• For one/two-semester, undergraduate/
• graduate-level courses in Data Communications and Networks, Networked Multimedia, and Multimedia Information Networking.

Ideal for those with little background in the subject, this text provides a cohesive and seamless presentation of both the fundamental and advanced concepts related to Multimedia Information Networking-from basic technologies and communication systems, protocols, and networks, to a variety of multimedia applications. It offers balanced coverage of communication and multimedia issues-focusing on multimedia information, as well as on techniques and technologies used in making this information available on computer networks.