{"product_id":"scalable-video-on-demand-adaptive-internet-based-distribution-hardback-9780470022689","title":"Scalable Video on Demand; Adaptive Internet-based Distribution (Hardback) 9780470022689","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScalable Video on Demand\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAdaptive Internet-based Distribution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Zink (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470022689, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 August 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.553 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn recent years, the proliferation of available video content and the popularity of the Internet have encouraged service providers to develop new ways of distributing content to clients. Increasing video scaling ratios and advanced digital signal processing techniques have led to Internet Video-on-Demand applications, but these currently lack efficiency and quality.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScalable Video on Demand: Adaptive Internet-based Distribution\u003c\/i\u003e examines how current video compression and streaming can be used to deliver high-quality applications over the Internet. In addition to analysing the problems of client heterogeneity and the absence of Quality of Service in the Internet, this book:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eassesses existing products and encoding formats;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epresents new algorithms and protocols for optimised on-line video streaming architectures;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes real-world application examples and experiments;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esets out a practical ‘toolkit’ for Dynamically Reconfigurable Multimedia Distribution Systems.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by an expert in the field of video distribution, \u003ci\u003eScalable Video on Demand: Adaptive Internet-based Distribution\u003c\/i\u003e provides a novel approach to the design and implementation of Video-on-Demand systems for Software Engineers and researchers. It will also be useful for graduate students following Electronic Engineering and Computer Science courses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures.  \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcronyms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Why Scalable Internet Video on Demand Systems?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 What is the Goal of this Book?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Outline of this Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Who is this Book for?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Scalable Adaptive Streaming Architecture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Distributed Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Replication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Video Distribution System Terminology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Scenario for Scalable Adaptive Streaming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 An Example Application for Scalable Adaptive Streaming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Towards a Scalable Adaptive Streaming Architecture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Products.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Standardization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Content Scalability–Scalable Encoded Video.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Congestion Control–TCP-friendliness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Adaptive Streaming–Streaming Layer-encoded Video without Caches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 System Scalability–Caches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Reliable Transport into Caches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Cache Clusters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Quality Variations in Layer-encoded Video.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 What is the Relation between Objective and Subjective Quality?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Quality Metrics for Video.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Test Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Results.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 The Spectrum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Implications for MDC and FGS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Retransmission Scheduling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Motivation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Optimal Retransmission Scheduling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Heuristics for Retransmission Scheduling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Viewer-centric Retransmission Scheduling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Simulations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Cache-centric Retransmission Scheduling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Cache-friendly Viewer-centric Retransmission Scheduling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Polishing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Motivation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Polishing and its Applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Existing Work on Polishing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Optimal Polishing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Simulations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Fair Share Claiming.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Motivation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Performing TCP-friendly Streaming in Combination with Retransmissions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Implementation Design for FSC.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Scalable TCP-friendly Video Distribution for Heterogeneous Clients.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Motivation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Transport Scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Scalable Streaming Implementations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Implementation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Improved Video Distribution in Today’s Internet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Improvements through Scalable Adaptive Streaming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Outlook.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A: LC-RTP (Loss Collection RTP).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1 Motivation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2 Protocol Set for Streaming Media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.3 LC-RTP Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.4 Use and Integration of Protocols.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.5 Tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.6 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix B: Preliminary Subjective Assessment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.1 Execution of the Preliminary Assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.1.1 DSIS Method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.1.2 SC Method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.2 Selection of the Test Method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.2.1 Content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix C: A Toolkit for Dynamically Reconfigurable Multimedia Distribution Systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.1 Motivation for a Video Distribution Testbed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.2 Terminology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.3 Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.4 Evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.5 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReferences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering\" 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