CS 778/878 Networked
Multimedia Systems
Spring 2004
-Tuesday
7:10-9:50 Eduaction Blg Rm 226
Instructor
Hussein
M. Abdel-Wahab, Ph.D.
e-mail: wahab@cs.odu.edu
offfice
phone: (757) 683-4512
office
hours: M 3-5pm & T 3-5pm
office
location: 249-4
Education Building
Course
Overview
This course covers
the
concepts and principles that underlie the transmission of continuous
media,
such as digital audio and video, across IP internetworks. The emphasis
will be on technologies and techniques for satisfying the requirements
of applications requiring real-time, low-latency delivery of media.
Textbook
Multimedia Fundamentals, Volume 1: Media
Coding and Content Processing, 2/e
by Ralf Steinmetz &
Klara Nahrstedt , Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN: 0-13-031399-8.
Topics
- Multimedia
Networks: Requirements
and Performance Issues
- Media and Data Streams.
- Audio Technology.
- Graphics and Images.
- Video Technology.
- Computer-Based
Animation.
- Data Compression.
- Optical Storage Media.
- Content Analysis
- Network
and Transportation Layer
Protocols for Multimedia
- Multipoint
communications: IP multicast
and End-to-End Reliable multicast
- Multimedia
Applications and Services.
Grading