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Multimedia communications : applications, networks, protocols and standards
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Publication Information:
England : Addison Wesley, 2001
ISBN:
9780201398182

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Summary

Addressing the main areas associated with multimedia communications, this text identifies the different types of multimedia applications, quantifies their communication requirements and describes the operation and protocols of the different kinds of networks that are used to support them. These networks include LANs, the Internet and World Wide Web, and home-entertainment networks such as cable and satellite.


Table of Contents

1 Multimedia Communications
2 Multimedia Information Representation
3 Text and Image Compression
4 Audio and Video Compression
5 Standards for Multimedia Communications
6 Digital Communication Basics
7 Circuit-switched networks
8 Enterprise Networks
9 The Internet
10 Broadband ATM Networks
11 Entertainment Networks and High-Speed Modems
12 Transport Protocols
13 Application Support Functions
14 Internet Applications
15 The World Wide Web