Network and Multimedia Communication Technology

Author: Ou Jianping
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This book provides a detailed introduction to multimedia audio and video coding, and comprehensively and systematically elaborates on the fundamental principles, practical applications, and new developments in modern network and multimedia communication. The book is divided into seven chapters. First, it introduces the basic principles of multimedia audio coding and rapidly developing technologies such as IP telephony, CTI, and MP3 audio coding. Next, it elaborates on video coding and decoding principles, with particular emphasis on the very low bit-rate coding standard ITU-T H.263, as well as video telephony based on the core network multimedia video coding standard H.263. Then, it systematically introduces current multimedia broadband networks, including ISDN, ADSL, LMDS, and broadband Ethernet, and also covers multimedia data communication methods such as Socket programming on the Internet, DirectX programming for multimedia direct display acceleration, multimedia data formats, and the popular streaming media. Finally, it discusses the practical applications of multimedia networks, such as video telephony, VOD, video conferencing, and distance education. The book is appropriately selected in terms of content, summarizing all aspects of multimedia networks and communication. While explaining the fundamental principles, it also introduces multiple standards of multimedia networks, emphasizing the combination of practical applications and theoretical practice. This book can serve as a textbook or reference for multimedia networks and communication courses in universities and colleges for electronic and computer science majors. It is also suitable for engineers, researchers, and managers engaged in multimedia network and communication research and development.