Course: Transmission and Processing of Video and Audio Signals

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Course title Transmission and Processing of Video and Audio Signals
Course code KERS/INMSE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bezoušek Pavel, prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Dobrovolný Martin, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Matoušek David, Ing. Bc. Ph.D.
Course content
The principle and the techniques of video and audio signals capturing. The analogue systems of transmission of picture signal: the frequency band requirements, the signal pre-processing, the transmission of video signals (composite video signal, TV fields...) The digital image transmission systems: HDTV, the picture signal pre-processing techniques (the image compression ? lossless, the JPEG/MPEG/JPEG2000 principles, the codec suitable for streaming video broadcasting). The digital audio transmission systems: the VoIP systems, the multicast broadcasting, the multimedia purpose of the IPv6 protocol. The compression of audio signals (ulaw, the audio codecs, the compression in GSM systems). the processing of audio signals: MPEG-Audio, MUSICAM, ATRAC, DOLBY. The coding and compression of audio bit stream. The psychoacoustic model.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities, Laboratory work
Learning outcomes
The course provides to students essential knowledge of data transmission theory and the principles of transmission and processing of audio and video signals. The understanding of these principles is necessary for the next study of communications systems in the next semesters.
After the course will student have the knowledges from the transmission and processing of audio and video signals area. The understanding of these principles is necessary for the next study of communications systems in the next semesters.
Prerequisites
The basic orientation in the MATLAB environment or any of the alternative products (SCILAB, OCTAVE...). The basic digital signal processing methods (the signal discretization, the spectrum of a signal, the one dimensional Fourier transformation). The basic matrix operations (for example the matrix inversion, transposition and multiplication). The capability of problems analysis and algorithm development.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation

Credit requirements: the student attendance on all practice courses is necessitated. During the semester is assignment written work. The exam is based on theoretical knowledges presented on the lectures.
Recommended literature
  • Castelman, K.R. Digital Image Processing.
  • KEITH, J. Video Demystified. LLH Technology Publishing, Eagle Rock, USA, 2001.
  • Klíma, Miloš. Zpracování obrazové informace. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1996. ISBN 80-01-01436-3.
  • PRCHAL, J., ŠIMÁK, B. Digitální zpracování signálů v telekomunikacích. ČVUT Praha, 2000.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Controlling Technology (2014) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Controlling Technology (2015) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Controlling Technology (2016) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter