Karmakar G., Dooley L.S. (eds.) Mobile Multimedia Communications. Concepts, Applications, and Challenges

IGI Global, 2008. — 421 p.With rapid growth of the Internet, the applications of multimedia are burgeoning in every aspect of human life including communication networks and wireless and mobile communications.
Mobile Multimedia Communications: Concepts, Applications, and Challenges captures defining research on all aspects and implications of the accelerated progress of mobile multimedia technologies. Covered topics include fundamental network infrastructures, modern communication features such as wireless and mobile multimedia protocols, personal communication systems, mobility and resource management, and security and privacy issues. A complete reference to topics driving current and potential future development of mobile technologies, this essential addition to library collections will meet the needs of researchers in a variety of related fields.Introduction to Mobile Multimedia Communications
Multimedia over Wireless Mobile Data Networks
Quality of Service Issues in Mobile Multimedia Transmission
On a Personalized System for Device Independent and Position Aware Communication
Mobile Multimedia for Speech and Language Therapy
A Proposed Framework for Mobile Services Adoption: A Review of Existing Theories, Extensions, and Future Research Directions
Video Coding for Mobile Communications
OFDM Transmission Technique: A Strong Candidate for the Next Generation Mobile Communications
Routing Protocols for Ad-Hoc Networks
Basics of Ubiquitous Networking
Wireless Security and Privacy Issues
Security of Mobile Devices for Multimedia Applications
Security in Ad-Hoc Networks
Security, Privacy, and Trust for Pervasive Computing Applications