Encyclopedia of multimedia technology and networking

Title Page
......Page 1
Editorial Advisory Board......Page 3
List of Contributors......Page 4
Contents......Page 11
Foreword......Page 26
Preface......Page 28
Acknowledgment......Page 32
About the Editor......Page 34
Accessibility, Usability, and Functionality in T-Government Services......Page 35
Advances of Radio Interface in WCDMA Systems......Page 43
Affective Computing......Page 49
Analysis of Platforms for E-Learning......Page 56
Anthropologic Concepts in C2C in Virtual Communities......Page 69
Anywhere Anytime Learning with Wireless Mobile Devices......Page 75
The Application of Sound and Auditory Responses in E-Learning......Page 81
Application of the P2P Model for Adaptive
Host Protection......Page 88
The Application of Virtual Reality and HyperReality Technologies to Universities......Page 95
Architectures of the Interworking of 3G Cellular Networks and Wireless LANs......Page 101
Argument Structure Models and Visualization......Page 109
Assessing Digital Video Data Similarity......Page 117
Audio Streaming to IP-Enabled Bluetooth
Devices......Page 124
Automatic Lecture Recording for Lightweight
Content Production......Page 132
Automatic Self Healing Using Immune Systems......Page 139
Basic Concepts of Mobile Radio Technologies......Page 147
Biometrics......Page 155
Blogs as Corporate Tools......Page 162
Blogs in Education......Page 168
Breakthroughs and Limitations of XML
Grammar Similarity......Page 174
Broadband Fiber Optical Access......Page 183
Broadband Solutions for Residential Customers......Page 191
Broadband Solutions for the Last Mile to
Malaysian Residential Customers......Page 198
Building Social Relationships in a Virtual Community of Gamers......Page 205
Business Decisions through Mobile
Computing......Page 212
Calm Technologies as the Future Goal of Information Technologies......Page 221
Cell Broadcast as an Option for Emergency Warning Systems......Page 229
Characteristics, Limitations, and Potential of Advergames......Page 239
From Circuit Switched to IP-Based Networks......Page 246
Cognitive Issues in Tailoring Multimedia
Learning Technology to the Human Mind......Page 252
Community of Production......Page 258
A Comparison of Human and Computer
Information Processing......Page 264
Conceptual, Methodological, and Ethical
Challenges of Internet-Based Data Collection......Page 274
Consumer Attitudes toward RFID Usage......Page 281
Content Sharing Systems for Digital Media......Page 288
Content-Based Multimedia Retrieval......Page 294
Contract Negotiation in E-Marketplaces......Page 301
Cost Models for Bitstream Access Service......Page 310
Critical Issues and Implications of Digital TV
Transition......Page 320
Critical Issues in Content Repurposing for Small Devices......Page 327
Cross-Channel Cooperation......Page 333
Current Challenges in Intrusion Detection
Systems......Page 339
Current Impact and Future Trends of Mobile
Devices and Mobile Applications......Page 346
Customizing Multimedia with Multi-Trees......Page 352
Dark Optical Fiber Models for Broadband
Networked Cities......Page 358
Design and Evaluation for the Future
of m-Interaction......Page 366
Developing Content Delivery Networks......Page 375
Development of IT and Virtual Communities......Page 383
Developments and Defenses of
Malicious Code......Page 390
Digital Filters......Page 398
Digital Television and Breakthrough Innovation......Page 407
Digital TV as a Tool to Create Multimedia
Services Delivery Platform......Page 414
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Evolution......Page 425
Digital Watermarking and Steganography......Page 436
Distance Education......Page 444
Distance Learning Concepts and Technologies......Page 451
DMB Market and Audience Attitude......Page 457
Dynamic Information Systems in Higher
Education......Page 464
Educational Technology Standards in Focus......Page 470
Efficiency and Performance of Work Teams
in Collaborative Online Learning......Page 478
E-Learning Applications through Space Observations......Page 485
E-Learning Systems Content Adaptation
Frameworks and Techniques......Page 494
Elementary School Students, Information Retrieval, and the Web......Page 503
Enhancing E-Commerce through Sticky Virtual Communities......Page 511
Ethernet Passive Optical Networks......Page 516
Evaluation of Interactive Digital TV Commerce Using the AHP Approach......Page 523
Evolution not Revolution in Next-Generation
Wireless Telephony......Page 530
Evolution of DSL Technologies Over Copper
Cabling......Page 536
Evolution of TD-SCDMA Networks......Page 547
Evolution of Technologies, Standards, and
Deployment of 2G-5G Networks......Page 556
Experience Factors and Tool Use in End-User Web Development......Page 573
Exploiting Captions for Multimedia
Data Mining......Page 580
Extracting More Bandwidth Out of Twisted
Pairs of Copper Wires......Page 586
Face for Interface......Page 594
Fine-Grained Data Access for Networking
Applications......Page 602
Global Address Allocation for Wide Area
IP-Multicasting......Page 608
Going Virtual......Page 615
Guaranteeing Quality of Service in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks......Page 621
High Speed Packet Access Broadband Mobile Communications......Page 629
A Historical Analysis of the Emergence of Free Cooperative Software Production......Page 639
A History of Computer Networking Technology......Page 647
Honest Communication in Online Learning......Page 653
Human Factors Assessment of Multimedia
Products and Systems......Page 659
HyperReality......Page 665
Hypervideo......Page 675
The Impact of Broadband on Education
in the USA......Page 682
Implementation of Quality of Service in VoIP......Page 689
Implementing DWDM Lambda-Grids......Page 695
Information Security and Risk Management......Page 702
Information Security Management......Page 709
Information Security Management in Picture
Archiving and Communication Systems for
the Healthcare Industry......Page 716
Information Security Threats to Network
Based Information Systems......Page 725
Intellectual Property Protection in Software Enterprises......Page 731
Intelligent Personalization Agent for Product Brokering......Page 737
Interacting Effectively in International
Virtual Offices......Page 744
Interaction between Mobile Agents and Web Services......Page 751
Interactive Digital Television......Page 760
Interactive Multimedia Technologies for Distance Education in Developing Countries......Page 769
Interactive Playout of Digital Video Streams......Page 783
Interactive Television Evolution......Page 791
Interactive Television Research Opportunities......Page 797
Interface-Based Differences in Online Decision Making......Page 803
Internet and E-Business Security......Page 810
Introducing Digital Case Library......Page 816
Investing in Multimedia Agents for E-Learning Solutions......Page 823
Issue and Practices of Electronic Learning......Page 829
Issues with Distance Education in
Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 836
IT Management in Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises......Page 842
Knowledge Management and Information
Technology Security Services......Page 848
Knowledge-Building through Collaborative Web-Based Learning Community or Ecology
in Education......Page 855
Latest Trends in Mobile Business......Page 863
Leading Virtual Teams......Page 869
Library 2.0 as a New Participatory Context......Page 876
Live Music and Performances in a Virtual World......Page 883
Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) Policies in
the European Framework......Page 888
A Managerial Analysis of Fiber OpticCommunications......Page 900
Managerial Computer Business Games......Page 907
Marketing Research Using Multimedia
Technologies......Page 914
Measuring and Mapping the World Wide Web M
through Web Hyperlinks......Page 921
Media Channel Preferences of Mobile
Communities......Page 928
Methodological Framework and Application Integration Services in Enterprise
Information Systems......Page 935
Methods and Issues for Research in Virtual
Communities......Page 946
Methods for Dependability and Security Analysis of Large Networks......Page 955
Mobile Agent Authentication and Authorization......Page 964
Mobile Computing and Commerce Legal
Implications......Page 972
Mobile Geographic Information Services......Page 978
Mobile Web Services for Mobile Commerce......Page 984
Multimedia Content Protection Technology......Page 991
Multimedia Data Mining Trends and Challenges......Page 999
Multimedia Encryption......Page 1006
Multimedia for Direct Marketing......Page 1012
Multimedia Information Retrieval at a
Crossroad......Page 1020
Multimedia Representation......Page 1029
Multimedia Standards for iTV Technology......Page 1042
Multimedia Technologies in Education......Page 1051
Multiplexing Digital Multimedia Data......Page 1057
Multi-User Virtual Environments for Teaching and Learning......Page 1067
The N-Dimensional Geometry and
Kinaesthetic Space of the Internet......Page 1076
Network Deployment for Social Benefits in
Developing Countries......Page 1082
Network-Based Information System Model for Research......Page 1089
A New Framework for Interactive Entertainment Technologies......Page 1095
New Technology for Empowering Virtual
Communities......Page 1100
Online Communities and Social Networking......Page 1106
Online Education and Cultural Background......Page 1114
Online Privacy Issues......Page 1120
Ontology and Multimedia......Page 1127
An Open E-Learning Specification for Multiple
Learners and Flexible Pedagogies......Page 1134
Open Source Database Technologies......Page 1140
Opportunities and Challenges from
Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) Technology......Page 1146
Optical Burst Switch as a New Switching
Paradigm for High-Speed Internet......Page 1156
An Overview of Privilege Management
Infrastructure (PMI)......Page 1164
Peer-to-Peer Usage Analysis......Page 1170
Personalized Advertising Methods in Digital
Interactive Television......Page 1176
The Perspectives of Message-Based Service
in Taiwan......Page 1182
Pervasive iTV and Creative Networked
Multimedia Systems......Page 1188
Picture Archiving and Communication System
for Public Healthcare......Page 1196
Policy-Based Management for Call Control......Page 1205
Polymer Optical Fibers (POF) Applications
for Indoor Cell Coverage Transmission
Infrastructure......Page 1212
Privacy Risk in E-Commerce......Page 1222
Public Opinion and the Internet......Page 1228
Rapid E-Learning in the University......Page 1234
Relationships between Wireless Technology
Investment and Organizational Performance......Page 1240
Reliability Issues of the Multicast-Based
Mediacommunication......Page 1249
Re-Purposeable Learning Objects Based on
Teaching and Learning Styles......Page 1258
RFID Technologies and Applications......Page 1266
Rich-Prospect Browsing Interfaces......Page 1274
Road Map to Information Security Management......Page 1283
Scanning Multimedia Business Environments......Page 1291
A Second Look at Improving Student
Interaction with Internet and Peer Review......Page 1298
A Security Framework for E-Marketplace
Participation......Page 1306
Security of Web Servers and Web Services......Page 1318
Semantic Web Services......Page 1327
A Simple and Secure Credit Card-Based Payment System......Page 1333
Simulation-Based Comparison of TCP and TCP-Friendly Protocols......Page 1341
Social Networking......Page 1350
Social Software (and Web 2.0)......Page 1361
Sociocultural Implications of Wikipedia......Page 1367
SPIT: Spam Over Internet Telephony......Page 1373
Status and Future Trends of Multimedia Interactivity on the Web......Page 1379
Strategies for Next Generation Networks Architectures......Page 1385
Teachers’ Use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)......Page 1393
Teaching and Learning with Mobile
Technologies......Page 1400
The Technological Revolution in Survey Data Collection......Page 1407
Teletranslation......Page 1413
Teleworker’s Security Risks Minimized with Informal Online Information TechnologyCommunities of Practice......Page 1421
Theoretical Foundations for Educational Multimedia......Page 1425
Tourist Applications Made Easier Using Near Field Communication......Page 1433
Towards Management of Interoperable
Learning Objects......Page 1440
Towards Unified Services in Heterogeneous
Wireless Networks Based on Soft-Switch
Platform......Page 1450
Trends in Telecommunications and Networking in Secure E-Commerce Applications......Page 1457
Ubiquitous Commerce......Page 1464
Ubiquitous Mobile Learning in Higher
Education......Page 1470
Ultra-Wideband Solutions for Last Mile Access Network......Page 1477
UML as an Essential Tool for Implementing eCRM Systems......Page 1487
Unified Architecture for DVB-H Electronic
Service Guide......Page 1498
Unified KS-Code......Page 1507
Usability in Mobile Computing and Commerce......Page 1514
Use of Semantics to Manage 3D Scenes in Web Platforms......Page 1521
User Interface Issues in Multimedia......Page 1527
Using Computer Mediated Communication as a Tool to Facilitate Intercultural Collaboration
of Global Virtual Teams......Page 1533
Video Ontology......Page 1540
Virtual Communities......Page 1546
Virtual Community Mentoring in Higher
Education......Page 1554
The Virtual Public Sphere......Page 1559
Virtual Reality in Medicine......Page 1565
Web 2.0 and Beyond-Participation Culture on the Web......Page 1571
Web Design Concept......Page 1579
Wiki Technology as a Knowledge Management System......Page 1585
WLAN Security Management......Page 1592
The World of Podcasting, Screencasting, Blogging, and Videoblogging......Page 1607
Index......Page 1615