Nalin K. Sharda, Victoria University of Technology, Australia

Published June, 1998 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1999, 480 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-258773-4

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For one/two-semester, undergraduate/
graduate-level courses in Data Communications and Networks, Networked Multimedia, and Multimedia Information Networking. Ideal for those with little background in the subject, this text provides a cohesive and seamless presentation of both the fundamental and advanced concepts related to Multimedia Information Networking—from basic technologies and communication systems, protocols, and networks, to a variety of multimedia applications. It offers balanced coverage of communication and multimedia issues—focusing on multimedia information, as well as on techniques and technologies used in making this information available on computer networks.




Provides a solid grounding in the basics and a seamless transition to advanced concepts:

• Begins with a description of fundamental concepts applied in multimedia and basic principles of networking and communications.
• Gradually introduces more complex and advanced issues, such as wide area networks, internetworking, ATM systems, and multimedia information networks.

Considers communication protocol and network design issues.
Explains Formal Description Techniques used in communication protocol development.
Uses many figures, tables, and examples to illustrate the concepts, or to clarify the theory.
Concludes each chapter with a bulleted-list Summary and Definitions.
Provides Review Questions and Exercises for each chapter.

1. An Overview of Multimedia Information Networking.
2. Multimedia Information Representation.
3. Data Communications Principles.
4. Data Communications Protocols.
5. Networking Fundamentals.
6. Multimedia Applications.
7. Temporal Relationships.
8. Networking Devices.
9. Wide Area Networks.
10. Local Area Networks.
11. Internetworking and Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
12. Multimedia Information Networks.
13. Information Network Design and Simulation.
14. Multimedia Data Compression.
Acronyms.
Glossary.
References.
Index.

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