Multimedia over IP and wireless networks : compression, networking, and systems / edited by Philip A. Chou, Mihaela van der Schaar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chou, Philip A.

Schaar, Mihaela van der

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multimedia communications.

Computer networks.

Multimedia systems.

Physical Description:

xix, 692 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2007]

Summary:

This all-inclusive, expertly structured contributed volume serves as a reference for professionals, researchers, and students working in multimedia networking, communications, compression, and systems. Beginning with a concise overview of the fundamental principles and challenges of multimedia communication and networking, this book then branches off systematically to tackle compression and networking before moving on to systems, wireless multimedia, and more advanced topics.

Topics include: Audio and video error resilience and scalable compression, Channel-adaptive rate control and error control, Modeling of Internet and wireless channels, Wireless multimedia transmission, cross-layer optimization, and quality of service, Streaming media on demand, Audio and video telephony/conferencing, Multiple description coding and transmission over multi-path networks, Distributed video coding and its applications, Multimedia content distribution over overlay and peer-to-peer networks.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Multimedia Networking and Communication: Principles and Challenges / Mihaela van der Schaar, Philip A. Chou 3

Part B Compression 11

Chapter 2 Error-Resilient Coding and Decoding Strategies for Video Communication / Thomas Stockhammer, Waqar Zia 13

Chapter 3 Error-Resilient Coding and Error Concealment Strategies for Audio Communication / Dinei Florencio 59

Chapter 4 Mechanisms for Adapting Compressed Multimedia to Varying Bandwidth Conditions / Antonio Ortega, Huisheng Wang 81

Chapter 5 Scalable Video Coding for Adaptive Streaming Applications / Beatrice Pesquet-Popescu, Shipeng Li, Mihaela van der Schaar 117

Chapter 6 Scalable Audio Coding / Jin Li 159

Part C IP Networking 185

Chapter 7 Channel Protection Fundamentals / Raouf Hamzaoui, Vladimir Stankovic, Zixiang Xiong, Kannan Ramchandran, Rohit Puri, Abhik Majumdar, Jim Chou 187

Chapter 8 Channel Modeling and Analysis for the Internet / Hayder Radha, Dmitri Loguinov 229

Chapter 9 Forward Error Control for Packet Loss and Corruption / Raouf Hamzaoui, Vladimir Stankovic, Zixiang Xiong 271

Chapter 10 Network-Adaptive Media Transport / Mark Kalman, Bernd Girod 293

Part D Wireless Networking 311

Chapter 11 Performance Modeling and Analysis over Medium Access Control Layer Wireless Channels / Syed Ali Khayam, Hayder Radha 313

Chapter 12 Cross-Layer Wireless Multimedia / Mihaela van der Schaar 337

Chapter 13 Quality of Service Support in Multimedia Wireless Environments / Klara Nahrstedt, Wanghong Yuan, Samarth Shah, Yuan Xue, Kai Chen 409

Part E Systems 451

Chapter 14 Streaming Media on Demand and Live Broadcast / Philip A. Chou 453

Chapter 15 Real-Time Communication: Internet Protocol Voice and Video Telephony and Teleconferencing / Yi Liang, Yen-Chi Lee, Andy Teng 503

Chapter 16 Adaptive Media Playout / Eckehard Steinbach, Yi Liang, Mark Kalman, Bernd Girod 527

Part F Advanced Topics 557

Chapter 17 Path Diversity for Media Streaming / John Apostolopoulos, Mitchell Trott, Wai-Tian Tan 559

Chapter 18 Distributed Video Coding and Its Applications / Abhik Majumdar, Rohit Puri, Kannan Ramchandran, Jim Chou 591

Chapter 19 Infrastructure-Based Streaming Media Overlay Networks / Susie Wee, Wai-Tian Tan, John Apostolopoulos 633.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0120884801

9780120884803

9780123708564

0123708567

OCLC:

83607980

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