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2009-2010 University Catalog

IT 848 - Digital Video Communications

Credits: 3
Cross-Listed with ECE 743

Coding, transport, and modeling of digital video signals; digital coding of waveforms with emphasis on compression techniques for video signals; transform coding including DCT and rate distortion theory for images; subband/wavelet coding of images; treatment of video signals for different television formats; colorimetry and motion estimation/compensation; general characterization of video traffic; modeling of variable bit rate video codecs; transport protocols for video and multimedia; network-delay compensation for video over ATM; VBR video flow control; and discussion of applications such as HDTV/TV over ATM, digital HDTV for terrestrial broadcast, and videoconferencing/desktop multimedia over LAN/WAN.

Prerequisites
ECE 535 and 642

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week
3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week
0