IDENTIFYING DATA 2017_18
Subject (*) MULTIMEDIA SERVICES Code 17224109
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Telematics engineering (2010)
 Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Third 2Q
Language
Català
Department Computer Engineering and Mathematics
Coordinator
MARTÍNEZ BALLESTÉ, ANTONI
 E-mail
Lecturers
Web http://moodle.urv.cat
General description and relevant information ULL: Aquesta assignatura es correspon a un curs en extinció. La docència es fa en el marc de l'assignatura Xarxes de Dades i Internet, del Grau en Enginyeria de Sistemes i Serveis de Telecomunicacions.
In this subject you only have the right to make the exam, because the degree you are studying is going to be extinguished. You have to take a look the timetable of the subject to know the exam's date. If you need an extraordinary exam session, you have to enrol for this, presenting an application to the secretariat of your campus or faculty.

Continguts
Topic Sub-topic
Introduction. Evolution of multimedia services
Representation of information Text encoding
Digital audio acquisition
Digital video acquisition
Compression of information Basics of compression
Lossless compression
Lossy compression for audio
Lossy compression for video
Distribution of multimedia content Structures for multimedia data
Delivery techniques
Transport and distribution
Reception of multimedia content Network access technologies
Playing of contents
Storage
Content protection
Quality of service Quality of multimedia services
Basic protocols and algorithms
Quality of service in LANs
Quality of service on the Internet
Services of voice and video Telephony service
Voice over IP
Videoconference and telepresence

Atenció personalitzada
Description
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Avaluació
 
Other comments and second exam session

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Fonts d'informació
Basic Francisco J. Hens, Triple Play, 1a, Wiley
David A. Austerberry, The technology of audio and video streaming, 2a, Focal Press
J.M. Huidobro, Sistemas de telefonía, 5a, Thomson
Eyal Menin, The streaming media handbook, 1a, Prentice Hall
Eric Diehl, Securing Digital Video, 1a, Springer
John Watkinson, The MPEG handbook, 2a, Focal Press

Complementary Markus Hofmann, Content networking, 1, Elsevier
Gerard o'Driscoll, The essential guide to digital-set top boxes and interactive tv, 1, Prentice Hall

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