Salkintzis / Passas Emerging Wireless Multimedia

Services and Technologies
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-02150-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 454 Seiten, E-Book

The provision of IP-based multimedia services is one of the mostexiting and challenging aspects of next generation wirelessnetworks. A significant evolution has been underway for enablingsuch multimedia services and for ultimately migrating the Internetto the wireless world. This book examines this evolution, lookingat an array of the most up-to-date wireless multimedia technologiesand services. The first part focuses on enabling technologies forwireless multimedia, while the second is dedicated to the newwireless multimedia services that are expected to play a key rolein the future wireless environment. In addition, the related recentstandardization, research and industry activities areaddressed.
* Covers a complete range of multimedia hot topics, ranging fromaudio/video coding techniques to multimedia protocols andapplications
* Discusses QoS issues in WLANs, 3G and hybrid 3G/WLANnetworks
* Provides in-depth discussion of the most modern multimediaservices, such as Push-to-Talk, Instant Messaging, Presence, mobilepayments, MMS, WAP, and location-based multimedia services
* Addresses the emerging Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service(MBMS) and the key aspects of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) in 3Gnetworks
* Numerous on-line references will assist readers in their questfor the most up-to-date information
This comprehensive resource will have instant appeal to students inelectrical and computer engineering or IT disciplines. It is alsoessential reading for engineering managers, engineers in wirelesssystems and multimedia, and wireless multimedia researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salkintzis, Apostolis

Passas, Nikos

Über Autor(innen)

Apostolis K. Salkintzis, Motorola Inc., Greece
* Received his Diploma in 1991 and his Ph.D. degree in 1997, bothfrom the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
* Worked as a research Engineer at the Democritus University,studying mobile data networks and working on research projectsdealing with the design and implementation of wireless datanetworks and protocols.
* Was a Sessional Lecturer at the Department of Electrical &Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada,in 1999.
* Has been with Motorola Inc., since Sept. 1999, working on thedesign and standardization of modern telecommunication networks,focusing in particular on GPRS, UMTS and WLANs.
* Is a member of the IEEE and a member of the Technical Chamberof Greece.
Nikos Passas, University of Athens, Greece
* Received his Diploma (honours) from the Department of ComputerEngineering, University of Patras, Greece, and his Ph.D. degreefrom the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications,University of Athens, Greece.
* Has been with the Communication Networks Laboratory of theUniversity of Athens, working as a sessional lecturer and researchassociate since 1995.