Multimedia Network Technology and Applications

Author: Lu Shuwen
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The book integrates principles, technologies, and development, with a focus on practical technologies and cultivating network configuration skills. It can serve as a reference textbook for graduate students and senior undergraduate students in computer science, electronic engineering, and related fields, as well as for professionals engaged in multimedia network research, application, and development. The book covers a broad range of topics, encompassing nearly all the essential components required to understand multimedia networks—from basic principles, technologies, communication systems, protocols, and networks to various typical multimedia applications. Starting with an overview of general concepts and development trends in multimedia communication, the book provides fundamental principles and knowledge of multimedia and network communication, then gradually introduces more complex key technologies and standards such as broadband networks, IP, ATM, MPLS, multicast, multimedia network applications, and security.