Multimedia Telecommunications

B. Whyte (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

284 Seiten

1997
Chapman and Hall (Verlag)
978-0-412-78600-6 (ISBN)

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In this volume, written by engineers at the centre of the development of the industry, will be found a comprehensive survey of the wide range of applications encompassed by the term 'Multimedia Telecommunications'. From broadcast television to the specifics of data communications, from entertainment to decision-making, from the human interface to the details of the technology, all are essential facets of the subjects and are treated in this volume. For all users and providers of any form of multimedia service, researchers, development engineers, computer providers or users, IT and Information System managers, change managers in business or in the entertainment industry,Multimedia Telecommunications is essential reading.

Introduction. Definition of multimedia. Classification of multimedia types. Positioning of papers. Human factors and applications. Human factor requirements of multimedia. The Electronic Agora: from multimedia to ubiquitous media. Multimedia for teleworking. Multimedia and virtual reality; the future of group working. BT Yacht Video System for the Whitbread '93 Round the World race. Service platforms and standards. Continuous presence. Desktop multimedia. Generic aspects of multimedia presentation. Broadcast-related multimedia. Servers for BT's Interactive TV Services. The set top box for interactive services. Interfacing to applications and the DAVIC standard. Open multimedia systems: architecture, consensus forming and standardization. Enabling technologies. Image coding for multimedia. Implementing multimedia in VLSI. Multimedia in interconnected LAN Systems. Interactive multimedia services over copper.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.7.1997
Reihe/Serie	BT Telecommunications Series ; 9
Zusatzinfo	XII, 284 p.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
ISBN-10	0-412-78600-1 / 0412786001
ISBN-13	978-0-412-78600-6 / 9780412786006
Zustand	Neuware