Multimedia Communications Networks Technologies And Services / Edition 1

by Mallikarjun Tatipamula, Bhumip Khasnabish

Overview

Here's an in-depth, one-source study of the various technologies, services, and performance issues associated with networked multimedia systems. Prepared by twenty-eight industry and academic leaders from around the globe, this reference helps practicing and future communications engineers understand the impact of fast-moving broadband communications technology on networked multimedia services, and how multimedia applications affect network design. It also provides R&D personnel with the practical information needed to support a wide variety of multimedia services.

In eleven information-packed chapters, you learn the latest developments in network traffic control and also...

• Networked multimedia standards
• Wireless/wireline multimedia technology and applications
• Network requirements and planning/security issues
• Transmission, switching, and OA&M technologies
• Software architectures designed to support multimedia services
• The hypes and realities behind the next generation of multimedia systems and architectures

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890069363
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/30/1998
Series:	Artech House Telecommunications Library Series
Pages:	660
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.38(d)

About the Author

Mallikarjun Tatipamula is currently with Cisco Systems. Prior to Cisco Systems, he was with the ground systems division at Motorola, where he was involved in gateway systems design for satellite based telecom networks. He has also been a member of several international conference committees.

Bhumip Khasnabish is a senior member of technical staff at GTE Labs Inc. where he works on various multimedia, wireless and enterprise networking projects. The author of more than sixty articles published in various IEEE and other international archival journals/magazines and refereed conference proceedings,
he earned M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, and University of Windsor, Canada, respectively.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction. Multimedia Support in Shared Media Local and Metropolitan Area Networks.
QoS Architectures. Traffic Management and Control. ATM Switching Systems for Multimedia Services.
Transport Network Architectures and Technologies for Multimedia Services. Multimedia OA&M and OA&M Services. Wireless and Mobile Multimedia Networks. Multimedia Communications Services and Security Issues. Software Architecture for Multimedia Communication and Management. Standards for Multimedia.

Editorial Reviews

Presents an in-depth study of various technologies, services, performance and security issues, and global standards associated with networked multimedia systems, designed to help practicing and future communications engineers and managers understand the impact of broadband communications technology on networked multimedia services, and how multimedia applications affect network design. Coverage includes multimedia support in shared media in LANs and MANs, QoS architecture, wireless and mobile multimedia networks, and software architecture for multimedia communication and management. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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