LECTURE NOTES
HOMEWORKS AND SOLUTIONS
| Number | Assignment date | Due date | |
| Competition #1 (not mandatory)
Matlab functions will be mailed. |
February 15, 2002 | Award: A
if significantly better than MPEG-4 post-processor, $500 |
|
| Competition #1 (not mandatory) | January 31, 2002 | Compress file1, file 2, and file3. Find out the compression ratio for
each, say x1, x2, x3; whoever gets min x1+x2+x3 will win....
Award: 100 in the midterm exam. |
COURSE INFORMATION
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
The goal of multimedia communication course is to provide a comprehensive
coverage of principles of multimedia communications, including leading
algorithms for various applications. Enabling video processing and networking
technologies are first introduced and then, the application space is explored.
INSTRUCTOR
Prof. Yucel Altunbasak
Office: GCATT-370
Phone: 404 385 1341
E-mail: yucel@ece.gatech.edu (preferred method of communication)
Office hours: TR after or before the class in Van Leer, or by appointment.
TIME & LOCATION
TR, 4:35-06:00PM
C240 Van Leer-Elec Eng
REQUIRED TEXT
Required Text: Video processing and communications, Yao
Wang, Jorn Osterman, and Ya-qin Zhang, Prentice Hall
Use an online bookstore
to buy the book
Text-2: Wireless video communications: Second to third generation systems and beyond, Lajos Hazo, Peter J. Cherriman, Jurgen Streit
Text-3: Insights into mobile multimedia communications, David
Bull, Nishan Canagarajah and Andrew Nix
HONOR CODE
Please uphold the academic honor code (see http://www.gatech.edu/honor/).
Violations will be reported to the office of Vice-President for Student
Services
GRADING
| Percentage | |
| Homework | 0% |
| Pop-quizzes | 15% |
| Exam | 25% |
| Final | 25% |
| Project | 25% |
| Attendance | 10% |
POP-QUIZ
Every once in a while (once in one or two weeks), we will have pop-quizzes.
They will not be announced beforehand, and they may also be given at the
beginning of the lectures.
HOMEWORK
There will be (approximately) bi-weekly homework assignments.
EXPECTATIONS
There is no prerequisite for this course. A modest math background
should suffice.
TENTATIVE OUTLINE
1. Foundations of coding (pp. 217-263, Text-1; pp. 3-65, Text-2)
2. Waveform-based video coding (pp.263-314, Text-1)
3. Content-dependent video coding (pp. 314-327, Text-1)
4. Scalable video coding (pp. 349-374, Text-1)
5. Video compression standards (pp. 405-472)
6. Error control in video communications (pp. 472-519, Text-1)
7. Streaming video over the Internet and wireless IP networks (pp.
519-562, Text-1)
8. Video Traffic Modeling and Multiple Access (pp. 205-243, Text-2)
9. An ARQ-Assisted H.261-based reconfigurable multilevel multimedia
system (pp. 673-731, Text 2)
10. Comparison of the H.261 and H.263 codecs (pp. 733-776)
11. A H.263 videophone system for use over mobile channels (pp. 777-816,
Text-2)
12. Error-rate based power control (pp. 819-857, Text-2)
13. Selected topics and projects from the following list:
Image Analysis
Speech Coding-I
Audio coding
Compression of Graphics
Standards Conversion
Filtering
Reconstruction and Restoration
Video Transcoding
Audio-Visual User Interfaces
Broadband Technologies: Modem Technologies
Wireless Multimedia Standards
Multimedia over IP: Multicast, RTP/RTCP, Packetization
Multimedia over Broadband Networks: Video-on-Demand
Error Concealment in Media Streaming
TV Broadcasting: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 Transport level and HDTV Grand Alliance System
Conferencing Systems: ITU-T H.320, H.323, H.324
Electronic Commerce: Indexing and Watermarking
Tele-collaboration: Distance Education and Home Networking
