Treats joint source and channel decoding in an integrated wayGives a clear description of the problems in the field together with the mathematical tools for their solutionContains many detailed examples useful for practical applications of the theory to video broadcasting over mobile and wireless networks  Traditionally, cross-layer and joint source-channel coding were seen as incompatible with classically structured networks but recent advances in theory changed this situation. Joint source-channel decoding is now seen as a viable alternative to separate decoding of source and channel codes, if the protocol layers are taken into account. A joint source/protocol/channel approach is thus addressed in this book: all levels of the protocol stack are considered, showing how the information in each layer influences the others. This book provides the tools to show how cross-layer and joint source-channel coding and decoding are now compatible with present-day mobile and wireless networks, with a particular application to the key area of video transmission to mobiles. Typical applications are broadcasting, or point-to-point delivery of multimedia contents, which are very timely in the context of the current development of mobile services such as audio (MPEG4 AAC) or video (H263, H264) transmission using recent wireless transmission standards (DVH-H, DVB-SH, WiMAX, LTE).  This cross-disciplinary book is ideal for graduate students, researchers, and more generally professionals working either in signal processing for communications or in networking applications, interested in reliable multimedia transmission. This book is also of interest to people involved in cross-layer optimization of mobile networks. Its content may provide them with other points of view on their optimization problem, enlarging the set of tools which they could use. Pierre Duhamel is director of research at CNRS/ LSS and has previously held research positions at Thomson-CSF, CNET, and ENST, where he was head of the Signal and Image Processing Department. He has served as chairman of the DSP committee and associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and Signal Processing Letters, as well as acting as a co-chair at MMSP and ICASSP conferences. He was awarded the Grand Prix France Telecom by the French Science Academy in 2000. He is co-author of more than 80 papers in international journals, 250 conference proceedings, and 28 patents. Michel Kieffer is an assistant professor in signal processing for communications at the Université Paris-Sud and a researcher at the Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. His research interests are in joint source-channel coding and decoding techniques for the reliable transmission of multimedia contents. He serves as associate editor of Signal Processing (Elsevier). He is co-author of more than 90 contributions to journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. Treats joint source and channel decoding in an integrated wayGives a clear description of the problems in the field together with the mathematical tools for their solutionContains many detailed examples useful for practical applications of the theory to video broadcasting over mobile and wireless networks

Joint Source-Channel Decoding: A Cross-Layer Perspective with Applications in Video Broadcasting (Eurasip and Academic Press Series in Signal and Image Processing)

Computers & Technology

Kieffer, Michel

Duhamel, Pierre

Computer Science

Academic Press

The key to opening the hearts, minds and wallets of Quebecers Most Quebecers come from a French culture, live in an English society and have an American lifestyle. Who are Quebecers exactly? What do they want? What are their aspirations? This book paints a surprising, sometimes unsettling, and consistently uncompromising portrait of the Quebec personality. During the last 30 years, the Leger survey firm has collected the most intimate secrets, deepest fears and greatest hopes of Quebecers and Canadians, in order to redefine what constitutes the Quebec difference. Using a scientific approach, this book unveils the seven character traits that make Quebecers unique – not better or worse, but different.

Cracking the Quebec Code: The 7 keys to understanding Quebecers

Politics & Social Sciences

Léger, Jean-Marc

Nantel, Jacques

Social Sciences

Juniper Publishing

Cet ouvrage dresse un portrait surprenant, souvent destabilisant, parfois embarrassant mais surtout non complaisant de la personnalité québécoise ! La majorité des Québécois sont issus d'une culture française, vivent dans une société anglaise avec un mode de vie américain. Qui sommes-nous ? Que voulons-nous ? Qu'espérons-nous ? Cet ouvrage dresse un portrait surprenant, souvent déstabilisant, parfois embarrassant mais surtout non complaisant de la personnalité québécoise. Au fil des 30 dernières années, la firme de sondages Léger a recueilli les secrets les plus intimes, les peurs les plus profondes et les plus grands espoirs des Québécois et des Canadiens pour ainsi redéfinir ce qui fait la différence québécoise. Basé sur une approche scientifique, ce livre dévoile les sept traits identitaires qui font de nous, québécois, un peuple unique au monde. Ni meilleur ni pire, mais assurément différent.

Le Code Québec (French Edition)

Politics & Government

De l'Homme

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