Communication and Computing for Distributed Multimedia Systems
Published on 30. November 1996
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-89006-884-7 (ISBN)
Description
Here's the first focused discussion of issues and technology in developing networked multimedia systems. This book includes a unique explanation of color specification and its role in achieving high picture quality, high compression ratio and high information retrieval performance, plus valuable coverage of principles and techniques of multimedia information indexing and retrieval critical for future systems.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Norwood
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
1, black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89006-884-7 (9780890068847)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dr. Guojun Lu is senior lecturer at Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. He earned a Ph.D. in multimedia communication from Loughborough University of Technology. Dr. Lu has written more than 30 technical papers published in journals and conference proceedings.
Content
Introduction. Characteristics and Requirements of Multimedia Data. Digital Audio, Image, and Video Compression Principles, Techniques, and Standards. End-to-End Quality-of-Service Guarantee for Digital Audio and Video Communications. Network Support for Multimedia Communications. Transport Protocol Support for Multimedia Communications. End-System Support for Distributed Multimedia Applications. Multimedia Servers. Networked Multimedia Synchronization -- Requirements and Mechanisms. Multimedia Information Indexing and Retrieval. Toward Information Superhighways. Appendices.