UID:
almahu_9948025497702882
Format:
1 online resource (337 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-04647-7
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9786611046477
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0-08-051224-0
Series Statement:
Academic Press series in communications, networking and multimedia
Content:
The rapid advances and industry demands for networked delivery of information and pictures through computer networks and cable television has created a need for new techniques and standards for the packaging and delivery of digital information. Multimedia Communications presents the latest information from industry and academic experts on all standards, methods and protocols. Internet protocols for wireless communications, transcoding of Internet multimedia for universal access, ATM and ISDN chapters, videoconferencing standards, speech and audio coding standards, multi-casting and imag
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Multimedia Communications: Directions and Innovations; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1. Multimedia Communications: Source Representations, Networks, and Applications; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Networks and Network Services; 1.3 Multimedia Sources; 1.4 Source and Destination Terminals; 1.5 Applications of Multimedia Communications Networks; 1.6 Conclusions; 1.7 For Further Reading; Chapter 2. Future Telecommunication Networks: Traffic and Technologies; 2.1 Key Technologies; 2.2 Impact of Competition; 2.3 Four Traffic Hypotheses
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2.4 Synergy: Future Projections2.5 Summary and Conclusions; 2.6 Bibliography; Chapter 3. Speech Coding Standards; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Speech Analysis-Synthesis and Linear Prediction; 3.3 Linear Prediction and Speech Coding Standards; 3.4 Standards Based on Subband and Transform Coders; 3.5 Summary and Emerging Standards; 3.6 References; Chapter 4. Audio Coding Standards; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 ISO/MPEG Audio Coding Standards; 4.3 Other Audio Coding Standards; 4.4 Architectural Overview; 4.5 Conclusions; 4.6 Definitions of Key Terms; 4.7 References; 4.8 Bibliography
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Chapter 5. Still Image Compression Standards5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Lossy Compression; 5.3 Lossless Compression; 5.4 Bilevel Image Compression; 5.5 Definitions of Key Terms; 5.6 References; 5.7 Bibliography; Chapter 6. Multimedia Conferencing Standards; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 H.320 for ISDN Videoconferencing; 6.3 H.320 Network Adaptation Standards: H.321 and H.322; 6.4 A New Generation: H.323, H.324, and H.310; 6.5 T.120 for Data Conferencing and Conference Control; 6.6 Summary; 6.7 References; Chapter 7. MPEG-1 and -2 Compression; 1.1 Introduction; 7.2 The MPEG Model; 7.3 MPEG Video
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7.4 SummaryChapter 8. MPEG-4 and MPEG-7; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 MPEG-4; 8.3 MPEG-7; 8.4 Summary; 8.5 References; Chapter 9. ATM Network Technology; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Overview; 9.3 Physical Layer Specifications; 9.4 ATM Layer Specifications; 9.5 ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) Specifications; 9.6 Network Aspects of B-ISDN; 9.7 Other ATM Network Technologies; 9.8 Concluding Remarks; 9.9 Definitions of Key Terms; 9.10 Bibliography; 9.11 For Further Information; Chapter 10. ISDN; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 ISDN User-Network Interfaces; 10.3 Layers 1, 2, and 3 Specifications of UNI
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10.4 Access Transmission Line Systems10.5 References; Chapter 11. Video-on-Demand Broadcasting Protocols; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Common Terms and Concepts; 11.3 Staggered Broadcasting Protocols; 11.4 Pyramid Broadcasting Protocols; 11.5 Harmonic Broadcasting Protocols; 11.6 Summary; 11.7 Definitions of Key Terms; 11.8 References; 11.9 For Further Information; Chapter 12. Internet Telephony Technology and Standards Overview; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Internet Telephony Architecture Overview; 12.3 Related Internet Telephony Standards; 12.4 Current and Developing Internet Telephony Protocols
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12.5 How Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Works
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-282160-2
Language:
English
