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Informationen zum Autor E. Bryan Carne , PhD, has worked as a project engineer, manager, director, and general manager for contractors in military intelligence collection programs. Later, he directed telecommunications research programs and taught university-level courses in signal analysis. Dr. Carne is a Life Senior Member of IEEE, has authored more than thirty papers and articles, and has published five books on communication and artificial intelligence. Klappentext Explores and analyzes past and current technologies and trends in multimedia communicationDigital natives--those persons born in the digital age--have an ever-widening range of wireless-enabled devices at their disposal. They are the drivers of multimedia communications, continually seeking out the technologies and distribution channels that best match their needs. This book outlines the changes in telecommunications that are occurring to meet these needs. It addresses the continually increasing requirement to provide connections that make the electronic encounter as natural and convenient as possible, exploring the vast assortment of devices that exist as part of everyday living for digital natives.Featuring precise diagrams and tables to illustrate the evolving environment, the book begins by describing the competitive interactions of telephone, cable TV, and cellular mobile companies in providing services and content. It outlines the creation of digital multimedia streams and how they are transported, explains what multimedia connections are available, and summarizes the activities of competitors while providing an overview of their markets and customer statistics.This book uniquely covers wireline, optical fiber, cable, and wireless access methods, explaining the coding required to create digital streams. It combines ethernet with provider bridging and multi-protocol label switching and highlights the necessity to serve legacy streams. In addition, the book addresses controversial issue: will incumbent communications providers ever overtake Internet as the chief source of digital feeds and popular contents?Featuring extensive references and a glossary of multimedia terms, Connections for the Digital Age is written for digital natives and other persons with an interest in multimedia communications; industrial, commercial, and financial managers; engineers; software professionals and Internet specialists; and students at technical schools and universities. Zusammenfassung This book explores and analyzes past and current technologies and trends in multimedia communication. It addresses the continually increasing requirement to provide connections that make the electronic encounter as natural and convenient as possible. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xiii 1 A Digital World 1 1.1 Digital Natives and Immigrants 3 1.2 Contemporary Communications 6 1.2.1 Public Switched Telephone Network 7 1.2.2 The Internet 11 1.2.3 Enterprise Networks 16 1.2.4 Off-Air and Cable Television 17 1.2.5 Radio Broadcasting 18 1.3 Triple-Play Services 20 1.4 Contemporary Facilities 20 1.5 Competition 21 1.5.1 Legacy Telcos 21 1.5.2 Legacy Cellcos 23 1.5.3 Legacy Cablecos 23 1.5.4 The Dominance of the Internet 23 1.6 The Business of Multimedia Services 24 1.6.1 Residential Market Development 24 1.6.2 Evolving Networks 25 1.6.3 New Business Models 26 1.7 Next Generation Networks 27 1.7.1 Current Activities 28 1.7.2 EUIST Wireless World Initiative 29 2 Signal Formats 31 2.1 Digital Voice 32 2.1.1 Waveform Sampling 32 2.1.2 Plesiochronous and Synchronous Hierarchies 34 2.1.3 Processing to Achieve Lower Bit Rate Coding 36 2.1.4 Aural Modeling 36 2.1.5 Vocal Tract Modeling 37 2.2 Digital Audio 38 2.3 Digital Pictur...
