Multimedia Content Transfer

The course provides the knowledge necessary for understanding the elements, techniques, and principles of transfer of multimedia content. Students are acquainted with the basic characteristics and requirements of multimedia traffic and with the selection criteria of the transmission system for individual types of multimedia content.

The course content consists of: definition of multimedia content and flows, transfer of multimedia content from the source to the destination, networks and protocols for the transfer of multimedia content, transfer network resource access and sharing, forwarding of multimedia data and flows, properties and characteristic of multimedia traffic, mechanisms for the multimedia content transfer, techniques of multimedia traffic engineering, transfer demands of multimedia flows, the most important transfer parameters, interactivity, real real-time transfer, problems of multimedia content transfer and the assurance of adequate transfer conditions, quality of service assurance.

The main objective of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the process of multimedia content transfer.
Competencies that students will gain include:

• Understanding the process of multimedia content creation, the characteristics of the multimedia traffic, the interdependence of the elements of the transmission system and the principles for providing proper transmission conditions.
• Understanding the role of the transmission system, linking the theory with the practical issues; the ability for the evaluation of the designed solutions.
• Understanding the mechanisms of multimedia content and service transfer in the operator and non-operator systems such as IPTV, broadcasting and online and mobile multimedia services.
• Individual work on multimedia content transfer and traffic management.

Lectures in which the student is acquainted with the theoretical basics and lab work where the student meets the practical problems and solves them in the team.