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Multimedia networking technology, management, and applications
Title:
Multimedia networking technology, management, and applications
Author:
Syed, Mahbubur Rahman, 1952-
ISBN:
9781591400059
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2002.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (vi, 486 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
Managing Real-Time Distributed Multimedia Applications / Vana Kalogeraki, Peter Melliar-Smith, Louise Moser -- Building Internet Multimedia Applications / Zhonghua Yang ... [et al.] -- The Design and Performance of a CORBA Audio/Video Streaming Service / Naga Surendran, Yamuna Krishamurthy, Douglas Schmidt -- MPEG-4 Facial Animation and its Application to a Videophone System for the Deaf / Nikolaos Sarris, Michael Strintzis -- News on Demand / Mark Maybury -- A CSCW with Reduced Bandwidth Requirements Based on a Distributed Processing Discipline Enhanced for Medical Purposes / Iraklis Kamilatos, Michael Strintzis -- A Layered Multimedia Presentation Database for Distance Learning / Timothy Shih -- QoS-Aware Digital Video Retrieval Application / Tadeusz Czachorski ... [et al.] -- Network Dimensioning for MPEG-2 Video Communications Using ATM / Bhumip Khasnabish -- VBR Traffic Shaping for Streaming of Multimedia Transmission / Ray-I. Chang ... [et al.] -- RAC / Wonjun Lee, Jaideep Srivastava -- A Model for Dynamic QoS Negotiation Applied to an MPEG4 Applications / Silvia Giordano ... [et al.] -- Playout Control Mechanism for Speech Transmission over the Internet / Marco Roccetti -- Collaboration and Virtual Early Prototyping Using the Distributed Building Site Metaphor / Fabien Costantini, Christian Toinard -- Methods for Dealing with Dynamic Visual Data in Collaborative Applications: A Survey / Binh Pham --

An Isochronous Approach to Multimedia Synchronization in Distributed Environments / Zhonghau Yang ... [et al.] -- Introduction to Multicast Technology / Gabor Hosszu -- IP Multicast / Antonio Gomez-Skarmeta, Pedro Ruiz, Angel Mateo-Martinez -- Mobile Multimedia over Wireless Network / Jurgen Stauder, Fazli Erbas.
Abstract:
In recent years rapid Internet growth has pushed the development of new multimedia applications in all aspects of life such as entertainment, communication, collaborative work and electronic commerce. Future applications will make use of different technologies like voice, data and video, but in order to make such a wide variety of multimedia applications successful, a number of technology and management issues must be addressed. This book addresses the dynamic and efficient uses of resources--a fundamental aspect of multimedia networks. Geared toward professionals, educators and students alike, this book details current research and the future direction of multimedia networking.
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