Multimedia Networking Handbook99th Edition
1st Edition
Published on 28. September 1998
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-8493-9949-7 (ISBN)
Description
Multimedia technology represents the biggest technological breakthrough since the computer. As an IT professional, you must prepare your organizations' network infrastructure for all the "real-time" multimedia applications to come.
Multimedia Networking Handbook will teach you how to bring all the benefits of multimedia to your company. Prepare your IT infrastructure for audio, graphics, animation, full-motion video-all types of real-time multimedia applications. This one, irreplaceable handbook gives you easy to understand material on issues such as latency and bandwidth, critical technologies and standards such as FDDI, ATM, frame relay, SONET, B-ISDN and wireless technologies, as well as practical information from top experts at leading-edge companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens and MCI. You'll learn how to:
Reduce costs and add services with new band-width saving techniques
Expand your network's capacity, leverage your infrastructure and safeguard your network's privacy
Prepare your network for the stringent requirements for two-way interactive video
Lower WAN costs, enhance access capability and make faster upgrades with frame relay
Find out key networking options for supporting bursty data on LAN and WAN
Get a quick overview of how digital speech works
Multimedia Networking Handbook will teach you how to bring all the benefits of multimedia to your company. Prepare your IT infrastructure for audio, graphics, animation, full-motion video-all types of real-time multimedia applications. This one, irreplaceable handbook gives you easy to understand material on issues such as latency and bandwidth, critical technologies and standards such as FDDI, ATM, frame relay, SONET, B-ISDN and wireless technologies, as well as practical information from top experts at leading-edge companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens and MCI. You'll learn how to:
Reduce costs and add services with new band-width saving techniques
Expand your network's capacity, leverage your infrastructure and safeguard your network's privacy
Prepare your network for the stringent requirements for two-way interactive video
Lower WAN costs, enhance access capability and make faster upgrades with frame relay
Find out key networking options for supporting bursty data on LAN and WAN
Get a quick overview of how digital speech works
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Photographie bzw. Rasterbild, 38 s/w Tabellen
1 Halftones, black and white; 38 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8493-9949-7 (9780849399497)
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Content
Introduction - Multimedia Networking: New Perspectives
Section I - Multimedia Networking , A Status Report
Business Impact and Implications on Multimedia
Broadband Applications and Technology Requirements
Global Multimedia Networking: A Web of Controversy
Section II - Voice Communications over Multimedia Networks
Voice and Video on the LAN
Internet Voice Applications
Voice over Frame Relay
Voice Compression and Silence Suppression
Section III - Constant-Bit-Rate Data Services over Multimedia Networks
ATM Circuit Emulation Services
ATM Cell Relay Transport for Broadband Services
Section IV - Bursty Data Communications over Multimedia Networks
ATM LAN Emulation
Transport over Frame Relay: Issues and Considerations
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in Broadband ISDN
Section V - Video Communications over Multimedia Networks
Placing Images and Multimedia on the Corporate Network
Videoconferencing over IP Networks
Video Compression Techniques and Bandwidth Utilization
Section VI - Technologies for Multimedia Transport
Networking Approaches for Multimedia LANs
Integrated Services: The Multimedia Internet
T1, T3 and SONET Networks
Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Broadband Network Access
Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD): Extending the Reach of Data
Section VII - Designing & Managing Multimedia Networks
Managing the Multimedia Network
Issues in Managing Multimedia Networks
A Simulation Method for the Design of Multimedia Networks
Section VIII - A Multimedia Networking Future
Choosing Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines (ADSL)
Access Architectures and Multimedia
The Change Has Begun, The Future is Now
Section I - Multimedia Networking , A Status Report
Business Impact and Implications on Multimedia
Broadband Applications and Technology Requirements
Global Multimedia Networking: A Web of Controversy
Section II - Voice Communications over Multimedia Networks
Voice and Video on the LAN
Internet Voice Applications
Voice over Frame Relay
Voice Compression and Silence Suppression
Section III - Constant-Bit-Rate Data Services over Multimedia Networks
ATM Circuit Emulation Services
ATM Cell Relay Transport for Broadband Services
Section IV - Bursty Data Communications over Multimedia Networks
ATM LAN Emulation
Transport over Frame Relay: Issues and Considerations
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in Broadband ISDN
Section V - Video Communications over Multimedia Networks
Placing Images and Multimedia on the Corporate Network
Videoconferencing over IP Networks
Video Compression Techniques and Bandwidth Utilization
Section VI - Technologies for Multimedia Transport
Networking Approaches for Multimedia LANs
Integrated Services: The Multimedia Internet
T1, T3 and SONET Networks
Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Broadband Network Access
Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD): Extending the Reach of Data
Section VII - Designing & Managing Multimedia Networks
Managing the Multimedia Network
Issues in Managing Multimedia Networks
A Simulation Method for the Design of Multimedia Networks
Section VIII - A Multimedia Networking Future
Choosing Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines (ADSL)
Access Architectures and Multimedia
The Change Has Begun, The Future is Now