Compression and Transmission of Multimedia Signals

Објавено: October 12, 2018
  1.    Course Title Compression and Transmission of Multimedia Signals
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ10Л019
  3.    Study program TKII
  4.    Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
  5.    Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
  6.    Academic year/semester IV/8   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Venceslav Kafedziski
  9.    Course Prerequisites

10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  The student will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of techniques and standards of coding (compression) of speech, audio, image and video signals, digital television, techniques and protocols for streaming of multimedia signals, video conference and video surveillance.

11.    Course Syllabus: Lossless compression: Huffman coding, arithmetic coding and dictionary based techniques (Lempel-Ziv coding). Vocoder methods for speech coding: LPC, CELP etc. Transform coding, subband coding, wavelets. Image coding, techniques and standards. Coding of audio signals. MPEG audio coding: MP3, AAC, HE-AAC, xHE-AAC. Video coding: MPEG1, MPEG2, H261, H263, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC. Digital television: terrestrial, cable, satellite. IPTV. Content Providers and Content Delivery Networks. Caching. OTT (Over The Top) providers and services. Internet television. Video streaming. Live streaming. Video conference and telepresence. Real time streaming protocols. HТTP based streaming protocols. MPEG-DASH. Video surveillance and applications. Transmission of multimedia signals over 4G and 5G mobile systems. Caching: theoretical foundation, network architecture, femtocaching, cashing in D2D networks.

12.    Learning methods:  Lectures, recitations, laboratory exercises, home study, projects, company visits and lectures from industry experts.
13.    Total number of course hours 3 + 1 + 1 + 0
14.    Distribution of course hours 180
15.    Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 45
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 30
16.    Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 35
16.2. Individual tasks 0
16.3. Homework and self-learning 70
17.    Grading 17.1. Exams 0
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 35
17.3. Activity and participation 0
17.4. Final exam 65
18.    Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points     5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points     6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points     7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points     8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points     9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points   10 (ten) (A)
19.    Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Attending lectures, recitations and laboratory exercises.
20.   Forms of assessment During the semester, two partial written exams are conducted (at the middle and at the end of the semester, duration 120 minutes), tests that are conducted during the classes and a test covering the laboratory exercises. For students who have passed the partial exams and the laboratory exercise test, a final oral exam (of duration 60 minutes) may be administered. The final grade includes points from the partial exams, tests and the final oral exam.
In the planned exam sessions, a written exam is taken (duration 120 minutes). For students who have passed the written exam and the laboratory exercise test, a final oral exam (duration 60 minutes) may be administered. The final grade includes points from the written exam, tests and the final oral exam.
The student should prepare a seminar paper and submit it by the exam date at the latest. It is not allowed to use books, lecture notes, written material and notes of any kind during the exam, as well as a mobile phone, tablet or any other electronic device, except a calculator
21.    Language Macedonian and English
22.    Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluation and survey questionnaires.
23.    Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Venceslav Kafedziski Compression and Transmission of Multimedia Signals Course Notes – FEIT 2016
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Khalid Sayood  Introduction to Data Compression, 4th Edition  Morgan Kaufmann  2012
2  Benny Bing  Next-Generation Video Coding and Streaming, 1st Edition  Wiley  2015
3  Wes Simpson Video Over IP: IPTV, Internet Video, H.264, P2P, Web TV, and Streaming: A Complete Guide to Understanding the Technology, 2nd Edition  Focal Press  2008