CMSC 691M Multimedia Networking and Data Management

Instructor

Dr. Padma Mundur
Computer Science  & Electrical Engineering Department
Office : ITE 350
Phone : (410) 455 3019
Email : pmundur@cs.umbc.edu
Office Hours: Thu 3-5 pm

Meeting Time and Place
       Tuesday and Thursday  5:30 pm - 6:45 pm, SS 208

Course Description

This course is offered as an advanced networking course with special focus on multimedia communications in wired and wireless networks. An undergraduate knowledge of computer networks is essential and a graduate course in networks is desirable. We will discuss applications, protocols and standards as they relate to multimedia data. The motivation for designing this course comes from the fact that finding end-to-end solutions for locating and disseminating multimedia rich content to wired and mobile users alike is a growing research area.

Some of the major issues addressed in this course are:

• reservation-based versus best-effort networks
• guaranteed versus best-effort service
• routing and scheduling to assure QoS for multimedia data
• Internet as the delivery network for streaming applications
• TCP versus UDP as transport protocols for multimedia data and implications on congestion
• int-serv and diff-serv architectures and IPV6
• mobile multimedia
• other enabling technologies such as Image/Audio/Video/Text compression, content analysis and retrieval

While there is no one text book required for the course, the following book gives a
basic understanding of the issues involved.

Title: Multimedia Communications
Author: Fred Halsall
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-39818-4

In addition to the textbook, a number of research publications will be used in  class presentations and lectures.

Grading

Project                                                                 50%
Paper Presentation and class participation    30%
Exam or Survey Paper                                       20%

Academic Honesty

By enrolling in this course, each student assumes the responsibilities of an active participant in UMBC's scholarly community in which everyone's academic work and behavior are held to the highest standards of honesty. Cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, and helping others to commit these acts are all forms of academic dishonesty, and they are wrong.  Academic misconduct could result in disciplinary action that may include, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, suspension or dismissal. To read the full Student Academic Conduct Policy, consult the UMBC Student Handbook.

Lectures
Presentations
Project
Survey Paper