MU4152 Multimedia Communication Networks Syllabus:

MU4152 Multimedia Communication Networks Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To recapitulate the fundamentals of networking and understand the requirements for multimedia communication.
 To learn guaranteed service model.
 To learn communication protocols that is frequently used in IoT ecosystems.
 To explore the support provided for multimedia communication in 3G and 4G networks.
 To study about VoIP and real time multimedia network applications.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Switched Networks and Shared media Networks – Circuit Switching, Packet Switching and Virtual Circuits – Flow Control and Congestion Control – TCP/IP reference model – Network Externalities – Service Integration – Elastic and Inelastic Traffic – Playback Applications – Additional Requirements For Inelastic Traffic – Core Networks And Access/Edge Networks.
Suggested Activities:
 Flipped classroom on network externalities and Economies of scale.
 External learning – Inter-continental backbone network and Autonomous Systems model of the Internet.
 Assignments on computing the playout time of packets.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
 Quiz and discussion on network externalities and economies of scale.
 Assignments on proprietary protocols used in IoT and M2M.
 Assignments on problems related to playout time of multimedia applications.

UNIT II GUARANTEED SERVICE MODEL

Best Effort Service Model and Its Limitations – Qos Metrics – Diffserv and Intserv Networks – Queuing Techniques – WFQ and Its Variants – RED – Qos Aware Routing – Call Admission Control – RSVP – Policing and Traffic Shaping Algorithms – Multicast Routing – IGMP, Protocol Independent Multicast – PIM SM and PIM DM Variants.
Suggested Activities:
 Flipped classroom on IntServ and DiffServ networks.
 External learning – Exploring the ways of using DSCP in IP header.
 Assignments on finish time problems related to WFQ and its variants.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
 Quiz and discussion on IntServ and DiffServ networks.
 Assignments on configuring a router in such a way that DSCP fielder is exploited to provide QoS.
 Assignments on problems related to the virtual finish and actual finish of packets in WFQ and its variants.

UNIT III MULTIMEDIA TRANSPORT

End To End Solutions – Laissez Faire Approach – Multimedia over TCP – Significance of UDP – Multimedia Streaming – Audio and Video Streaming – Accessing Audio And Video from a Web Server And Media Server – Removing Jitter at the Receiver – Recovering from Packet Loss – Forward Error Correction and Interleaving – Interactive And Non-Interactive Multimedia – Transcoding – RTSP – RTP/RTCP.
Suggested Activities:
 External learning – Exploring various media players available and the ways to customize them.
 Exploring the ways to configure RTP.
 Flipped classroom on RTP and RTCP.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
 Assignments on media players available and configuring them.
 Configuring RTP and RTSP.
 Quiz and discussion on RTP and RTCP.

UNIT IV MULTIMEDIA OVER WIRELESS NETWORKS

Architecture of IP Multimedia Subsystem in 3G Networks – Application, Control and Data Planes in IMS Networks – Session Control, AAA, Real Time Data Transfer and Policy Control Protocols of IMS Networks – Relay Node and Multiple Radio Access Technologies in LTE – Voice Over IP Basics – IMS Volte Architecture – IP Multimedia Service Identity Module, Private Identity, Public Identity (ISIM, IMPI And IMPU) – SIP User Agent (SIP UAC And SIP UAE) – Real Time Polling Service and Extended Real Time Polling Service in IEEE 802.16/Wimax Networks.
Suggested Activities:
 Flipped classroom on IMSVoLTE architecture.
 External learning – Multimedia support in 5G networks.
 Analyzing the protocols of IP media subsystem.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
 Quiz and discussion on IMSVoLTE architecture.
 Assignments on multimedia support in 5G networks.
 Assignments on analyzing the headers of IP multimedia subsystem.

UNIT V MULTIMEDIA NETWORKED APPLICATIONS

H.322 Standard – Protocol Stack And Call Setup – Session Initiation Protocol – Components, Messages And Operation – Supporting Protocols For SIP – Media Gateway Access Protocol, Resource Reservation Protocol, Session Description Protocol – Case Study – Video Conferencing – Military Surveillance – Interactive TV – Video On Demand – Smart Phone.
Suggested Activities:
 Flipped classroom on SCIBus and S.100.
 External learning – Multimedia access networks and edge networks.
 Exploring the ways to configure SIP.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
 Quiz and discussion on SCIBus and S.100.
 Assignments on multimedia access networks and edge networks.
 Configuring SIP using suitable commands.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

On completion of the course, the students will be able to:
1. Deploy the right multimedia communication models.
2. Apply QoS to multimedia network applications at the network level with efficient scheduling and routing techniques.
3. Apply QoS to multimedia network applications at the end system level with efficient scheduling and routing techniques.
4. Understand IP multimedia subsystem and IP initiatives in cellular networks to support multimedia traffic.
5. Design and implement VoIP based solutions for multimedia transport.
6. Develop the real-time multimedia network applications.

REFERENCES:

1. Mario Marques da Silva, “Multimedia Communications and Networking”, CRC Press, 2012
2. K. R. Rao, Zoron S. Bojkovic, Bojan M. Bakmaz, “Wireless Multimedia Communication Systems: Design, Analysis and Implementation”, CRC Press, 2017
3. Jim Kurose, Keith Ross, “Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach”, Pearson Education, 2017
4. K. R. Rao, Zoran S. Bojkovic, Dragorad A. Milovanovic, “Introduction to Multimedia Communications Applications, Middleware, Networking”, John Wiley and Sons, 2009