Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Ireneusz Defee

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 5 : Tuesday 14 - 16, TB215 Thursday 14 - 16, TB214

Requirements

Final examination, exercises and assignment.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

Understanding design and operation digital media content delivery systems. Multimedia communication protocols, standards and systems. Examples of multimedia systems: internet multimedia, digital television, mobile television.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Multimedia data distribution requirements.	Video and audio compression	Signal processing
2.	Signal modulation and network characterization, wireless networks	Communication theory	Signal processing
3.	Network protocols for multimedia	Networking protocols	Internet protocols
4.	Standards for multimedia data representation: MPEG-4 and SMIL	Video and audio compression	3D graphics
5.	Multimedia systems: Terminals, servers and software. Data protection	Broadcast multimedia	Digital television, software engineering

Evaluation criteria for the course

Course is graded on the basis of answers to exam questions. Very good grade is obtained when exam questions are correctly answered and exercises are done. Course acceptance threshold is half of the maximum exam points. Volunteer and personal bonus work is prized with increasing the exam result by one grade if the threshold is passed.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Lecture slides	"Multimedia Systems and Communications"	Irek Defée					English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Excercises Practical works	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	22.06.2009
Modifier	Ireneusz Defee