EmergingWirelessMultimedia:ServicesandTechnologies

作者 Apostolis Salkintzis编Nikos Passas编
出版社 Wiley
出版时间 2005年8月
ISBN 9780470021491
定价 1705.10

内容简介

TheprovisionofIP-basedmultimediaservicesisoneofthemostexitingandchallengingaspectsofnextgenerationwirelessnetworks.AsignificantevolutionhasbeenunderwayforenablingsuchmultimediaservicesandforultimatelymigratingtheInternettothewirelessworld.Thisbookexaminesthisevolution,lookingatanarrayofthemostup-to-datewirelessmultimediatechnologiesandservices.Thefirstpartfocusesonenablingtechnologiesforwirelessmultimedia,whilethesecondisdedicatedtothenewwirelessmultimediaservicesthatareexpectedtoplayakeyroleinthefuturewirelessenvironment.Inaddition,therelatedrecentstandardization,researchandindustryactivitiesareaddressed.*Coversacompleterangeofmultimediahottopics,rangingfromaudio/videocodingtechniquestomultimediaprotocolsandapplications*DiscussesQoSissuesinWLANs,3Gandhybrid3G/WLANnetworks*Providesin-depthdiscussionofthemostmodernmultimediaservices,suchasPush-to-Talk,InstantMessaging,Presence,mobilepayments,MMS,WAP,andlocation-basedmultimediaservices*AddressestheemergingMultimediaBroadcast/MulticastService(MBMS)andthekeyaspectsofIPMultimediaSubsystem(IMS)in3Gnetworks*Numerouson-linereferenceswillassistreadersintheirquestforthemostup-to-dateinformationThiscomprehensiveresourcewillhaveinstantappealtostudentsinelectricalandcomputerengineeringorITdisciplines.Itisalsoessentialreadingforengineeringmanagers,engineersinwirelesssystemsandmultimedia,andwirelessmultimediaresearchers.

作者简介

ApostolisK.Salkintzis,MotorolaInc.,GreeceReceivedhisDiplomain1991andhisPh.D.degreein1997,bothfromtheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering,DemocritusUniversityofThrace,Xanthi,GreeceWorkedasaresearchEngineerattheDemocritusUniversity,studyingmobiledatanetworksandworkingonresearchprojectsdealingwiththedesignandimplementationofwirelessdatanetworksandprotocols.WasaSessionalLecturerattheDepartmentofElectrical&ComputerEngineering,TheUniversityofBritishColumbia,Canada,in1999.HasbeenwithMotorolaInc.,sinceSept.1999,workingonthedesignandstandardizationofmoderntelecommunicationnetworks,focusinginparticularonGPRS,UMTSandWLANs.IsamemberoftheIEEEandamemberoftheTechnicalChamberofGreece.NikosPassas,UniversityofAthens,GreeceReceivedhisDiploma(honours)fromtheDepartmentofComputerEngineering,UniversityofPatras,Greece,andhisPh.D.degreefromtheDepartmentofInformaticsandTelecommunications,UniversityofAthens,Greece.HasbeenwiththeCommunicationNetworksLaboratoryoftheUniversityofAthens,workingasasessionallecturerandresearchassociatesince1995.

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