Info: Published in 2007 Author Mihaela van der Scha ISBN 0120884801 Wrong ISBN? Enter the correct one Size 11.76MB