Mobile multimedia communications concepts, applications, and challenges /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Dooley, Laurence S., 1959-, Karmakar, Gour, 1970-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
• Subjects: Mobile communication systems.; Multimedia communications.; Ad-Hoc Networks; Mobile Multimedia Communications; Mobile Multimedia Transmission; Mobile Services Adoption; OFDM Transmission Technique; Pervasive Computing Applications; Position Aware Communication; Quality of Service Issues; Routing Protocols; Security in Ad-Hoc Networks; Security of Mobile Devices; Speech and Language Therapy; Ubiquitous Networking; Video Coding; Wireless Networks; Wireless Security and Privacy Issues; Wireless Sensor Networks
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• Item Description: "Premier reference source".
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xii, 408 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781591407683 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

With rapid growth of the Internet, the applications of multimedia are burgeoning in every aspect of human life including communication networks and wireless and mobile communications. This book captures defining research on all aspects and implications of the accelerated progress of mobile multimedia technologies. Covered topics include fundamental network infrastructures, modern communication features such as wireless and mobile multimedia protocols, personal communication systems, mobility and resource management, and security and privacy issues. The book will meet the needs of researchers in a variety of related fields.