Multimedia Systems

Code:

EEC0050

Acronym:

SMUL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Telecommunications

Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Telecommunications
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering

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

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.