Multimedia Systems
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Telecommunications |
Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MIEEC |
15 |
Syllabus since 2007/2008 |
4 |
- |
6 |
63 |
160 |
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) to present the concepts, services and their multimedia and hypermedia applications;
b) to present coding techniques and representation of multimedia information;
c) to introduce application development tools;
d) to develop applications.
Program
1. Introduction to multimedia: definition, types of media, levels of information, basic technologies.
2. Multimedia applications: classification, some examples.
3. Coding and representation of multimedia information: information theory and compression techniques, image compression, video compression, audio compression
4. User interfaces: usability, design, evaluation.
5. Network requirements of multimedia applications: performance parameters, requirements of various media.
6. Networks and multimedia application: architectures and protocols, distributed systems, QoS (Quality of Service) on ATM and on the Internet, models and applications.
7. New services: interactive digital television; multimedia streaming, IPtel
Complementary Bibliography
Li, Ze-Nian;
Fundamentals of Multimedia. ISBN: 0-13-127256-X
Ed Fernando Pereria; Comunicações Audiovisuais: Tecnologias, normas e aplicações, IST Press
Nuno Ribeiro e José Torres; Tecnologias de Compressão Multimédia, FCA
Teaching methods and learning activities
Presentation of the program; practical classes which introduce the tools; homework and development of an application; public presentation of the assignments.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Attendance (estimated) |
Participação presencial |
64,00 |
|
|
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
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Eligibility for exams
Minimum grade on the assignment: 8 out of 20
Calculation formula of final grade
Exam: 60% of the final grade
Assignment: 40% of the final grade
Minimum grade on the exam: 8 out of 20
Classification improvement
Improvement of exam and/or assignment grade.