ATM & MPEG-2: Integrating Digital Video Into Broadband Networks

Orzessek, Michael; Sommer, Peter

ISBN 10: 0132437007 ISBN 13: 9780132437004

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

Two technologies will drive broadband multimedia: ATM networking, and MPEG-2 digital video compression. This book covers them both in detail, showing how to integrate them into an efficient delivery system for next-generation digital video services. ATM & MPEG-2 begins with a thorough introduction to audio and video processing, and how technologies like MPEG-2 reflect the strengths and weaknesses of human sight and hearing. Next, it reviews MPEG-2 architecture and processes, covering both video and audio. It focuses on digital video's unique transport requirements, which must be met to build any successful application. The book introduces ATM, its relevant protocols, and the network elements needed to deploy it. It explains how to use the ATM layer's Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities to precisely control the quality and cost of broadband multimedia applications. ATM & MPEG-2 covers the latest initiatives and standards in support of digital broadband video by the ATM Forum, the Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and ITU-T. It also compares "last mile" access network technologies such as HFC, xDSL, FTTC, and MMDS/LMDS, and reviews the challenges involved in transporting MPEG-2 over the Internet.

About this title

About the Author

MICHAEL ORZESSEK, a sales development engineer for Hewlett-Packard, specializes in MPEG-based broadband multimedia systems for interactive TV, near-video-on-demand, and other applications.

PETER SOMMER, a sales development engineer for Hewlett-Packard's IDACOM Telecom Operation, is a frequent lecturer on B-ISDN, ATM, and digital video. He specializes in high-end test equipment for MPEG-2, B-ISDN, and related technologies.

From the Back Cover

A detailed look at MPEG-2 and ATM, the key enablers for digital video—and how they fit together.

Two technologies will drive broadband multimedia: ATM networking, and MPEG-2 digital video compression. This book covers them both in detail, showing how to integrate them into an efficient delivery system for next-generation digital video services.

ATM & MPEG-2 begins with a thorough introduction to audio and video processing, and how technologies like MPEG-2 reflect the strengths and weaknesses of human sight and hearing. Next, it reviews MPEG-2 architecture and processes, covering both video and audio. It focuses on digital video's unique transport requirements, which must be met to build any successful application.

The book introduces ATM, its relevant protocols, and the network elements needed to deploy it. It explains how to use the ATM Layer's Quality of Service (Qos) capabilities to precisely control the quality and cost of broadband multimedia applications.

ATM & MPEG-2 covers the latest initiatives and standards in support of digital broadband video, by the ATM Forum, the Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and ITU-T. It also compares “last mile” access network technologies such as HFC, xDSL, FTTC, and MMDS/LMDS, and reviews the challenges involved in transporting MPEG-2 over the Internet.

If you're a communications professional, this is your comprehensive briefing on MPEG-2 and digital video. If you're a video professional, this is the first ATM primer designed specifically for you. No matter who you are—engineer, network operator, manufacturer, integrator, consultant, researcher, or customer—you'll learn how these crucial technologies fit together. In short, ATM & MPEG-2' is the essential sourcebook for broadband multimedia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132437007
• ISBN 13: 9780132437004
• Binding: Textbook Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352