Video Compression and Communications

Since the publication of Wireless Video Communications five years ago, the area of video compression and wireless transceivers has evolved even further. This new edition addresses a range of recent developments in these areas, giving cognizance to the associated transmission aspects and issues of error resilience.Video Compression and Communications has been updated and condensed yet remains all-encompassing, giving a comprehensive overview of the subject. Covering compression issues, coding delay, implementational complexity and bitrate, the book also looks at the historical perspective to video communication.* New edition of successful and informative text, Wireless Video Communications* Substantial new material has been added on areas such as H.264, MPEG4 coding and transceivers* Clear presentation and broad scope make it essential for anyone interested in wireless communications* Systematically converts the lessons of Shannon's information theory into design principles applicable to practical wireless systems.This book is ideal for postgraduates and researchers in communication systems but will also be a valuable reference to undergraduates, development and systems engineers of video compression applications as well as industrialists, managers and visual communications practitioners.