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Multimedia and Communications Technology

Author: Steve Heath  

A practical guide with a series of tutorialsIncludes the latest multimedia delivery systemsA complete technical overview

Offers a technical overview of developments in PC technology, video and audio compression, telecommunications and many other disciplines. This book presents the fundamental techniques of digital audio and video. It covers the delivery systems for multimedia, starting with the CD and on to telephones, local and wide area networks and ATM and ASDL.

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A practical guide with a series of tutorialsIncludes the latest multimedia delivery systemsA complete technical overview

Offers a technical overview of developments in PC technology, video and audio compression, telecommunications and many other disciplines. This book presents the fundamental techniques of digital audio and video. It covers the delivery systems for multimedia, starting with the CD and on to telephones, local and wide area networks and ATM and ASDL.

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Multimedia and Communications Technology is a practical explanation of the technologies that bring together existing products such as the PC, telephone and television. It is precisely this revolution that the book addresses - offering an up to date technical overview of developments in PC technology, video and audio compression, telecommunications and many other disciplines. Written as a series of tutorials, the book starts with the fundamental techniques of digital audio and video, moving on to compression techniques such as JPEG and MPEG. The delivery systems for multimedia are then covered, starting with the CD and on to telephones, local and wide area networks and ATM and ASDL. The final chapters describe how these technologies are brought together in some key applications: video conferencing digital video broadcasting video on demand interactive television Steve Heath is responsible for European Strategy and Technology Development at Motorola. He has had many years experience in computer design and has presented papers on multimedia technology at international conferences.He is a well known technical writer and has written fourteen other books for Focal Press, Newnes and Butterworth-Heinemann.

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About the Author

Senior Staff Engineer, European Strategy and Technology Development, Motorola Semiconductors, Steve Heath has written 15 books on topics covering Apple and IBM PCs, processor architectures, UNIX and Windows NT operating systems.

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Product Details

Publisher
Focal Press
Published
31st July 1999
Edition
2nd
Pages
352
ISBN
9780240515298

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