Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

1.  Network-Aware Error-Resilient Video Coding

Luís Ducla Soares and Paulo Nunes

2.  Distributed Video Coding: Principles and Challenges

Jürgen Slowack and Rik Van de Walle

3.  Computer Vision–Aided Video Coding

Manoranjan Paul and Weisi Lin

4.  Macroblock Classification Method for Computation Control Video Coding and Other Video Applications Involving Motions

Weiyao Lin, Bing Zhou, Dong Jiang, and Chongyang Zhang

5.  Transmission Rate Adaptation in Multimedia WLAN: A Dynamic Games Approach

Jane Wei Huang, Hassan Mansour, and Vikram Krishnamurthy

6.  Energy and Bandwidth Optimization in Mobile Video Streaming Systems

Mohamed Hefeeda, Cheng-Hsin Hsu, and Joseph Peters

7.  Resource Allocation for Scalable Videos over Cognitive Radio Networks

Donglin Hu and Shiwen Mao

8.  Cooperative Video Provisioning in Mobile Wireless Environments

Paolo Bellavista, Antonio Corradi, and Carlo Giannelli

9.  Multilayer Iterative FEC Decoding for Video Transmission over Wireless Networks

Bo Rong, Yiyan Wu, and Gilles Gagnon

10.  Network-Adaptive Rate and Error Controls for WiFi Video Streaming

JongWon Kim and Sang-Hoon Park

11.  State of the Art and Challenges for 3D Video Delivery over Mobile Broadband Networks

Omar Abdul-Hameed, Erhan Ekmekcioglu, and Ahmet Kondoz

12.  A New Hierarchical 16-QAM Based UEP Scheme for 3-D Video with Depth Image Based Rendering

Khalid Mohamed Alajel and Wei Xiang

13.  2D-to-3D Video Conversion: Techniques and Applications in 3D Video Communications

Chunyu Lin, Jan De Cock, Jürgen Slowack, Peter Lambert, and Rik Van de Walle

14.  Combined CODEC and Network Parameters for an Enhanced Quality of Experience in Video Streaming

Araz Jahaniaval and Dalia Fayek

15.  Video QoS Analysis over Wi-Fi Networks

Rashid Mehmood and Raad Alturki

Index