Multimedia technologies and the internet are increasingly intrinsicto our daily lives, and into the future will continue to transformthe way we live. Multimedia Engineering describes the latestadvances in this technology applied to the Internet and WWW. Itimmerses the reader into the development of many practicalinternet/ multimedia systems, offering an insight into a range ofengineering problems and solutions. It provides a broad coverage ofinternet/WWW and multimedia processing, as well as transmission andpractical applications.
* Provides an overview of state-of-the-art technologies
* Addresses commerical, industrial and educational applicationsand security and privacy issues.
* Offers a detailed background into how the internet has beenused to support multimedia communications
* Assumes a practical and descriptive problem-solving approach,featuring many worked-through examples
* Written by widely published authors with years of research inthe field
Multimedia Engineering will appeal to graduate and seniorundergraduate students in electrical and electronic engineering,industrial, systems & computer engineering. It will also be ofinterest to electrical, computer and systems engineers and webdevelopers interested in, or already engaged in, this emergingfield.