Showing posts with label Multimedia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Multimedia. Show all posts

Sep 5, 2008

Multimedia Transcoding in Mobile and Wireless Networks


Ashraf M. A. Ahmad, Ismail Khalil Ibrahim, "Multimedia Transcoding in Mobile and Wireless Networks"
Information Science Reference | ISBN-10: 1599049848 | July 25, 2008 | 460 pages | PDF | 9MB

In recent years, the field of multimedia communication in wireless and mobile video has grown in attraction. As the number of networks, types of devices, and content representation formats increase, the need for multimedia transcoding in wireless and mobile networks intensifies in order to provide a seamless interaction between content creation and usage.

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Sep 2, 2008

IPTV Security: Protecting High-Value Digital Contents

David H. Ramirez, "IPTV Security: Protecting High-Value Digital Contents"
Wiley | ISBN: 047051924X | January 2008 | 252 pages | PDF | 2MB

Television was one of the inventions that shaped the way society and culture evolved over the second half of the twentieth century. It had the powerful effect of shrinking the world which creating a unified view of how things were. There continues to be an evolution of television and a migration towards a fully interactive and ubiquitous IPTV.

IPTV Security describes the science and history behind TV as well as detailed descriptions of all the architectural components that comprise an IPTV environment. It covers subjects logically from the Head End passing through the aggregation network and concluding with the Home End environment. The countermeasures required to ensure the safe operation of the IPTV environment are also examined, including Digital Rights Management technologies, network level security and application level security. IPTV Security defines the security model for an IPTV environment, ensuring that all critical elements are covered and a layered approach to security is implemented.

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Aug 30, 2008

Broadband Mobile Multimedia: Techniques and Applications

Yan Zhang, Shiwen Mao, Laurence T. Yang, Thomas M Chen, "Broadband Mobile Multimedia: Techniques and Applications"
Auerbach Publications | ISBN-10: 1420051849 | June 3, 2008 | 584 pages | PDF | 5.4MB

Multimedia service provisioning is believed to be one of the prerequisites to guarantee the success of next-generation wireless networks. Examining the role of multimedia in state-of-the-art wireless systems and networks, Broadband Mobile Multimedia: Techniques and Applications presents a collection of introductory concepts, fundamental techniques, the latest advances, and open issues in this important area.

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