Multimedia transcoding in mobile and wireless networks  [electronic resource] / 
Ashraf M.A. Ahmad, Ismail Khalil Ibrahim, editors 
 - Hershey, Pa. :  Information Science Reference,  c2009 
 - Gale virtual reference library .
<br/><br/> "Premier reference source"--Cover 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Multimedia essentials and challenges -- QoS support in wireless networks -- Getting the big picture on small screens: quality of experience in mobile TV -- Semantic multimedia information analysis for retrieval applications -- Modality conversion: toward the semantic frontier of UMA -- Transcoding vs. scalability in video streaming for heterogeneous networks/clients -- Extreme rate distributed video transcoding system -- Semantic-based video transcoding architectures for quality of service applications in mobile and wireless video communication -- Adaptation and personalization of web-based multimedia content -- QoE for mobile TV services -- HSM:A hybrid streaming mechanism for delay-tolerant multimedia applications -- An H.264/AVC error detection algorithm based on syntax analysis -- Wireless collaborative virtual environments applied to language education -- Multimedia transcoding in mobile and wireless networks: secure multimedia transcoding for scalable video streams -- Multimedia transcoding in wireless and mobile networks: keyless self-encrypting/decrypting scheme for multimedia transporting systems -- DSP techniques for sound enhancement of old recordings -- Digital watermarking for multimedia transaction tracking -- Image watermarking algorithms based on the discrete wavelet transform. 
<br/><br/> Provides readers with relevant theoretical frameworks and latest technical and institutional solutions for transcoding multimedia in mobile and wireless networks. Addresses the transcoding of all multimedia elements including video, audio and text, while addressing both practical and theoretical problems in the field 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Farmington Hills, Mi : <br/>Gale. <br/>Available via World Wide Web 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: Internet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781599049854 (electronic book) 9781599049847 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Multimedia communications<br/>Mobile communication systems<br/>Wireless Internet<br/>Mobile computing<br/>Coding theory