3D and HD Broadband Video Networking

by Benny Bing

Overview

Recent years have seen an exponential increase in video and multimedia traffic transported over the Internet and broadband access networks. This timely resource addresses the key challenge facing many service providers today: effective bandwidth management for supporting high-quality video delivery. Written by a recognized expert in the field, this practical book describes ways to optimize video transmission over emerging broadband networks. Moreover, the book explores new wireless access networks that can enable video connectivity both inside and outside the residential premise.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608076079
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Benny Bing is a research faculty member in the School of ECE at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has published over 70 technical papers and 10 books. He is also an editor for the IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer. He is the author of High-Speed Wireless ATM and LANs (Artech House, 2000).

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to New or Emerging Video-Transport Technologies Over Broadband Access Networks - Internet Video and IP-TV
Switched Digital Video
Video on Demand
Digital Video Broadcast
Mobile TV
Multicast and Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming
Video Transport Protocols
Part II: H.264 AVC - Introduction to the H.264 AVC
Profiles, Entropy Coding, Compression Optimization, Use of Reference Frames
Packetization Architectures in 3GPP
Loss Resilience Methods
New Error Concealment
High-Definition (720p, 1080p) Video Compression
Part III: Video Bandwidth Conservation and Management - Video Smoothing with and without Rate Control
Selective Information Removal
Video Compression Optimization
Statistical Multiplexing
Video Quality Assessment
Short-Term and Long-Term Video Bandwidth Prediction
Policy-Based Resource Allocation
Next-Generation Video