| Image Compression using Adaptive Wavelets and Trellis-Coded Quantization | p. 3 |
| Synthesis Filter Bank Optimization in 1D and 2D Separable Subband Coding | p. 18 |
| Multiple Descriptions: Source-Channel Coding Methods for Communications | p. 32 |
| A Robust Spatial Filtering Method for DOA Estimation of Coherent Sources in Impulsive Interference | p. 46 |
| Signal Processing Considerations for Immersive Audio Rendering | p. 57 |
| Real-Time Billboard Substitution in a Video Stream | p. 71 |
| Signal Processing in Satellite Systems for Multimedia Services | p. 85 |
| A Sketch-Based Approach for the Recovery of Transmission Errors in Coded Images | p. 100 |
| An Algorithm for Fast Segmentation of Color Images | p. 110 |
| Multi-Camera Strategies for High-Accuracy 3D Reconstruction | p. 120 |
| Providing Quality for Internet Video Services | p. 133 |
| Video Traffic over Wireless Links: Issues and Performance | p. 147 |
| Measurement-Based Admission Control with Aggregate Traffic Envelopes | p. 161 |
| Coexistence of QoS and Best-Effort Flows | p. 175 |
| Impact, Characterization and Modelling of Intermedia Relationships in a Multimedia System Performance Evaluation Framework | p. 189 |
| Multimedia Network Management as Global Control | p. 207 |
| Malleable Multimedia Presentations: Adaptive Streaming Tradeoffs for Best-Quality Fast-Response Systems | p. 223 |
| Network Traffic Issues for Interactive Multipoint Multimedia Applications | p. 237 |
| A Multi-Channel Approach to Voice Activity Detection in Noisy Environments Based on Time Delay Estimation | p. 251 |
| Queuing Performance Evaluation by means of Traffic Sampling Methods | p. 261 |
| Modelling DQDB Multimedia Sources at Cell/Segment Level | p. 271 |
| A Novel Control Scheme for VBR Video Transmission over ATM Networks | p. 281 |
| Passive Optical Networks: Results from Project FSAN | p. 293 |
| Resource Allocation Strategies for Multimedia Traffic in an ATM-Based PON | p. 305 |
| DSL Technologies (HDSL2, ADSL, and VDSL), Improved Algorithms to Meet Wide Market Acceptance | p. 320 |
| UMTS Access Network Architecture and Relevant Dimensioning Issues | p. 334 |
| Wireless Multimedia Assessment with Traffic, Access and Transmission Protocols in Actual Environment at Millimeter Waves | p. 349 |
| Error Propagation Stop Principle for CD3-OFDM: a Comparison with Perfect Coherent Demodulation | p. 360 |
| Performance of a RS-Coded QPSK Cable Modem for TDMA Communication over the Return Channel of HFC Networks | p. 374 |
| How Self-Similar Processes Persistence Determines the Queue Length Distribution Moments | p. 383 |
| Multimode Multimedia Terminals: Issues and Trends | p. 395 |
| Specification of Digital Interactive TV Systems | p. 401 |
| MHEG-5 Common Application Interface for Broadcast and Interactive Services | p. 409 |
| New Concepts for Multimode Multimedia Terminal Architectures | p. 421 |
| Software Radio Technology: a Practical Example | p. 435 |
| A Flexible Software Architecture for Multimedia Home Platforms | p. 447 |
| PHS Mobile Communication System for Simultaneous Voice and Image Transmission | p. 456 |
| Software Open Multimedia Interactive Terminal: an Open Terminal Architecture to Support Multimedia High-Quality Services | p. 469 |
| Adaptive and Embedded Java-Codecs for Multimedia Terminals | p. 480 |
| Multimedia Applications and Services | p. 493 |
| Multimodal Human/Machine Communication | p. 502 |
| Multimedia Processing for Advanced Communications Services | p. 510 |
| Progressive Content-Based Retrieval of Image Databases through the Internet | p. 524 |
| Content-Based Searching and Filtering of Visual Information | p. 538 |
| Internet Video-Streaming | p. 547 |
| Software Design and Simulation of a DS/CDMA Multimedia Transmission System for Remote Video-Surveillance Applications | p. 557 |
| Rendering and Animation of a Proprietary Face Model into the MPEG-4 3D Player | p. 569 |
| Authors' Index | p. 579 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
