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Communicating Systems with UML 2: Modeling and Analysis of Network Protocols (Iste Ser.)
by David Garduno Barrera Michel DiazThis book gives a practical approach to modeling and analyzing communication protocols using UML 2. Network protocols are always presented with a point of view focusing on partial mechanisms and starting models. This book aims at giving the basis needed for anybody to model and validate their own protocols. It follows a practical approach and gives many examples for the description and analysis of well known basic network mechanisms for protocols. The book firstly shows how to describe and validate the main protocol issues (such as synchronization problems, client-server interactions, layer organization and behavior, etc.) in an easy and understandable way. To do so, the book considers and presents the main traditional network examples (e.g. unidirectional flows, full-duplex com-munication, error recovering, alternating bit). Finally, it presents the outputs resulting from a few simulations of these UML models. Other books usually only focus either on teaching UML or on analyzing network protocols, however this book will allow readers to model network protocols using a new perspective and integrating these two views, so facilitating their comprehension and development. Any university student studying in the field of computing science, or those working in telecommunications, embedded systems or networking will find this book a very useful addition.
Communicating Systems with UML 2: Modeling and Analysis of Network Protocols
by David Garduno Barrera Michel DiazThis book gives a practical approach to modeling and analyzing communication protocols using UML 2. Network protocols are always presented with a point of view focusing on partial mechanisms and starting models. This book aims at giving the basis needed for anybody to model and validate their own protocols. It follows a practical approach and gives many examples for the description and analysis of well known basic network mechanisms for protocols. The book firstly shows how to describe and validate the main protocol issues (such as synchronization problems, client-server interactions, layer organization and behavior, etc.) in an easy and understandable way. To do so, the book considers and presents the main traditional network examples (e.g. unidirectional flows, full-duplex com-munication, error recovering, alternating bit). Finally, it presents the outputs resulting from a few simulations of these UML models. Other books usually only focus either on teaching UML or on analyzing network protocols, however this book will allow readers to model network protocols using a new perspective and integrating these two views, so facilitating their comprehension and development. Any university student studying in the field of computing science, or those working in telecommunications, embedded systems or networking will find this book a very useful addition.
Taking Charge of Your Career: The Essential Guide to Finding the Job That's Right for You
by Jane Barrett Camilla ArnoldThe world of work is changing dramatically and jobs for life have become a thing of the past. Even people moving up the corporate ladder are questioning their choices and considering new possibilities, such as work/life balance or portfolio working. If you want to take charge of your career but don't know where to start, change can feel unobtainable - a pipe dream.This action-oriented and pragmatic book will help you overcome the barriers to deciding on a career and changing career, giving you a proven roadmap to achieve your goals. Taking Charge of Your Career will lead you step-by-step through the process of building your career strategy and making it happen. Full of exercises and self-assessment tools to help you make the right choices, it also includes real-life stories of successful career changers.
Without Compromise: The Brave Journalism that First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the American Epidemic of Corruption
by Wayne BarrettA collection of groundbreaking investigations by Wayne Barrett, the intrepid, muckraking Village Voice journalist who exposed corruption in New York City and beyond.With piercing moral clarity and exacting rigor, Wayne Barrett tracked political corruption in the pages of the Village Voice fact by fact, document by document for 40 years. The first to report on the scams and crooked deals that fueled the rise of Donald Trump in 1979, Barrett went on to expose the shady dealings of small-time slum lords and powerful New York City politicians alike, from Ed Koch to Rudy Giuliani to Michael Bloomberg.Without Compromise is the first anthology of Barrett's investigative work, accompanied by essays from colleagues and those he trained. In an age of lies, fog, and propaganda, when the profession of journalism is degraded by the White House and the industry is under financial threat, Barrett reminds us that facts, when clearly accumulated, are our best defense of democracy.Featuring essays by:Joe ConasonKim Phillips-FeinErrol LouisGerson BorreroTom RobbinsTracie McMillanPeter NoelAdam FifieldJarrett MurphyAndrea BernsteinJennifer GonnermanMac Barrett
Social Capital: Life online in the shadow of Ireland’s tech boom
by Aoife BarryA David and Goliath story about Ireland’s role as prime real estate for the world’s largest tech multinationals, and the considerable impact it has had on us as individuals.
Digital Communication
by John R. Barry Edward A. Lee David G. MesserschmittThis book concerns digital communication. Specifically, we treat the transport of bit streams from one geographical location to another over various physical media, such as wire pairs, coaxial cable, optical fiber, and radio. We also treat multiple-access channels, where there are potentially multiple transmitters and receivers sharing a common medium. Ten years have elapsed since the Second Edition, and there have been remarkable advances in wireless communication, including cellular telephony and wireless local-area networks. This Third Edition expands treatment of communication theories underlying wireless, and especially advanced techniques involving multiple antennas, which tum the traditional single-input single-output channel into a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel. This is more than a trivial advance, as it stimulates many advanced techniques such as adaptive antennas and coding techniques that take advantage of space as well as time. This is reflected in the addition of two new chapters, one on the theory of MIMO channels, and the other on diversity techniques for mitigating fading. The field of error-control coding has similarly undergone tremendous changes in the past decade, brought on by the invention of turbo codes in 1993 and the subsequent rediscovery of Gallager's low-density parity-check codes. Our treatment of error-control coding has been rewritten to reflect the current state of the art. Other materials have been reorganized and reworked, and three chapters from the previous edition have been moved to the book's Web site to make room.
PR Power: Inside Secrets From The World Of Spin (Virgin Business Guides)
by Amanda Barry-HirstWhether you're just starting out or have been in business for years, it's never too late to start harnessing the incredible power of public relations. PR Power offers advice on how to get the most from your PR consultancy or in-house team and what to do if you're running the PR yourself, with:* practical hints and tips* toolkit exercises* case studies from real businesses* priceless advice from leading experts in PR
Unternehmerische Ernährungskommunikation und -verantwortung: Eine konstruktivistische Betrachtung im Kontext von Nachhaltigkeit
by Tina BartelmeßTina Bartelmeß untersucht Ernährungskommunikation von Unternehmen der Lebensmittelwirtschaft aus einer sozialkonstruktivistischen Perspektive. Anhand einer empirischen Studie zeigt sie neue Rollen und Funktionen der Ernährungskommunikation vor dem Hintergrund der Ziele einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung des Ernährungssystems auf. Dabei beleuchtet die Autorin insbesondere das Verhältnis zwischen unternehmerischer Verantwortungswahrnehmung und Kommunikation in Bezug auf Nachhaltigkeit. Sie untermauert die Notwendigkeit einer kommunikativen Wende in der Ernährungskommunikationsforschung.
Praxis der Sinus-Milieus®: Gegenwart und Zukunft eines modernen Gesellschafts- und Zielgruppenmodells
by Bertram Barth Berthold Bodo Flaig Norbert Schäuble Manfred TautscherSeit ihrer „Erfindung“ Ende der 1970er Jahre wurden viele Hundert Projekte mit dem gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Zielgruppenmodell der Sinus-Milieus durchgeführt, meist empirische Forschungsprojekte und meist unveröffentlichte Auftragsarbeiten. Aber es gibt auch zahlreiche publizierte Studien mit und zu den Sinus-Milieus – zu den unterschiedlichsten Themen.Was es bis dato nicht gibt, ist ein Grundlagenwerk, d.h. eine autoritative Darstellung des Milieuansatzes von SINUS und dessen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten, also eine – möglichst breit zugängliche – Veröffentlichung, die die Gültigkeit der Sinus-Milieus im Kontext der soziokulturellen Dynamik begründet, ihre Aktualität in Zeiten von Digitalisierung und Globalisierung untermauert und ihren Nutzwert für Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft wie für den institutionellen Bereich deutlich macht.Das vorliegende Buch liefert Informationen über die Sinus-Milieus „direkt von der Quelle“, aus Sicht der Erfinder, Entwickler und Anwender des Ansatzes. Geschrieben haben die hier zusammengestellten Essays die wissenschaftlichen Beiräte, Gesellschafter, Mitarbeiter, Kunden und Partner der für die Sinus-Milieus verantwortlich zeichnenden Schwesterinstitute SINUS (Heidelberg/Berlin/Singapur) und INTEGRAL (Wien). Die Beiträge zeigen auf, aus ihrer je eigenen Perspektive und Erfahrung, was es mit den Sinus-Milieus auf sich hat und wozu sie gut sindDie AutorenMatthias Arnold, Bertram Barth, Heiner Barz, Silke Borgstedt, Marc Calmbach, Jens S. Dangschat, Michael N. Ebertz, Berthold Bodo Flaig, Jan Hecht, Nico Hribernik, Rolf Küppers, Florian Mahrl, Martin Mayr, Sven Reinecke, Norbert Schäuble, Christoph Schleer, Frauke Stockmann, Manfred Tautscher, Peter Martin Thomas, Christoph Wortmann
Praxis der Sinus-Milieus®: Gegenwart und Zukunft eines modernen Gesellschafts- und Zielgruppenmodells
by Bertram Barth Berthold Bodo Flaig Norbert Schäuble Manfred TautscherSeit 2018 gibt es das Grundlagenwerk „Praxis der Sinus-Milieus® - eine autoritative Darstellung des Milieuansatzes von SINUS und dessen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten, also eine Publikation, die die Gültigkeit der Sinus-Milieus im Kontext der soziokulturellen Dynamik begründet, ihre Aktualität in Zeiten von Digitalisierung und Globalisierung untermauert und ihren Nutzwert für Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft wie für den institutionellen Bereich deutlich macht.Diese Grundsatzveröffentlichung ist jetzt komplett überarbeitet, aktualisiert und ergänzt worden. Die vorliegende Neuauflage enthält die zwischenzeitlich upgedateten, d.h. neu konstituierten Sinus-Milieumodelle für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz, das neue Migranten-Milieumodell und das neue internationale Meta-Milieumodell. Außerdem wurden wichtige Anwendungsbereiche der Sinus-Milieus ergänzt: ein Kapitel zum Thema Nachhaltigkeit, ein Kapitel zur Markenwahrnehmung, ein Kapitel zur politischen Transformationsberatung, ein Kapitel zur milieuspezifischen Entwicklung von Personas und anderes mehr.Das vorliegende Buch liefert Informationen über die Sinus-Milieus „direkt von der Quelle“, aus Sicht der Erfinder, Entwickler und Anwender des Ansatzes. Geschrieben haben die hier zusammengestellten Essays die wissenschaftlichen Beiräte, Gesellschafter, Mitarbeiter, Kunden und Partner der für die Sinus-Milieus verantwortlich zeichnenden Schwesterinstitute SINUS (Heidelberg/Berlin/Singapur) und INTEGRAL (Wien). Die Beiträge zeigen auf, aus ihrer je eigenen Perspektive und Erfahrung, was es mit den Sinus-Milieus auf sich hat und wozu sie gut sind.
Grid Computing: Konzepte - Technologien - Anwendungen
by Thomas Barth Anke SchüllGrid Computing bezeichnet alle Methoden, die Rechenleistung vieler Computer innerhalb eines Netzwerks so zusammenzufassen, dass über den reinen Datenaustausch hinaus die (parallele) Lösung von rechenintensiven Problemen ermöglicht wird (verteiltes Rechnen). Das Buch zeigt den State-of-the-Art. Forschung und Entwicklung konzentrieren sich auf die Konzepte, die eine Nutzung teurer Ressourcen "überall" und zu einem wirtschaftlichen Preis für Unternehmen wie Privatanwender ermöglichen. Analog zum Stromnetz ist das Ziel, eine hochwertige IT-Leistung unabhängig vom Standort bei Bedarf abrufen zu können. Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über die Grundlagen und den aktuellen Stand der Technologien und Anwendungen des Grid Computing. Für Forscher, Entscheidungsträger in der Industrie und Studierende der Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik.
Overcoming Polarization in the Public Square: Civic Dialogue
by Lauren Swayne BartholdThis book describes how civic dialogue can serve as an antidote to a polarized public square. It argues that when pervasive polarization renders rational and fact-based argumentation ineffective, we first need to engage in a way that builds trust. Civic dialogue is a form of structured discourse that utilizes first-person narratives in order to promote trust, openness, and mutual understanding. By creating a dialogic structure that encourages listening and reflection, particularities and differences about fraught identities can be expressed in such a way that leads to the possibility of connecting through our fundamental, shared, and deeply felt humanity. Drawing on Plato, Buber, Gadamer, Dewey, cognitive bias research, as well as the work of dialogue practitioners, Lauren Swayne Barthold provides a sustained defense of civic dialogue as an effective strategy for avoiding futile political arguments and for creating pluralistic democratic communities.
Fashion Media: Past and Present
by Djurdja Bartlett Shaun Cole Agnès RocamoraThe fashion media is in the midst of deep social and technological change. Including a broad range of case studies, from fashion plates to fashion films, and from fashion magazines to fashion blogs, this ground-breaking book provides an up-to-date examination of the role and significance of this field.Winner of the PCA/ACA Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection, Fashion Media includes chapters written by international scholars covering topics from historic magazine cultures and contemporary digital innovations to art and film, exploring themes such as gender, ethnicity, design, taste and authorship.Highlighting the complexity of processes that bind design, design, technology, society and identity together, Fashion Media will be of be essential reading for students of fashion studies, cultural studies, visual culture studies, design history, communications and art and design practice and theory.
Fashion Media: Past and Present
by Djurdja Bartlett Shaun Cole Agnès RocamoraThe fashion media is in the midst of deep social and technological change. Including a broad range of case studies, from fashion plates to fashion films, and from fashion magazines to fashion blogs, this ground-breaking book provides an up-to-date examination of the role and significance of this field.Winner of the PCA/ACA Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection, Fashion Media includes chapters written by international scholars covering topics from historic magazine cultures and contemporary digital innovations to art and film, exploring themes such as gender, ethnicity, design, taste and authorship.Highlighting the complexity of processes that bind design, design, technology, society and identity together, Fashion Media will be of be essential reading for students of fashion studies, cultural studies, visual culture studies, design history, communications and art and design practice and theory.
Opening Science: The Evolving Guide on How the Internet is Changing Research, Collaboration and Scholarly Publishing
by Sönke Bartling Sascha FriesikeModern information and communication technologies, together with a cultural upheaval within the research community, have profoundly changed research in nearly every aspect. Ranging from sharing and discussing ideas in social networks for scientists to new collaborative environments and novel publication formats, knowledge creation and dissemination as we know it is experiencing a vigorous shift towards increased transparency, collaboration and accessibility. Many assume that research workflows will change more in the next 20 years than they have in the last 200. This book provides researchers, decision makers, and other scientific stakeholders with a snapshot of the basics, the tools, and the underlying visions that drive the current scientific (r)evolution, often called ‘Open Science.’
Anti-Press Violence in Subnational Undemocratic Regimes: Veracruz, Gujarat, and Beyond (The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication)
by Jos Midas BartmanThe global trend of increasing violence against the press has spurred research interest into the questions of where, why, and how communicators are repressed. As a result, scholarship has demonstrating that hybrid regimes - which mix undemocratic and democratic elements - constitute a specifically dangerous and lethal context for these actors. Decentralized countries, in which some subnational political elites have retained authoritarian features, have been identified as the most perilous context for communicators. However, despite the burgeoning interest in illiberal practices and repression on the subnational level, it is still relatively unexplored how and why subnational political elites repress communicators within their multi-level setting. The author argues that communicators in subnational undemocratic regimes who can spread the scope of compromising information beyond subnational boundaries can cause uncertainties for subnational undemocratic regimes. The book explores how the political elites of these regimes repress these communicators in response.
Positioning and Location-based Analytics in 5G and Beyond
by Stefania Bartoletti Nicola Blefari-MelazziPOSITIONING AND LOCATION-BASED ANALYTICS IN 5G AND BEYOND Understand the future of cellular positioning with this introduction The fifth generation (5G) of mobile network technology are revolutionizing numerous aspects of cellular communication. Location information promises to make possible a range of new location-dependent services for end users and providers alike. With the new possibilities of this location technology comes a new demand for location-based analytics, a new paradigm for generating and analyzing dynamic location data for a wide variety of purposes. Positioning and Location-based Analytics in 5G and Beyond introduces the foundational concepts related to network localization, user positioning, and location-based analytics in the context of cutting-edge mobile networks. It includes information on current location-based technologies and their application, and guidance on the future development of location systems beyond 5G. The result is an accessible but rigorous guide to a bold new frontier in cellular technology. Positioning and Location-based Analytics in 5G and Beyond readers will also find: Contributions from leading researchers and industry professionals High-level insights into 5G and its future evolution In-depth coverage of subjects such as positioning enablers, location-aware network management, reference standard architectures, and more Positioning and Location-based Analytics in 5G and Beyond is ideal for researchers and industry professionals with an understanding of network communications and a desire to understand the future of the field.
The Word: On the Translation of the Bible
by Dr John BartonFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of the Bible, this is the story of how the Bible has been translated, and why it mattersThe Bible is held to be both universal and specific, the source of fundamental truths inscribed in words that are exact and sacred. For much of the history of Judaism and almost the entirety of Christianity, however, believers have overwhelmingly understood scripture not in the languages in which it was first written but rather in their own - in translation.This book examines how saints, scholars and interpreters from ancient times down to the present have produced versions of the Bible in the language of their day while remaining true to the original. It explains the challenges they negotiated, from minute textual ambiguities up to the sweep of style and stark differences in form and thought between the earliest writings and the latest, and it exposes the bearing these have on some of the most profound questions of faith: the nature of God, the existence of the soul and possibility of its salvation.Reading dozens of renderings alongside their ancient Hebrew and Greek antecedents, John Barton traces the migration of biblical words and ideas across linguistic borders, illuminating original meanings as well as the ways they were recast. 'Translators have been among the principal agents in mediating the Bible's message,' he writes, 'even in shaping what that message is.' At the separation of Christianity from Judaism and Protestantism from Catholicism, Barton demonstrates, vernacular versions did not only spring from fault lines in religious thinking but also inspired and moulded them. The product of a lifetime's study of scripture, The Word itself reveals the central book of our culture anew - as it was written and as we know it.
Ties That Blind in Canadian/american Relations: The Politics of News Discourse (Routledge Communication Series)
by Richard L. BartonThis volume explores the political impact of journalistic discourse on international -- and especially Canadian/American -- relations. In so doing, it provides a comparative analysis of American and international press accounts of selected Canadian/American issues such as free trade, cruise missile testing, and acid rain. The intention of the book is to enhance understanding of the political significance of journalists' interpretations of Canadian/American affairs, although the communication perspective and method of news analysis of the book are appropriate for the study of the United States' news-mediated relations with other countries. This study also examines the way people negotiate news-mediated political discourse and how that communication process can influence international affairs.
Ties That Blind in Canadian/american Relations: The Politics of News Discourse (Routledge Communication Series)
by Richard L. BartonThis volume explores the political impact of journalistic discourse on international -- and especially Canadian/American -- relations. In so doing, it provides a comparative analysis of American and international press accounts of selected Canadian/American issues such as free trade, cruise missile testing, and acid rain. The intention of the book is to enhance understanding of the political significance of journalists' interpretations of Canadian/American affairs, although the communication perspective and method of news analysis of the book are appropriate for the study of the United States' news-mediated relations with other countries. This study also examines the way people negotiate news-mediated political discourse and how that communication process can influence international affairs.
Der Bertelsmann-Konzern und die französische Medienpolitik: Analysen der Strategien, Medienberichterstattung und parlamentarischen Debatten (Studies in International, Transnational and Global Communications)
by Marlen BartschMarlen Bartsch analysiert das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen den Interessen und Strategien des multinational ausgerichteten Bertelsmann-Konzerns und der als protektionistisch bezeichneten Medienpolitik des Nationalstaats Frankreich. Basierend auf dem theoretischen Modell der Akteurtheorie des Soziologen Uwe Schimank untersucht sie die französische Medienpolitik und die Aktivitäten und Strategien des Medienkonzerns weltweit sowie mit Fokus auf Frankreich. Inhaltsanalysen der Medienberichterstattung und der parlamentarischen Debatten in Frankreich verdeutlichen eine parteipolitische Relevanz in der Interpretation des Verhältnisses. Die Autorin bietet neben der Analyse von Makro-, Meso- und Mikroebene der Kommunikation zusätzlich neue Ansätze für ein erweitertes Verständnis und eine Neubewertung der französischen Medienpolitik.
Microwave Engineering: Land & Space Radiocommunications (Wiley Survival Guides in Engineering and Science #9)
by Gérard BaruéEverything readers need to implement and support a wireless point-to-point communications environment In order to cope with the tremendous explosion of the telecommunications market, the field of wireless communications has greatly expanded in the past fifty years, especially in the domains of microwave radio systems including line-of-sight, satellites, and tropospheric-scatter. Now, Microwave Engineering: Land & Space Radio- communications answers the growing worldwide demand for an authoritative book on this important and emerging subject area. In five succinct chapters, the book introduces students and practicing engineers to the main propagation phenomena that are encountered and that must be considered in the design and planning for any given system type and frequency of operation: Electromagnetic wave propagation—An introduction to the fundamentaltheory of radiation and propagation of electromagnetic waves, polarization, antenna properties, free space attenuation, atmospheric refractivity, diffraction, reflection, multipath and scattering mechanisms, hydrometeor effects, and probability distributions Principles of digital communication systems—Modulation techniques, signal processing, error probability, spectral characteristics, spectrum efficiency, thermal noise, intermodulation, jamming, and interference Microwave line-of-sight systems—Path profile, flat fading and frequency-selective fading, interferometric method for space and frequency diversity techniques, International Standards and ITU Recommendations, optimization of the frequency-plan resource, link budget, quality, reliability, and availability Microwave transhorizon systems—Design of beyond-the-horizon communication systems, properties of scattering and diffraction modes, multipath statistical relations, long-term and short-term field strength variations, quality of service, optimization of antenna alignment, and experimental analysis of various diversity and combining methods Satellite communications—Design of satellite communications systems, orbital parameters, Earth-satellite geometry, uplink and downlink budgets for both space and Earth segments, and total system noise temperature Microwave Engineering: Land & Space Radiocommunications is suitable for engineers involved in wireless telecommunications, as well as for students and members of various seminars and workshops.
The War Against the BBC: How an Unprecedented Combination of Hostile Forces Is Destroying Britain’s Greatest Cultural Institution... And Why You Should Care
by Patrick Barwise Peter YorkThere's a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won't get it back.The BBC is our most important cultural institution, our best-value entertainment provider, and the global face of Britain. It's our most trusted news source in a world of divisive disinformation. But it is facing relentless attacks by powerful commercial and political enemies, including deep funding cuts - much deeper than most people realise - with imminent further cuts threatened. This book busts the myths about the BBC and shows us how we can save it, before it's too late.
Multimedia Networks: Protocols, Design and Applications
by Hans W. Barz Gregory A. BassettThe transportation of multimedia over the network requires timely and errorless transmission much more strictly than other data. This had led to special protocols and to special treatment in multimedia applications (telephony, IP-TV, streaming) to overcome network issues. This book begins with an overview of the vast market combined with the user’s expectations. The base mechanisms of the audio/video coding (H.26x etc.) are explained to understand characteristics of the generated network traffic. Further chapters treat common specialized underlying IP network functions which cope with multimedia data in conjunction which special time adaption measures. Based on those standard functions these chapters can treat uniformly SIP, H.248, High-End IP-TV, Webcast, Signage etc. A special section is devoted to home networks which challenge high-end service delivery due to possibly unreliable management. The whole book treats concepts described in accessible IP-based standards and which are implemented broadly. The book is aimed at graduate students/practitioners with good basic knowledge in computer networking. It provides the reader with all concepts of currently used IP technologies of how to deliver multimedia efficiently to the end user.
Multimedia Networks: Protocols, Design and Applications
by Hans W. Barz Gregory A. BassettThe transportation of multimedia over the network requires timely and errorless transmission much more strictly than other data. This had led to special protocols and to special treatment in multimedia applications (telephony, IP-TV, streaming) to overcome network issues. This book begins with an overview of the vast market combined with the user’s expectations. The base mechanisms of the audio/video coding (H.26x etc.) are explained to understand characteristics of the generated network traffic. Further chapters treat common specialized underlying IP network functions which cope with multimedia data in conjunction which special time adaption measures. Based on those standard functions these chapters can treat uniformly SIP, H.248, High-End IP-TV, Webcast, Signage etc. A special section is devoted to home networks which challenge high-end service delivery due to possibly unreliable management. The whole book treats concepts described in accessible IP-based standards and which are implemented broadly. The book is aimed at graduate students/practitioners with good basic knowledge in computer networking. It provides the reader with all concepts of currently used IP technologies of how to deliver multimedia efficiently to the end user.