Written in an easy, conversational style, this is one of the first references to address concepts, architecture, and design of networked multimedia systems--giving equal treatment to both multimedia and networking. Using an abundance of examples and illustrations to explain concepts, it gives balanced treatment to all topics in designing systems.
S.V. RAGHAVAN is Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. His current projects include development of a system dealing with issues on mobile computing, high-speed networks, and operating systems and protocol support for handling multimedia information. He has represented India in IFIP Technical Committee 6 on Data Communications since 1991. He is a Fellow of IETE, a Governor of ICCC, and has served on several editorial boards.
SATISH K. TRIPATHI is the Dean of Engineering and Johnson Professor of Engineering at the University of California at Riverside. His current projects are on mobile computing, ATM networks, and operating systems support for multimedia information. He serves on the editorial boards of Theoretical Computer Science, ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, International Journal of High Speed Networking, and IEEE Transactions on Computers. He is a member of ACM and IFIP Working Groups 6.3 and 7.3, and is a Fellow of IEEE.