Front cover -- Multimedia Over IP and Wireless Networks -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors -- About the Authors -- Part A: Overview -- Chapter 1. Multimedia Networking and Communication: Principles and Challenges -- 1.1 Dimensions of Multimedia Communication -- 1.2 Organization of the Book -- 1.3 Suggested Use for Graduate Instruction and Self-Study -- 1.4 Supplementary Material for the Book -- Acknowledgments -- Part B: Compression -- Chapter 2. Error-Resilient Coding and Decoding Strategies for Video Communication -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Video Communication Systems -- 2.3 Error-Resilient Video Transmission -- 2.4 Resynchronization and Error Concealment -- 2.5 Error Mitigation -- 2.6 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 3. Error-Resilient Coding and Error Concealment Strategies for Audio Communication -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Loss Concealment for Waveform Speech Codecs -- 3.3 Loss Concealment for CELP Speech Codecs -- 3.4 Loss Concealment for Lapped Transform Codecs -- 3.5 Forward Error Correction Techniques for Speech -- 3.6 Other Error-Resilient Coding Techniques -- 3.7 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 4. Mechanisms for Adapting Compressed Multimedia to Varying Bandwidth Conditions -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Impact of Available Bandwidth on Quality -- 4.3 Overview of Bandwidth Adaptation Architectures -- 4.4 Coding Techniques for Bandwidth Adaptation -- 4.5 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 5. Scalable Video Coding for Adaptive Streaming Applications -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Scalability Modes in Current Video Coding Standards -- 5.3 MPEG-4 Fine Grain Scalable (FGS) Coding -- 5.4 Motion-Compensated Wavelet Video Codecs -- 5.5 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Scalable Extension -- 5.6 Spatiotemporal-SNR Trade-Offs for Improved Visual Performance.

5.7 Summary and Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6. Scalable Audio Coding -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Scalable Audio Coding Framework -- 6.3 Channel Mixer: Scale by Number of Audio Channels -- 6.4 Audio Transform -- 6.5 Quantization and Section Split -- 6.6 Embedded Subbit Plane Entropy Coding -- 6.7 Bit Stream Assembler -- 6.8 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Part C: IP Networking -- Chapter 7. Channel Protection Fundamentals -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Shannon's Source and Channel Theorems -- 7.3 Channel coding and error control -- 7.4 Hierarchical Modulation -- 7.5 Automatic Repeat Request, Hybrid FEC/ARQ -- 7.6 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 8. Channel Modeling and Analysis for the Internet -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Basic Information Theory Concepts -- 8.3 Packet Losses over Channels with Memory -- 8.4 Wide-Scale Internet Streaming Study -- 8.5 Summary and Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9. Forward Error Control for Packet Loss and Corruption -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Priority Encoding Transmission -- 9.3 CRC+RCPC: Within-Packet Coding -- 9.4 Error Protection for Wireless Networks -- 9.5 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 10. Network-Adaptive Media Transport -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Rate-Distortion Optimized Streaming -- 10.3 Rich Acknowledgments -- 10.4 Multiple Deadlines -- 10.5 Dependent Packet Delays -- 10.6 Congestion-Distortion Optimized Scheduling -- 10.7 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Part D: Wireless Networking -- Chapter 11. Performance Modeling and Analysis over Medium Access Control Layer Wireless Channels -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Markov Chains for Wireless Channel Modeling -- 11.3 Practical Issues -- 11.4 Modeling 802.11b Bit Error Processes -- 11.5 Reducing the Complexity of Markov Chains -- 11.6 Summary and Further Reading -- References.

Chapter 12. Cross-Layer Wireless Multimedia -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Short Summary of 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard -- 12.3 Example of Cross-Layer Impact -- 12.4 Cross-Layer Design -- 12.5 Cross-Layer MAC-Application-Layer Optimization -- 12.6 Cross-Layer MAC-Application Layer -- 12.7 Efficient Resource Reservation Mechanisms -- 12.8 Simplifying the Real-Time Cross-Layer Optimization -- 12.9 Dynamic and Fair Multiuser Wireless Transmission -- 12.10 Summary and Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 13. Quality of Service Support in Multimedia Wireless Environments -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Application Modeling -- 13.3 QoS Support in Mobile Operating Systems -- 13.4 QoS Support in Mobile Wireless Networks -- 13.5 Design Principles Learned -- 13.6 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Part E: Systems -- Chapter 14. Streaming Media on Demand and Live Broadcast -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Architectures, Protocols, and File Formats -- 14.3 Fundamental Abstractions -- 14.4 Streaming Media over Packet Networks -- 14.5 Live Broadcast -- 14.6 Summary and Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Rate Estimation -- References -- Chapter 15. Real-Time Communication: Internet Protocol Voice and Video Telephony and Teleconferencing -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Architecture and Fundamentals -- 15.3 Quality of Service -- 15.4 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 16. Adaptive Media Playout -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Sender and Receiver Curves -- 16.3 Client Buffering -- 16.4 Adaptive Media Playout -- 16.5 Signal Processing for Adaptive Media Playout -- 16.6 Playout Speed Control Mechanisms -- 16.7 Adaptive Media Playout and Packet Path Diversity -- 16.8 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Part F: Advanced Topics -- Chapter 17. Path Diversity for Media Streaming -- 17.1 Introduction.

17.2 Building Blocks for Media Streaming -- 17.3 Benefits of Path Diversity -- 17.4 Multiple Description Coding -- 17.5 Design, Analysis, and Operation -- 17.6 Applications and Architectures -- 17.7 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 18. Distributed Video Coding and Its Applications -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Conventional Video Coding Background -- 18.3 Background on Source Coding with Side Information -- 18.4 Architectural Goals of PRISM -- 18.5 A Theory for Distributed Video Coding -- 18.6 PRISM: Encoding -- 18.7 PRISM: Decoding -- 18.8 Simulation Results -- 18.9 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 19. Infrastructure-Based Streaming Media Overlay Networks -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Capabilities of a Streaming Media Overlay -- 19.3 Architecture and Design Principles -- 19.4 Advanced Topics -- 19.5 Media Overlay Uses and Benefits -- 19.6 Summary and Further Reading -- References -- Index.