
Multimedia and Communications Technology
Steve Heath(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 2. August 2017
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-1-138-41263-7 (ISBN)
Description
Multimedia and Communications Technology is a practical explanation of the technologies that bring together existing products such as the PC, telephone and television. It is precisely this revolution that the book addresses - offering an up to date technical overview of developments in PC technology, video and audio compression, telecommunications and many other disciplines.Written as a series of tutorials, the book starts with the fundamental techniques of digital audio and video, moving on to compression techniques such as JPEG and MPEG. The delivery systems for multimedia are then covered, starting with the CD and on to telephones, local and wide area networks and ATM and ASDL. The final chapters describe how these technologies are brought together in some key applications:? video conferencing? digital video broadcasting? video on demand ? interactive televisionSteve Heath is responsible for European Strategy and Technology Development at Motorola. He has had many years experience in computer design and has presented papers on multimedia technology at international conferences. He is a well known technical writer and has written fourteen other books for Focal Press, Newnes and Butterworth-Heinemann.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
798 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-41263-7 (9781138412637)
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Additional editions

Steve Heath
Multimedia and Communications Technology
Book
07/1999
2nd Edition
Focal Press
€176.80
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Steve Heath
Multimedia and Communications Technology
E-Book
07/1999
2nd Edition
Routledge
€158.99
Available for download

Steve Heath
Multimedia and Communications Technology
E-Book
07/1999
2nd Edition
Routledge
€158.99
Available for download
Person
Senior Staff Engineer, European Strategy and Technology Development, Motorola Semiconductors, Steve Heath has written 15 books on topics covering Apple and IBM PCs, processor architectures, UNIX and Windows NT operating systems.
Content
What is multimedia?; Digital audio; Digital video; Digital picture compression; Digital video compression; CD-ROMs; POTS/PTSN; ISDN; ADSL; LANS; ATM; Multimedia conferencing; Digital video broadcasting; The multimedia PC