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ATM & MPEG-2 : intergrating digital video into broadband networks
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Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 1998
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9780132437004
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MPEG-2 and ATM are technologies that are the enabling factors for services like video on demand or digital video broadcasting. The understanding of these technologies is of importance to: people in the TV/broadcast industry and people working in the telecommunications area. This work describes these technologies in the revolution of digital video.


Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
New Services and New Technologies
Network Technologies: Broadband ISDN and ATM
Digital Video Technologies: ISO/IEC's Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG)
Network Technologies: Access Networks
Video in Future Information Systems
2 Video and Audio Fundamentals
Video and Audio Fundamentals On A Page
Video Fundamentals
Aspects of the Human Sense of Seeing
Colorspaces
RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
YUV and YCrCb
Sampling of Chrominance and Luminance Values
Interlacing
Digital Video Formats
ITU-R 601 Recommendation
Source Input Format (SIF) and Common Interchange Format (CIF)
Audio Fundamentals
Aspects of the Human Sense of Hearing
Basic Terms and Concepts
Digital Representation of Sound
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3 MPEG-2
MPEG-2 On A Page
The MPEG-2 Standards
MPEG-2 Video
Introduction
MPEG-2 Video the Basics
Video Sequence
Frame
Pictures, Macroblocks and Blocks
Slices
Fields
Data Compression Used in MPEG-2 Video
MPEG-2 Video The Video Bitstream Syntax
MPEG-2 Video Scalability
Spatial Scalability
Temporal Scalability
SNR Scalability
Data Partitioning
MPEG-2 Video Profiles and Levels
MPEG Audio
Introduction
Layers 1, 2, and 3
MPEG Audio Compression and Encoding
PDU Structure
Coding Modes
MPEG-2 Audio Additions
Compatibility and Matrixing
Adaptive Multichannel Prediction
The NBC Work Group
MPEG-2 Systems
Introduction
Transport Streams and Program Streams
MPEG-2 System Syntax Hierarchy
The Transport Packet
The Adaptation Field
Splicing of Transport Streams
The PES Packet
Program Specific Information
PSI Table Sections
The Program Clock Reference
Error Detection in MPEG-2 Systems
MPEG-2 Digital Storage Medium Command and Control (DSM-CC)
Introduction
User-to-Network Operations
User-to-Network Messages
User-to-User Operations
Application Download Communication
Client-Server Communication
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4 Broadband Network Technologies
Broadband Network Technologies On A Page
History and Background of B-ISDN
Abilities and Benefits of B-ISDN
Introduction
Application Independence
Bandwidth Efficiency
LAN-MAN-WAN Integration
Bandwidth Granularity
Dynamic Bandwidth
Variable Connection Quality
Description of Selected Network Elements and Structures
Introduction
Network Elements
Reference Points
Public Network Elements
B-ISDN Protocols
Introduction
Physical/Convergence Layer
Transmission Convergence Layer
Physical Media Dependent Layer
SONET and SDH
SONET STS-3c and SDH STM-1 T ransmission Convergence Sublayer
SDH STM-1 and SONET STS-3c Frame Generation and Extraction
E3
DS-3
Header Error Control (HEC)
Cell Delineation
ATM Layer
VPI and VCI
PTI
CLP
HEC
ATM Layer Quality of Service (QoS)
ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL)
AAL-1
CS and SAR
AAL-5
CS and SAR
B-ISDN Services
Signaling
UNISignaling
UNI Signaling Message Flow
UNI Signaling Messages and IE's
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5 Access Networks
Access Networks On A Page
Access Networks The Basics
Access Network Types
Introduction
FTTC
ADSL/VDSL
HFC
FTTH
Satellite and Terrestrial Distribution
MMDS/LMDS
To Get More Details . . .
6 Video in Broadband Networks
Video in Broadband Networks On A Page
Introduction
The ATM Forum Video On Demand Implementation Agreement
Introduction
ATM Forum VoD Protocol Reference Model
Network Adaptation
Traffic Parameters and Quality of Service Parameters
ITU-T Recommendation J.82
Mapping of MPEG-2 in AAL-1
Mapping of MPEG-2 in AAL-5
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Work Groups: Digital Video in the Internet
Introduction
The Internet Service Model
IETF Work Groups and Standards
The Digital Audio-Visual Council (DAVIC) Association Specification
Introduction
DAVIC System Reference Model
DAVIC Delivery System
The DAVIC Information Flows
S1 Flow: Content Flow
S2 Flow: Control Flow
S3 Flow: Control Flow
S4 Flow: Control Flow
S5 Flow: Management Flow
Physical Layers in the DAVIC Delivery System
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