Multimedia Internet Broadcasting Quality, Technology and Interface [Paperback]

This book focuses on one of the most exciting aspects of the Internet: the broadcasting of multimedia content. It draws together research from projects by some of the most active and prominent research groups and individuals working in this field across the world. The text explores multimedia webcast issues such as quality technology and interface. It will be of particular interest to research groups and students in the field of internet technology, technical specialists in networks and telematics, and computer scientists involved in event broadcasts and remote skills transfer. The book is one of the first titles in our new series, Computer Communications and Networks.Multimedia Internet Broadcasting: Quality, Technology and Interface studies one of the most exciting aspects of contemporary Internet use and research: the broadcasting of multimedia content. It draws together key research findings and directions from around the world, and explores issues such as:
User experience and behaviour
Modelling and providing an infrastructure for broadcast events
Technical developments of underlying protocols, algorithms and systems
Trends associated with the use and regulation of the Internet around the world
Designed to enable optimal Internet broadcast design and trigger new and developmental research, this book is particularly suited to research groups, students, practitioners and developers.
This text is supported by a dedicated web resource and discussion list available at: http://mib.mdx.ac.uk
1. Human Computer Interaction, Quality of Service, and Multimedia Internet Broadcasting.- 2. Advanced Digital User Behaviour Analysis (ADUBA).- 3. The Influence of Network Quality of Service Factors on the Usability and Effectiveness of Multimedia Internet Broadcasting.- 4. Distributed Global Conferences over Heterogeneous Networks.- 5. Globa1360/NICE Video Conference Model.- 6. Towards an Advanced Quality of Service Al£&