- Docente: Daniele Tarchi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-INF/03
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- 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. 9205)
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; software development kits for multimedia platforms; multimedia rendering; standards for multimedia signal delivery over the Internet, DVB, 3GPP, IEEE 802.x protocols.
Course contents
- Introduction
- Notes on Information Theory: Definition of Information, Entropy
- Source Coding: Notes on Lossless Coding and Lossy Coding;
- Image Coding: Image representations, JPEG
- Video Coding: Video Signal, Motion Compensation Techniques, H.261 and H.263, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4
- Audio Coding: Basic of Digital Audio, Speech encoders, Vocoders, MPEG Audio (MP3)
- Multimedia Broadcasting: MPEG Transport Stream, MPEG Program Stream, DVB Standards
- Multimedia Services and Protocols: QoS management in IP Networks (DiffServ, IntServ, Buffer, Leaky Bucket), QoS for voice services; QoS for streaming services;
- Multimedia Networks: Media Transport (RTP/RTCP) and Signaling (SIP, RTSP), IP Multmiedia Subsystem, 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
- Hans W. Barz and Gregory A. Basset, "Multimedia Networks: Protocols, Design and Applications", Wiley, March 2016
- 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
The assessment of the teaching activity will be performed through an oral exam.
Teaching tools
Use of slides during the lessons.
Office hours
See the website of Daniele Tarchi
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.