Multimedia Networking: Technology, Management and Applications

This book presents an overview of multimedia networking technology, examining application techniques and management and design issues. It discusses development and management of real time distributed multimedia applications, details protocols and technologies for building Internet multimedia applications, and looks at QOS frameworks and implementation. Other major themes are collaborative applications, multimedia synchronization in distributed environments, and the use of mobile multimedia over wireless networks. Students can use the book in courses related to multimedia networking. Material is also of interest to professionals in the management and design of multimedia networks and applications. Rahman teaches at the Minnesota State University.
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