Course

Unit 1

Introduction to multimedia communications – Multimedia representation – Digitization principles – Text – Audio and video content representation. Text and image compression: Introduction – compression principles text compression – Image compression – Audio and Video compression.

Unit 2

Standards of multimedia communication-introduction – reference models – Interpersonal andinteractice standards – Standard entertainment applications. Internet – Introduction – IP diagram – Fragmentationand reassembly – HRP – RAR message format and transmission – Routing algorithm – ICMP – QOS support – PPP link layer protocol – IPv6 – IPv6/IPv4 interoperability.

Unit 3

1. Fred Halsall, “Multimedia communications, Applications, Networks, Protocols and Standards” Pearson education, 2009 reprint.

1. Morris Mano, “Introduction to Data Communications and networking”, First Edition, Pearson Education, 2006.
2. S.Kesav, “An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking: ATM Networks, the Internet, and the Telephone Network”, First edition, Pearson education Indian print
3. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
4. ACM transaction on multimedia computing.