Videoconferencing and Videotelephony - Technology and Standards, Second Edition
Technology, Standards
Published in March 1999
Book
Hardback
318 pages
978-0-89006-997-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text provides a detailed summary of emerging standards for audio-visual systems and multimedia applications. It offers information on video and speech coding techniques coupled with extensive coverage of standards for communication of multimedia signals. The text details compression techniques and standards, and addresses the technologies of video and audio compression, data communication protocols, digital TV, and digital audio and multimedia. In this second edition, information is offered on the H.324M standard for transmitting multimedia signals over mobile networks, and details on advanced coding standards such as H.263 and MDEG-4.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Norwood
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 229 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-89006-997-4 (9780890069974)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Book
07/1996
Artech House Publishers
€85.42
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Person
Richard Schaphorst is president of Delta Information Systems, Horsham, Pennsylvania. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Lehigh University.
Content
Introduction. Video Teleconferencing -- Benefits and System Design. Visual Compression Techniques. Audio Coding Standards. Audiovisual Standards Organizations. Multimedia Communications via N-ISDN [H.320]. Multimedia Communications via Packet Networks [H.323]. Multimedia Communications via the PSTN [H.324] and Mobile Radio [H.324M]. Multimedia Communications via B-ISDN [H.321, H.310]. Multipoint Graphic Communications [T.120]. ISO Audiovisual Standards [MPEG, JPEG, JBIG]. Glossary. Acronyms and Abbreviations.