- Docente: Daniele Tarchi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-INF/03
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Computer Engineering (cod. 0937)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Telecommunications Engineering (cod. 8846)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have knowledge of efficient multimedia signal encoding and delivery; standards for voice, audio, image, video compression; Broadcasting Standards (MPEG-TS, DVB standards); Multimedia Services and Protocols (Streaming, VoIP, RTP, SIP), Content delivery networks, Multimedia Distribution.
Course contents
- Notes on Information Theory: Definition of Information,
Entropy
- Source Coding: Notes on Lossless Coding (Huffman Coding,
Arithmetic Coding), Lossy Coding (Quantization, Discrete Cosine
Transform, Wavelet Transform)
- Image Coding: Image representations, JPEG, JPEG-2000
- Video Coding: Video Signal, Motion Compensation Techniques, H.261
and H.263, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (AVC, H.264)
- Audio Coding: Basic of Digital Audio, Vocoders, MPEG Audio
(MP3)
- Multimedia Broadcasting: MPEG Transport Stream, MPEG Program
Stream, An Example of a video broadcasting system: DVB-S(2), An
Example of an audio broadcasting system: DAB+/DMB, 3DTV,
Broadband/Broadcast Integration: HbbTV
- Multimedia Services and Protocols: Multimedia networks,
RTP/RTSP, VoIP service, SIP
- Multimedia Distribution: Content Distribution Networks (Akamai),
Multimedia Distribution Networks (Netflix)
- Multimedia and Cloud: Cloud Networking, Multimedia Cloud
systems
Readings/Bibliography
- Z.-N. Li, M. S. Drew, and J. Liu,
"Fundamentals of Multimedia", 2nd Edition, Springer
International Publishing, 2014
- L. Sun, I.-H. Mkwawa, E. Jammeh, and E. Ifeachor, "Guide to
Voice and Video over IP - For Fixed and Mobile Networks",
Springer International Publishing, 2013
- J. F. Kurose, and K. W. Ross "Computer Networking: A Top-down
Approach", 6th Edition, Pearson, 2013
- Additional material distributed in class
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures in classroom
Assessment methods
- Written test with both open and closed responses on the whole
program
- After a couple of days an oral part with specific questions
Teaching tools
Use of slides during the lessons.
Office hours
See the website of Daniele Tarchi