Video Compression and Communications: From Basics to H.261, H.263, H.264, MPEG4 for DVB and HSDPA-Style Adaptive Turbo-Transceivers

Since the publication of Wireless Video Communications five years ago, the area of video compression and wireless transceivers has evolved even further. This new edition addresses a range of recent developments in these areas, giving cognizance to the associated transmission aspects and issues of error resilience.

Video Compression and Communications has been updated and condensed yet remains all-encompassing, giving a comprehensive overview of the subject. Covering compression issues, coding delay, implementational complexity and bitrate, the book also looks at the historical perspective to video communication.

• New edition of successful and informative text, Wireless Video Communications
• Substantial new material has been added on areas such as H.264, MPEG4 coding and transceivers
• Clear presentation and broad scope make it essential for anyone interested in wireless communications
• Systematically converts the lessons of Shannon's information theory into design principles applicable to practical wireless systems.

This book is ideal for postgraduates and researchers in communication systems but will also be a valuable reference to undergraduates, development and systems engineers of video compression applications as well as industrialists, managers and visual communications practitioners.

Laios Hanzo, Universitv of Southamoton, UK
Lajos Hanzo is currently chair of Telecommunications at University of Southampton in the department of Electronics and Computer Science. He has held various research and academic posts in Hungary, Germany and the UK over his 30-year career in communications. The author of over 600 research papers and co-author of over 30 books Hanzo is also an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer of the Communications Society and the Vehicular Technology Society and Governor of the IEEE VT Society.

Dr. Peter J. Cherriman, University of Southampton, UK
Peter Cherriman is currently at the University of Southampton. He is also working on projects for the Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence, U.K. His current areas of research include robust video coding, microcellular radio systems, power control, dynamic channel allocation, and multiple access protocols.

Dr. Jurgen Streit, University of Southampton, UK
Jurgen Streit is also at the University of Southampton, working with the Mobile Multimedia Communications Research Group. He is also a software consultant.