CSc 461/561: Multimedia Systems

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Probe Further (suggested readings)

• speech
  • R Cox, et al, Low bit-rate speech coders for multimedia communication, IEEE Communications Magazine, 34(12):34-41, 1996.
  • A Gersho, Advances in speech and audio compression, Proceedings of IEEE, 82(6):900-918, 1994.
• MPEG audio
  • D Pan, A Tutorial on MPEG/Audio Compression, IEEE Multimedia, 2(2):60-74, 1995.
  • P Noll, MPEG digital audio coding, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 14(5):59-81, 1997.
• JPEG
  • G Wallace, The JPEG still picture compression standard, Communications of the ACM, 34(4):30-44, 1991.
• JPEG2000
  • M Antonini, et al, Image coding using wavelet transform, IEEE Trans on Image Processing, 1(2):205-220, 1992.
  • B Usevitch, A tutorial on modern lossy wavelet image compression: foundations of JPEG 2000, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 18(5):22-35, 2001.
  • A Skodras, et al, The JPEG 2000 still image compression standard, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 18(5):36-58, 2001.
• MPEG video
  • D Gall, MPEG: A video compression standard for multimedia applications, Communications of the ACM, 34(4):46-58, 1991.
  • T Sikora, MPEG digital video-coding standards, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 14(5):82-100, 1997.
• MPEG-4
  • R Koenen, MPEG-4 multimedia for our time, IEEE Spectrum, 36(2):26-33, 1999.
  • N Brady, MPEG-4 Standardized Methods for the Compression of Arbitrarily Shaped Video Objects, IEEE Trans on CSVT, 9(8):1170-1189, 1999.
• H.264/AVC
  • T Wiegand, et al, Overview of the H.264/AVC Video Coding Standard, IEEE Trans on CSVT, 13(7):560-576, 2003.
• H.265/HEVC
  • G. J. Sullivan, J.-R. Ohm, W.-J. Han, and T. Wiegand, "Overview of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Standard", IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp. 1649-1668, Dec. 2012. [PDF]
  • J.-R. Ohm, G. J. Sullivan, H. Schwarz, T. K. Tan, and T. Wiegand, "Comparison of the Coding Efficiency of Video Coding Standards - Including High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)", IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp. 1669-1684, Dec. 2012. [PDF]
  • F. Bossen, B. Bross, K. Sühring, and D. Flynn, "HEVC Complexity and Implementation Analysis," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 22, No. 12, December 2012. [PDF]
• Multimedia networking
  • [CHW] J Crowcroft, et al, Internetworking Multimedia, UCL Press.
  • [K&R] Computer Networking: A Top-down Approach featuring the Internet, Fourth (or newer) Edition; James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross; Pearson, ISBN: 0-321-49770-8

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