COT 6930 Video Communications, Spring 2005

Prof. Hari Kalva
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL 33431
EMail: hari@cse.fau.edu

Course Syllabus
Lecture notes is available to students via Blackboard

Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:50 pm in FEEDS Studio (Room TBD)

Course website for Spring 2004 Edition

Product Report

Each of the following video communication related products is randomly assigned to two people. Write a summary/report of the product (up to 2 pages) based on the information available on the web sites and other resources (e.g., phone call to a sales rep or other published reports). Assume that your audience is technically competent people with background in video communications. Focus on the main functionality and technology behind the products. Don't put anything in the report that you do not understand. If you use any information form other sources such as news reports, list the source/URL in the references section. Your report should give the reader a fairly good idea of what the product does, technologies involved, potential bottlenecks, desirable features, alternative technologies that can improve the product etc.

Your report is due by: 4/5/05.

Upload your report to the Digital Dropbox on Blackboard (Word or PDF, preferably PDF). Use the following naming convention: <last-name>_<product name>.pdf. All the product reviews will be posted on this website by 4/7/05.

Product Name and URL Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2
End system multicast Baillargeon, Pierre Vilarchao-Soles, Valeria
Ineoquest IQMediaMonitor Lafleur, Sheryl Vilarchao-Soles, Valeria
Microsoft TV IPTV Edition Lafleur, Sheryl Svendsen, Jared
Motorola Ojo Personal Video Phone Rosul, Cristiane Svendsen, Jared
Nokia remote camera Baillargeon, Pierre Siddegowda, Bharathi
Vodafone Live Siddegowda, Bharathi Rosul, Cristiane

 


 

 

 


Final Presentation Schedule

21 April 2005

Baillargeon, Pierre Power Aware Video Coding
LaFleur, Sheryl Complexity of Transcoding MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC
Svendsen, Jared Decision Algorithms for Variable Block Size Choice in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC

26 April 2005

Rosul, Cristiane Metrics for Quantifying Quality of Experience (QoE) in Mobile Video Delivery
Siddegowda, Bharathi K. A Rate Control Algorithm for H.264 Codec
Vilarchao-Soles, Valeria Video Streaming of MPEG-4 video over IP Networks