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

A comprehensive presentation of the video communication techniques
and systems, this book examines 4G wireless systems which are set
to revolutionise ubiquitous multimedia communication.4G Wireless
Video Communications covers the fundamental theory and looks at
systems’ descriptions with a focus on digital video. It
addresses the key topics associated with multimedia communication
on 4G networks, including advanced video coding standards, error
resilience and error concealment techniques, as well as advanced
content-analysis and adaptation techniques for video
communications, cross-layer design and optimization frameworks and
methods. It also provides a high-level overview of the digital
video compression standard MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 that is expected to
play a key role in 4G networks.

Material is presented logically allowing readers to turn
directly to specific points of interest. The first half of the book
covers fundamental theory and systems, while the second half moves
onto advanced techniques and applications. This book is a timely
reflection of the latest advances in video communications for 4G
wireless systems.

* One of the first books to study the latest video communications
developments for emerging 4G wireless systems

* Considers challenges and techniques in video delivery over 4G
wireless systems

* Examines system architecture, key techniques and related
standards of advanced wireless multimedia applications

* Written from both the perspective of industry and academia

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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