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Multimedia over the Broadband Network: Business Opportunities and Technology
Format: Softcover, 431 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-21-8
Price:
$392
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FEATURES
- Offers a complete discussion of Internet basics, demographics, evolution, and potential future growth
- Provides dollar-figure cost analyses of infrastructure upgrades needed to deliver video and other multimedia services over a broadband network
- Examines the technical challenges in delivering audio, video, data, and voice to the desktop PC
- Discusses the mechanics of full-service networks for video on demand and other applications, as well as the operations support required
- Reports on the real-world experiences of Internet service providers and other telecommunications companies in providing multimedia service
- Examines the emerging range of on-line content, products, and services for business and residential end users
- Offers up-to-date coverage of key technical challenges and capabilities, such as MPEG-2 compression, speech and audio coding, multimedia synchronization, VOD storage servers, virtual world databases, and multimedia over ATM networks
- Includes an acronym guide and a detailed index that allows readers to pinpoint specific topics of interest within the volume
Lessons from the Real World
Learn the from-the-trenches perspectives of industry leaders who are working to build the information superhighway of today and tomorrow. Discover their ideas about successful products and services, what works and what does not, and where the industry is likely to head. Use this invaluable resource to determine which multimedia information applications are moving to the forefront in entertainment, business, publishing, and home use.
A Full Technical Update
In addition to the practical experience of network and content providers, Multimedia over the Broadband Network brings you up to date on the status of technical capabilities that will enable the information superhighway to evolve. For example, use this resource to discover how ATM is rising to the challenge of delivering video and other digital media to home and business users. Or learn the status of MPEG-2 aspects of videoconferencing or where developments stand in using intelligent-network technology to deliver multimedia services. From the set-top terminal to the central office, this book discusses the range of technical possibilities and challenges in making networked interactive multimedia services a reality.