Advanced Multimedia Technologies

Multimedia technology is a topic with a great number of applications. In this course we study all the three layers that multimedia systems lay on: applications, middleware, and networking. This course has the intention of covering introductory, intermediate, and advanced topics in multimedia technology, Research and educational activities during the course is based on selected literature from text books as well as from research papers from the top ranked scientific journals and conferences. Student monthly assignments will follow the technical report format and their final deliverable will follow the scientific paper format. Students, after completion of the course should have a deep knowledge in the evolution and convergence of multimedia communications. Also should have updated knowledge concerning the technology framework for multimedia systems, multimedia networking, conferencing, multicasting, as well as e-content and multimedia annotation. Indicative Syllabus Multimedia Encoding JPEG Η.261/Η.262/Η.263/Η.264 MPEG MPEG-1/MPEG-2 (π.χ. mp3, H.262, DVB, DVD, SVCD) MPEG-4 (π.χ. DivX, Xvid, Η.264/AVC) Encoding Applications (MVC/3DTV, HDTV, HD DVD, Blue-Ray) Multimedia Communications Video transmission Transport Protocols RTP/RTSP/RTCP Streaming Applications (streaming servers, media conferences, web radio, IP TV, P2P TV) IP Telephony (VoIP) H.323/SIP VoIP servers Mobile multimedia Wireless multimedia Μοbile TV (DVB, MBMS) IMS Quality Of Service in Multimedia services Multimedia services categorization Network parameters DiffServ RSVP MPLS QoS in mobile and wireless Multimedia application adaptation media transcoding and conversion Multimedia content annotation Προσαρμογή πολυμεσικού περιεχομένου Adaptation Profilling MPEG-21

Objectives

Multimedia technology is a topic with a great number of applications. In this course we study all the three layers that multimedia systems lay on: applications, middleware, and networking. This course has the intention of covering introductory, intermediate, and advanced topics in multimedia technology,

Prerequisites

None

Syllabus

Multimedia technology is a topic with a great number of applications. In this course we study all the three layers that multimedia systems lay on: applications, middleware, and networking. This course has the intention of covering introductory, intermediate, and advanced topics in multimedia technology,