PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVE COURSE VI
CS20651 MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To enable the students to
know about Multimedia systems basics.
acquire knowledge about multimedia Tools and authoring.
interpret about multimedia data compression techniques.
gain knowledge on multimedia communication systems and protocols.
enlist multimedia application areas.
UNIT I MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS 9
Principles - Cognition, Learning, Interaction, Medium of Consumption; Elements - Text, Characteristics,
standards, formats; Graphics - Representation, File formats; Image / Graphics - File formats, Standards;
Digital Audio - Characteristics, Formats, Standards, Speech; Video - Characteristics, Formats; Animation -
characteristics, Formats.
UNIT II MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND AUTHORING 9
Hardware - Display Devices, Wearables, Graphics cards, I/O devices; Software - Editing tools for Text,
Image, Audio, Video and animation; Authoring tools - Authoring Multimedia presentations, Authoring
Metaphors.
UNIT III MULTIMEDIA COMPRESSION 9
Symmetric and Asymmetric methods - Lossy and Lossless Compression, Text compression, RLE, Huffman,
Arithmetic, Dictionary based; Document Image compression standards - CCITT and Color Image
Compression - JPEG; Audio Compression - PCM, ADPCM, MPEG, AAC, AC3, speech compression;
Video Compression - MPEG-4, H.265, DVI.
UNIT IV MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 9
Multimedia Communication Standards - Transport Protocols, streaming protocols, Internet Protocols
Wireless multimedia communications; Synchronization and QOS - Security, Entertainment networks, Real-
time distributed multimedia networks, Hypertext, Hypermedia.
UNIT V MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS 9
Applications for WWW - Multimedia databases - Indexing and Retrieval, Visualization, Virtual, Augmented
and Mixed Reality; Interactive E-learning - HCI and UX design, Games and Animation, Real- Time video
conferencing.
TOTAL PERIODS 45
COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of this course, the students will be able to
discuss about the components of multimedia elements.
use Multimedia tools in multimedia applications.
implement Compression algorithms for various multimedia applications.
describe effective strategies to deliver Quality-of-Experience in networked Multimedia applications
design and develop multimedia applications in various domains.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Ze-Nian Li, Mark S. Drew, Jiangchuan Liu, “Fundamentals of Multimedia”, Second Edition, Springer
Nature (Texts in Computer Science), 2014.
2. Prabhat K. Andleigh, Kiran Thakrar, “Multimedia Systems Design”, Pearson Education India, Ist
Edition, 2015.
REFERENCES
1. Fred Halsall, “Multimedia Communications: Applications, Networks, Protocols and Standards”,
Pearson Education, 2002.
2. Khalid Sayood, “Introduction to Data Compression”, 4th Edition, Morgan Kauffman, 2012.
3. K.R. Rao, Zoran S. Bojkovic, Bojan M. Bakmaz, “Wireless Multimedia Communication systems:
Design, Analysis and Implementation”, CRC press, 2017.
4. V.S. Subrahmanian, “Principles of Multimedia Database Systems”, Elsevier / Morgan Kauffmann,
2008.
CO-PO MAPPING:
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcome
(1,2,3 indicates the strength of correlation) 3 - Strong, 2 - Medium, 1 - Weak
Programme
Programme Outcomes Specific
(POs) Outcomes
CO (PSOs)
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2
CO1 2 - 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 3 - 3 3 3
CO2 1 - 3 3 2 3 - 2 2 2 - 3 3 2
CO3 1 - 3 3 3 3 - 3 3 3 - 3 3 3
CO4 1 - 3 2 3 2 - 2 3 2 - 3 3 3
CO5 2 - 3 3 3 3 - 2 3 3 - 3 3 3
