Multimedia communication: applications, networks, protocols and standards/ Fred Halsall.

chapter 1 multimedia communications -- Introduction -- Multimedia informadon representadon -- 1-3 Muldmedia networks -- 1-4 Muldmedia applicadons -- 1-5 Applicadon and networking terminology -- 1.6 Summary -- chapter 2 multimedia information -- representation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Digitization principles -- 2.3 Text -- 2.4 Images -- 2.5 Audio -- 2.6 Video -- 2.7 Summary -- Chapter 3 text and image compression -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Compression principles -- 3.3 Text compression -- 3-4 Image compression -- 3,5 Summary -- chapter 4 audio and video compression -- Introduction -- Audio compression -- 4.3 Video compression -- Summary -- chapter 5 standards for multimedia communications -- 5.1 Introducdon -- 5.2 Reference models -- 5.3 Standards relating to interpersonal communications -- 5.4 Standards relating to interactive applications over the Internet -- 5.5 Standards for entertainment applications -- 5.6 Summary -- chapter 6 digital communication basics -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Transmission media -- 6.3 Sources of signal impairment -- 6.4 Asynchronous transmission -- 6.5 Synchronous transmission -- 6.6 Error detection methods -- 6.7 Protocol basics -- 6.8 The HDLC protocol -- 6.9 Summary -- chapter 7 circuit-switched networks -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Transmission systems -- 7.3 Switching systems -- 7.4 Signaling systems -- 7.5 Summary -- chapter 8 enterprise networks -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 LANs -- 8.3 Ethernet/IEEE802.3 -- 8.4 Token ring &5 Bridges -- 8.6 FDDI Multimedia systems8.7 High-speed LANs -- 8.8 LAN protocols -- 8.9 Multisite LAN interconnection technologies -- 8.10 Sumnuury -- chapter 9 the internet -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 IP datagrams -- 9.3 Fn^mentation and reassembly -- 9.4 IP addresses -- 9.5 ARP and RARP Multimedia systems9.6 Routing algorithms -- 9.7 ICMP -- 9.8 QoS support -- 9.9 The PPP link layer protocol -- 9.10 IPv6 -- 9.11 IPv6/I Pv4 interoperability Multimedia systems9.12 Summary -- chapter 10 broadband ATM networks -- ' 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Cell format and switching principles -- 10.3 Switch architectures -- 10.4 Protocol architecture -- 10.5 ATM LANs -- 10.6 ATM MANs -- 10.7 Wide area ATM networks -- 10.8 Summary Multimedia systemschapter 11 entertainment networks -- and high-speed modems -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Cable TV networks -- ll.S Satellite television networks -- 11.4 Terrestrial television networks -- 11.5 High-^peed PSTN access technologies -- 11.6 Summary -- chapter 12 transport protocol -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 TCP/IP protocol suite -- 12.3 TCP -- 12.4 UDP -- 12.5 RTP and RTCP -- 12.6 Summary Multimedia systemschapter 13 appellation support functions -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 ASN.l -- 13.3 Security -- 13.4 Data encryption -- 13.5 Nonrepudiation -- 13.6 Authentication -- 18.7 Public key certification authorities -- 13.8 Summary -- chapter 14 internet applications Multimedia systems14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Domain name system -- 14.3 Electronic mail -- 14.4 FTP -- 14.5 TFTP -- 14.6 Internet telephony -- 14.7 SNMP Multimedia systems14.8 Summary -- chapter 15 the World Wide Web -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 URLs and HTTP -- 15.3 HTML -- 15.4 Audio and video Multimedia systems15.5 Java and Java script -- 15.6 Security -- 15.7 Web operation -- 15.8 Summary