The Multimedia Internet

• Main Author: Weinstein, Stephen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Information Technology: Transmission, Processing, and Storage
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Coding theory.; Multimedia information systems.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Computer Communication Networks.; Coding and Information Theory.

This text is a light technical introduction to the three technical foundations for multimedia applications across the Internet: communications (principles, technologies and networking), compressive encoding of digital media, and Internet protocol and services. All the contributing systems elements a...