Multimedia communication

Author: (English) Halsool, translated by Cai Annie et al.
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Multimedia communication encompasses a wide range of disciplines and covers a variety of applications and network infrastructures. This book starts with the fundamentals of multimedia communication and provides a comprehensive explanation of all aspects of multimedia communication. The content includes the representation of multimedia information, compression of text and images, compression of audio and video signals, multimedia communication standards, fundamentals of digital communication, circuit-switched networks, enterprise networks, the Internet, broadband ATM networks, entertainment networks, high-speed modems, transmission protocols, application support protocols, Internet application software, and the World Wide Web. This book is primarily written as a textbook for students majoring in multimedia communication technology at colleges and universities. These students may be studying in departments or schools of computer science, computer systems, computer engineering, or electronic engineering. The book is also suitable for computer professionals and engineers working in this rapidly growing field.