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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Multimedia Communications"”.
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Cooperative DVB-H: Raptor-Network Coding Protocols for Reliable and Energy Efficient Multimedia Communications
Reliable and energy-efficient delivery of multimedia to mobile terminals in dynamic networks is a very challenging problem. In this thesis, we focus on a cooperative extension to the Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld (DVB-H) standard, forming a cooperative broadcast network whereby …
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Quality of service management for multimedia communications : investigations on usability of interfaces for desktop and portable systems
Multimedia communication is now possible via the use of high bandwidth channels, and communication protocols that support Quality of Service (QoS) requests. However, these technologies often fall short of user expectations by not providing effective user interfaces that can facilitate negotiations …
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Speed and consensus in standardization : a theoretical and empirical analysis of third generation communication systems
… has been playing an important role in telecommunications industries. The primary benefits of the large committee standardization are interoperability and scales of economy. However, mainly due to the emergence of the Internet, time-consuming procedures to forge a consensus have become a …
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A Study into the Tradeoffs Between TDM / MF-SCPC and TDM / MF-TDMA Transport Options to Support IP-Based Multimedia Applications Under Different Load Conditions Within a Point-to-Multipoint Satellite Network
… point-to-multipoint Internet Protocol (IP)-based multimedia communications design and also takes a deep dive into the analysis of a real-life scenario, using the TDM / MF-SCPC and TDM / MF-TDMA media access techniques. This thesis starts with a discussion of satellite network topologies utilized …
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Comparison of classification techniques for speechaudio applications
… or to enhance the performance of coding in multimedia communications. In recent years, some research on the classification has been published. In the previous work some traditional classification algorithms were used, such as linear Least Mean Squares, the Nearest Neighbour and the Quadratic …
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From cognitive to docitive radios: the role of machine learning in intelligent wireless multimedia networks
In recent years, multimedia wireless transmissions have become a rapidly growing field and have received increasing attentions. Enabling multimedia communications over wireless networks to reach their full potential is a challenging task, due to the complex and time-varying features of wireless …
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Quadrature amplitude modulated codes with low peak-to-mean envelope power ratio for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing applications
… many of the next generation wireless broadband multimedia communications systems, for example, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), and the wireless local area network (LAN) standards HIPERLAN/2, and IEEE 802.11a. One problem inherent in plain vanilla …
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Analysis and Protection of SIP based Services
Multimedia communications over IP are booming as they offer higher flexibility and more features than traditional voice and video services. IP telephony known as Voice over IP (VoIP) is one of the commercially most important emerging trends in multimedia communications over IP. Due to the …
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An architecture for flexible multimedia group management services
Multimedia systems applications have become major research interests in both computing and telecommunications industries. In some literature, multimedia is defined as "mant media" where media is derived from medium, and a medium is a means of transporting information. It is generally accepted that …
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OWSS And MIMO-STC-OFDM: Signaling Systems for the Next Generation of High Speed Wireless LANs
… Even now the demand for high data rate wireless communications has increased fourfold as consumers demand better multimedia communications over the wireless medium. The next generation of high speed WLANs is expected to meet this increased demand for capacity coupled with high performance and …
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Multiple Description Video Communications in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
… with regard to supporting content-rich multimedia communications (e.g., video) in such networks, in addition to simple data communications. The recent advances in multiple description (MD) video coding have made it highly suitable for multimedia applications in such networks. In this …
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Estimation of LRD present in H.264 video traces using wavelet analysis and proving the paramount of H.264 using OPF technique in wi-fi environment.
… as H.264, which advance in networking and telecommunications, opened up a whole new frontier for multimedia communications. The aim of this research is to transmit the H.264 coded video frames in the wireless network with maximum reliability and in a very efficient manner. When the H.264 …
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Post-Digital Poetics
Ph.D.
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The Politics of Getting the Joke: The Effects of Political Humor on Information Seeking Behavior
Political humor plays a positive role in American democracy. It increases the political awareness and interest of the audience. There is a growing body of literature, both empirical and theoretical, that looks at role of political humor in American politics. In line with some of this literature, …
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"You're not portraying me as the villain this season, are you?": Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Netflix's serialized sports docuseries
This thesis examines the current boom of sports documentary television through the lens of Netflix and their popular program Formula 1: Drive to Survive. Although Netflix is not the first streaming platform to find success with sports content, they have developed their own signature style of …
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Session Management for Accountability in Distributed Multimedia Services
Internet-based multimedia applications (e.g., voice-over-IP, instant messaging, and video conferencing) are continuing to grow in importance as more people depend on such applications for personal and professional communications. Although performance is almost always a concern with multimedia …
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