Streaming Media With Peer To Peer Networks Wireless Perspectives

Download or read book Streaming Media with Peer-to-Peer Networks: Wireless Perspectives written by Fleury, Martin and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of users who rely on the Internet to deliver multimedia content has grown significantly in recent years. As this consumer demand grows, so, too, does our dependency on a wireless and streaming infrastructure which delivers videos, podcasts, and other multimedia. Streaming Media with Peer-to-Peer Networks: Wireless Perspectives offers insights into current and future communication technologies for a converged Internet that promises soon to be dominated by multimedia applications, at least in terms of bandwidth consumption. The book will be of interest to industry managers, and will also serve as a valuable resource to students and researchers looking to grasp the dynamic issues surrounding video streaming and wireless network development.