Description

This course introduces students to the necessary protocols for supporting multimedia communication through network such as the real time streaming protocol, real time control protocol and real time protocol. The students will be able to acquire and capture voice and video in real time and setting up their network for transmission. Different methods of source coding are also introduced.

Program

Bachelor of Computer Science - 132 CRs

Objectives

• - Know the principles of digital data acquisition and presentation.
  - Be familiar with the basics of multimedia data types.
  - Understand the principles of data compression, audio, and image interpretation.
  - Be familiar with the emerging standards for digital data compression and communications: JPEG, MPEG-X, MIDI, streaming protocols, etc.
  - Know the protocols and architectures used in multimedia communications.
  - Have practical experience of programming component elements of multimedia systems.