Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Study Cycle: Master
SUBJECT

Code	Subject	
MID1016	Multimedia Streaming	

Section	Sem.	Hours: C+S+L	Category	Type	
Distributive Systems in Internet	4	2+1+0	speciality	compulsory	

Teaching Staff in Charge	Lect. COBARZAN Claudiu, Ph.D., claudiu@cs.ubbcluj.ro	
Aims	Familiarize the students with the characteristics, coding and transmission of multimedia objects.  Present the main streaming protocols and the QoS (Quality of Service) related problems. Introduction into multimedia content delivery in mobile, wireless and high-speed networks. Present the existing proposed architecture. Overview of current trends and real world applications.	
Content	1. Introduction
    1.1 Introduction in multimedia
    1.2 Basic principles in audio-video coding
    1.3 Audio-video formats
    1.4 Computer networks
2. Streaming and signaling protocols
    2.1 RTP/RTCP &#8211; Real Time Protocol
    2.2 RTSP &#8211; Real Time Streaming Protocol
    2.3 SDP &#8211; Session Description Protocol
    2.4 SIP &#8211; Session Initiation Protocol
3. Multimedia and network QoS (Quality of Service)
    3.1 Terminology, requirements, parameters, specification, negotiation
    3.2 Resource reservation, traffic shaping
    3.3 Queueing disciplines in routers for QoS
    3.4 Congestion control algorithms for multimedia traffic
    3.5 QoS Arhitectures(Integrated Services ( IntServ), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), Differentiated Services (DiffServ))
4. Streaming in mobile, wireless and high-speed networks
    4.1 Characteristics and requirements 
    4.2 Standards
    4.3 Protocols
    4.4 Terminals 
5. Arhitectures for multimedia content distribution
    5.1 Distribution servers
    5.2 Video-on-Demand systems
    5.3 Peer-to-Peer systems
    5.4 Content Distribution Networks
    5.5 Overlay Networks
    5.6 Proxy-Caches
6. Current trends and real world applications
    6.1 Case studies  	
Bibliography	1. Lajos Hanzo, Peter Cherriman, Jurgen Streit, Video Compression and Communications. From Basics to H.261, H.263, H.264, MPEG4 for DVB and HSDPA-Style Adaptive Turbo-Transceivers, Wiley & IEEE Press, 2007.
2. Colin Perkins, RTP &#8211; Audio and Video for the Internet, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
3. Atul Puriand and Tsuhan Chen, Multimedia Systems, Standards and Networks, Marcel Dekker, 2000.
4. Jitae Shin, Daniel C. Lee, C.-C. Jay Kuo, Quality of Service for Internet Multimedia, Prentice Hall Press, 2003
5. Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Nahrstedt, Multimedia Systems, Springer, 2004.
6. Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Nahrstedt, Multimedia Applications, Springer, 2004
7. ***, MPEG home page (www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/)  	
Assessment	The final mark will be computed as a weighted mean as follows: 60% evaluation of a software application developed during the semester, 40% evaluation of a short paper presenting technical aspects of the implemented software solution.