Multimedia Communication: Applications, Networks, Protocols (Hardcover)

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Multimedia Communications by Fred Halsall addresses the main subject areas associated with multimedia communications (applications, networks, protocols, and standards) at a level that enables the reader to develop an in-depth understanding of the technical issues associated with this rapidly evolving subject. The book identifies the different types of multimedia applications, quantifies their communication requirements and describes the operation and protocols of the different kinds of networks that are used to support them. These networks include LANs, the Internet and World Wide Web, and home-entertainment networks such as cable and satellite. Multimedia Communicationsis an updated approach to the author's Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems: Fourth Edition set in the context of the increasingly important area of multimedia. It is appropriate for both Computer Science and Electronic Engineering departments.

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The fast-growing field of multimedia communications involves the use of varied media types (text, images, speech, audio and video) in a wide range of subject areas. These include-
· how to represent the different media types in a digital form;
· the range of compression algorithms that are used with each of these media types;
· the communication requirements associated with the different types of multimedia applications (video telephony/conferencing, electronic mail, interactive TV, electronic commerce, Web TV etc);
· the operation of the different types of communication networks that are used (campus networks and LANs, the Internet and the World Wide Web, switched telephone networks, and home-entertainment networks such as cable and satellite);
· the new communication protocols and standards that have been developed for use with each of these networks to meet the more demanding requirements of multimedia applications.
Multimedia Communications by Fred Halsall addresses all of these subject areas to a depth that enables the reader to build up a thorough understanding of the technical issues associated with this rapidly evolving subject. In addition, the book contains all of the foundation material that is necessary to enable it to be used as a textbook in both computer science and electronic engineering departments. The book is also an essential reference for computing and networking professionals.
Key Features-
· embraces all of the main subject areas associated with multimedia communications in a single textbook;
· extensive use of detailed diagrams and worked examples as an aid to understanding each major topic;
· end of chapter exercises associated with all topics covered.
Fred Halsall is a Professor of Communications Engineering at the University of Wales, Swansea. Professor Halsall has been involved in research and education in the field of computer networking for the past 30 years. He has published over 50 refereed journal and conference papers. His four textbooks include the successful Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems. He is a Fellow of the IEE and a Member of the IEEE.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive handbook on certain comms. technologies, 25 Mar 2001 By A Customer Very wide ranging overview of the technologies underpinning multimedia applications and networks. The subtitle states that the book addresses "applications, networks, protocols and standards". And indeed the bulk of the text is devoted to protocols and standards citations, and while knowledge of these developments is very important, the text's presentation is not immediately appealing. Partly this is a stylistic problem and partly a raw material problem. The encyclopaedic composition of the text works against it at times. In particular the mathematical content is trimmed a bit tight in places, hence Hamming functions, Lempel-Siv and the Nyquist theorems are given slimline presentations. Depending on your needs this is either a good thing or bad thing. But in fairness it would have been difficult to stuff in the relevant math and produce all the other material. The text runs from audio and video compression technologies through to common circuits (the core of the networking component), the internet, broadband, TCP/IP and the WWW. Mobile telephony and associated M-commerce development are not covered in the text, though some of what is involved should be inferrable from the plethora of other systems presented. Each chapter has numerous exercises for students to consider. The book makes a great effort to be comprehensive but in doing so has to limit discussion of issues (no mention of wireless advances for instance). It seemed a bit quirky to introduce the internet three chapters before TCP/IP was discussed. However the general tenor of the book is not grounded in software issues, but engineering ones which may explain the ordering. Also there is a distinct lack of case studies throughout the text and in my experience these are invaluable in assisting student uptake of principles. In conclusion, I suspect this will become a major reference text in the honourable tradition of numerous similar handbooks. It is so broad ranging that it is really several books in one. There are other texts on the market which are not as long (1000 pages)and are more specific about various technologies but I can't think of one that attempts the same coverage. The index and glossary are excellent. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   5.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive, 24 Jul 2007 By  Ramses "Alexandria's Library" (Egypt) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    I agree with the previous review for this book. The scope is as huge as the book, but the level of detail is quite high. Many books of this scope are quite shallow, while specialist books are narrow on a given topic. This reference is quite a feat (as an example if covers TCP keepalive, which is not always addressed in networking texts !). Anyway, this book is a very good reference and I treasure my copy. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 2 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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