Dynamic Multimedia Delivery in a Ubiquitous Computing Environment

Ubiquitous computing is the concept of embedding
many heterogeneous devices within our everyday
environment in such a way that they operate
seamlessly and become transparent to the person
using them. It covers a wide range of applications
and services, but of particular interest is
multimedia resource adaptation which involves
customization and dynamic adaptation of resources
according to usage environments and user
preferences; this aims to provide consumers with transparent access. This book explores the
consumption of multimedia resources in the
ubiquitous computing environment. First, the book
focuses on the delivery and adapation of multimedia
resources in an end-to-end system and its session
transfer. Next, the book considers the foregoing
work on the customization of multimedia resources in
a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network.

Autorentext

Dr. Letian Rong holds a BEng (Hons) in Computer Engineering fromthe University of New South Wales, Australia (2002), and a PhD inComputer Engineering from the University of Wollongong, Australia(2007). He is currently working as a R&D engineer at theOrange Labs, France Telecom in Paris, investigating LTE and LTE-Asystems.

Klappentext

Ubiquitous computing is the concept of embedding many heterogeneous devices within our everyday environment in such a way that they operate seamlessly and become transparent to the person using them. It covers a wide range of applications and services, but of particular interest is multimedia resource adaptation which involves customization and dynamic adaptation of resources according to usage environments and user preferences; this aims to provide consumers with transparent access. This book explores the consumption of multimedia resources in the ubiquitous computing environment. First, the book focuses on the delivery and adapation of multimedia resources in an end-to-end system and its session transfer. Next, the book considers the foregoing work on the customization of multimedia resources in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network.