Multimedia Systems & Networks

    Instructor:
    A.L. Narasimha Reddy, email:reddy@ee.tamu.edu, phone:845-7598
    Class Hours:
    Tuesdays, Thursdays 9:35AM - 10:50 AM.
    Class Room:
    223D Zachry
    Office Hours:
    11AM - 12 noon Tuesday/Thursday
    Textbook:
    No textbook. See list of papers
    Reference: For Compression basics, "Networked Multimedia Systems" by Raghavan and Tripathi,
    Prentice Hall Publishers
    For more detailed compression, "Digital Compression for multimedia", by Jerry Gibson
    et al, Morgan Kaufman Publishers
    Grading policy:
    Homeworks 40%, Project 40%, Quizs 20%
    TA:
    Bharat Iyer, bharat@ee.tamu.edu
    Office Hours: 2-3 PM Monday/Wednesday/Thursday
    Room: 113A Zachry
    ns-2 resources

    Project Deadline Extended to April 30th 10AM.

    Hand Project to Carolyn in Room 320 Wisenbaker

    See Guidelines for writing project report.
Tentative Schedule -subject to change
Lecture Date Topic Reading Comments
1 Jan. 14 Intro. to Multimedia ps pdf Class notes
2 Jan. 16 Video and Image Compression ps pdf Tripathi's book
3 Jan. 21 JPEG ps pdf Tripathi's, Gibson's book, JPEG91
4 Jan. 23 MPEG ps pdf Gibson's book
5 Jan. 28 MPEG, Speech Coding ps pdf Gibson's book HW1 handed out
6 Jan. 30 Multimedia systems1 - disks ps pdf RJ94, R95, RR98, RR01
7 Feb. 4 Multimedia systems2 - memory ps pdf RMM97
8 Feb. 6 Multimedia systems3 - memory ps pdf RMM97
9 Feb. 11 Multimedia systems3 - processors ps pdf GGV96, NL97, D96 HW1 Due. HW2 handed out
10 Feb. 13 Coomputer Network Review. Postscript Powerpoint RJ90, CJ 89
11 Feb. 18 TCP/UDP, multimedia ppt pdf FF98, FHPW00, BB01
12 Feb. 20 Quiz1
13 Feb. 25 Best-effort video delivery ppt ps CUDP, DHLB, RHE99
14 Feb. 27 RED & buffer management ppt ps FJ93, SLSC98, B+97, RJ90 HW2 Due. HW3 handed out
15 Mar. 4 Multicast 1 ps ppt MTUT
16 Mar. 6 Partial State Buffer Management ppt DR99, SR01, PR02, MF01 Project Abstrct Due
17 Mar. 11 TAMU Spring break Multicast2 ps ppt DC90, DE+94, MJV96 MTUT
18 Mar. 13 TAMU Spring break
19 Mar. 18 Multicast3 ps ppt F+97, BFC93, LG97, HC99 HW3 Due. HW4 Handed out
21 Mar. 20 Differentiated Services Internet1 ppt ps 2BIT
22 Mar. 25 Differentiated Services Internet2 ps ppt CF97, She95
23 Mar. 27 Differentiated Services Internet3 ps ppt YR98A, YR98B, 2WIN
23 Apr. 1 Guaranteed service -network scheduling1 DKS90, GPS
24 Apr. 3 Network scheduling 2 RCSP, ZK91
25 Apr. 8 Network Scheduling 3 HW4 Due
27 Apr. 10 Network scheduling 3 GPS, SGO, RCSP
27 Apr. 15 Quiz2 RSVP LP96, LG98 Hus00
29 Apr. 17 Audio Error concealment ps pdf and Video Smoothing ps pdf Gibson's book, PRM98, SZKT
30 Apr. 22 Service Redirection part1 part2 IPRP
31 Apr. 24 Wireless multimedia
32 Apr. 29 Project Report Due in 320 F Wisenbaker 10:00 AM