Haohong Wang & Lisimachos Kondi 
4G Wireless Video Communications [PDF ebook] 

Contents
About The Authors
1 Introduction
1.1 Why 4G?
1.2 4G Status and Key Technologies
1.3 Video Over Wireless
1.4 Challenges and Opportunities for 4G Wireless Video
References
2 Wireless Communications and Networking
2.1 Characteristics and Modeling of Wireless Channels
2.2 Adaptive Modulation and Coding
2.3 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
2.4 Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Systems
2.5 Cross-Layer Design of AMC and HARQ
2.6 Wireless Networking
2.7 Summary
References
3 Video Coding and Communications
3.1 Digital Video Compression – Why and How Much?
3.2 Basics
3.3 Information Theory
3.4 Encoder Architectures
3.5 Wavelet-Based Video Compression
References
4 4G Wireless Communications and Networking
4.1 IMT-Advanced and 4G
4.2 LTE 4.3 WIMAX-IEEE 802.16m
4.4 3GPP2 UMB
Acknowledgements
References
5 Advanced Video Coding (AVC)
5.1 Digital Video Compression Standards
5.2 AVC/H.264 Coding Algorithm
References
6 Content Analysis for Communications
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Content Analysis
6.3 Content-Based Video Representation
6.4 Content-Based Video Coding and Communications
6.5 Content Description and Management
References
7 Video Error Resilience and Error Concealment
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Error Resilience
7.3 Channel Coding
7.4 Error Concealment
7.5 Error Resilience Features of H.264/AVC
References
8 Cross-Layer Optimized Video Delivery over 4G Wireless Networks
8.1 Why Cross-Layer Design?
8.2 Quality-Driven Cross-Layer Framework
8.3 Application Layer
8.4 Rate Control at the Transport Layer
8.5 Routing at the Network Layer
8.6 Content-Aware Real-Time Video Streaming
8.7 Cross-Layer Optimization for Video Summary Transmission
References
9 Content-based Video Communications
9.1 Network-Adaptive Video Object Encoding
9.2 Joint Source Coding and Unequal Error Protection
9.3 Joint Source-Channel Coding with Utilization of Data Hiding
References
10 AVC/H.264 Application – Digital TV
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Random Access
10.3 Bitstream Splicing
10.4 Trick Modes
10.5 Carriage of AVC/H.264 Over MPEG-2 Systems
References
11 Interactive Video Communications
11.1 Video Conferencing and Telephony
11.2 Region-of-Interest Video Communications
References
12 Wireless Video Streaming
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Streaming System Architecture
12.3 Delay-Constrained Retransmission
12.4 Considerations for Wireless Video Streaming
References
Index