G 6025 M.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY/JUNE 2007. Elective Applied Electronics AN 1628 - INTERNETWORKING MULTIMEDIA (Common to M.E.

Communication Systems) (Regulation 2005) Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 marks Answer ALL questions. PART A - (10 x 2 = 20 marks) 1) What are the characteristics of multimedia networks.? 2) Which component of multimedia needs highest compression? Why? 3) How is the performance of multimedia networks evaluated? 4) What is achieved through the indexing of multimedia data? 5) Compare Multicast and shared media. 6) What is light weight session Philosophy? 7) List out the protocol stack of H- series audio visual communication terminal 8) State the objectives of MPEG-7 standard 9) Write down the basic principle of layered video coding. 10) Mention the issues to be considered in wireless multimedia communication. PART B - (5 x 16 = 80 marks) 11. (a) (i) Briefly explain the evolution of intemet services to multimedia comm unication. (8) (ii) Compare the various compression techniques applied to video element of mult imedia. (8) Or (b) (i) Discuss the important requirements for audio transmission over network. and video (8) (ii) Explain the dictionary based compression approach used for image compressio n. (8) 12. (a) (i) Explain the buffer management techniques used in high speed networks . (8) (ii) Describe the storage and media services used in broad .band networks. (8) Or (b) (i) What are the drawbacks of existing IP? Highlight the salient features of IPV6. (6)

(ii) Discuss the basics of voice and video transmission over IP and explain the protocols used for its transmission. (10) 13. (a) (i) Explain TCP adaptation algorithm. How does it differ from the basic TCP? (8) (ii) What are the control mechanisms followed for video conferencing? Explain an yone method in detail.(8) Or (b) (i) Discuss the design ofRTP and RTCP for reliable transport. (8) (ii) Explain the concepts of distributed virtual reality and its requirements. ( 8) 14. (a) Draw the architecture of multimedia framework and the aspects of content management and usage.(16) Or (b) (i) Describe the functionalities and systems for MPEG 21. (10) (ii) Briefly write on guaranteed quality of service in LAN systems. (6) 15. (a) (i) Discuss the steps applied to error resilient video coding. (8) (ii) What is video streaming? Explain streaming video across internet. (8) Or (b) (i) Write notes on multimedia transport across ATM network. (8) (ii) How is packet transmission extended for audio and video in networks? Explai n. (8) G 6025