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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front cover; Multimedia Over IP and Wireless Networks; Copyright page; Table of Contents; About the Editors; About the Authors; Part A: Overview; Chapter 1. Multimedia Networking and Communication: Principles and Challenges; 1.1 Dimensions of Multimedia Communication; 1.2 Organization of the Book; 1.3 Suggested Use for Graduate Instruction and Self-Study; 1.4 Supplementary Material for the Book; Acknowledgments; Part B: Compression; Chapter 2. Error-Resilient Coding and Decoding Strategies for Video Communication; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Video Communication Systems. 2.3 Error-Resilient Video Transmission2.4 Resynchronization and Error Concealment; 2.5 Error Mitigation; 2.6 Summary and Further Reading; References; Chapter 3. Error-Resilient Coding and Error Concealment Strategies for Audio Communication; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Loss Concealment for Waveform Speech Codecs; 3.3 Loss Concealment for CELP Speech Codecs; 3.4 Loss Concealment for Lapped Transform Codecs; 3.5 Forward Error Correction Techniques for Speech; 3.6 Other Error-Resilient Coding Techniques; 3.7 Summary and Further Reading; References. Chapter 4. Mechanisms for Adapting Compressed Multimedia to Varying Bandwidth Conditions4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Impact of Available Bandwidth on Quality; 4.3 Overview of Bandwidth Adaptation Architectures; 4.4 Coding Techniques for Bandwidth Adaptation; 4.5 Summary and Further Reading; References; Chapter 5. Scalable Video Coding for Adaptive Streaming Applications; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Scalability Modes in Current Video Coding Standards; 5.3 MPEG-4 Fine Grain Scalable (FGS) Coding; 5.4 Motion-Compensated Wavelet Video Codecs; 5.5 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Scalable Extension. 5.6 Spatiotemporal-SNR Trade-Offs for Improved Visual Performance5.7 Summary and Further Reading; Bibliography; Chapter 6. Scalable Audio Coding; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Scalable Audio Coding Framework; 6.3 Channel Mixer: Scale by Number of Audio Channels; 6.4 Audio Transform; 6.5 Quantization and Section Split; 6.6 Embedded Subbit Plane Entropy Coding; 6.7 Bit Stream Assembler; 6.8 Summary and Further Reading; References; Part C: IP Networking; Chapter 7. Channel Protection Fundamentals; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Shannon's Source and Channel Theorems; 7.3 Channel coding and error control. 7.4 Hierarchical Modulation7.5 Automatic Repeat Request, Hybrid FEC/ARQ; 7.6 Summary and Further Reading; References; Chapter 8. Channel Modeling and Analysis for the Internet; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Basic Information Theory Concepts; 8.3 Packet Losses over Channels with Memory; 8.4 Wide-Scale Internet Streaming Study; 8.5 Summary and Further Reading; Bibliography; Chapter 9. Forward Error Control for Packet Loss and Corruption; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Priority Encoding Transmission; 9.3 CRC+RCPC: Within-Packet Coding; 9.4 Error Protection for Wireless Networks; 9.5 Summary and Further Reading. References.

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.