QoE Modeling and Applications for Multimedia Systems

Ireproving the quality and experience perceived by the user is fundamental when de- veloping multimedia technologies, products, and services. Quality of experience （QoE） involves subjective perception, user behavior and needs, appropriateness, con- text, and usability of delivered content. Modeling QoE is critical for enhancing QoE in various nmhimedia applications. In this special issue,

Optimum Transmitter Power Control in WCDMA Cellular Systems

Power control is an important technique in WCDMA mobile systems for both increasing system capacity and guaranteeing the required QoS (time delay and wireless link transmission quality) of multimedia services. The optimum power control for narrow band CDMA cellular systems is a problem of single threshold optimization. Because these systems have only one type of traffic and have the same QoS requirement. However, WCDMA mobile system should provide multimedia services and different types of traffic have different QoS requirements. Thus, the power control in WCDMA mobile systems isn't a problem of single threshold optimizing, but turns into the optimizing problem of multi-threshold. We analyze the power control problem in WCDMA cellular mobile systems and propose the optimum transmitter power control algorithm. Three criteria to optimize transmitter power levels of multi-thresholds based on grading the priority orders of multimedia services are proposed. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithms are more effective than conventional algorithms and can provide better performance for WCDMA cellular mobile systems.

APPLICATION OF MVP IN REAL TIME IMAGE PROCESSING

MVP is a digital signal processor, which is of MIMD structure and fit for multimedia application. MVP has several processors in it, and its operation is characteristic of parallelism and pipeline; therefore, real-time signal processing can be done on it. This paper presents the image processing system based on MVP, explains the principles of parallel task assignment and hardware pipeline design, and gives out the example of target tracking and edge detection.

Nondeterministic Temporal Relations in Multimedia Data

Synchronization is an important issue in multimedia systems which integrate a variety of temporally related media objects. One part of synchronization is the representation of temporal information. With the emerging illteractive multimedia, deterministic temporal models are replaced by nondeterministic ones with more expressiveness. This paper classifies temporal models by their expressiveness, and evaluates relevant nondeterministic temporal relations in multimedia data. Additionally, an intervalbased nondeterndnistic model based on a complete temporal operator set is proposed providing highlevel abstractions and a high degree of expressiveness for interactive multimedia systems.

A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION INDEX SYSTEM FOR MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND FORECASTING FOR WEB-BASED NETWORK TRAFFIC

This paper presents a new index system for the performance evaluation and network planning of multimedia communication systems using measurement on actual systems to support several different traffic types. In this index system, we develop an expert system to evaluate the performance of such multimedia communication networks including channel utilization and call blocking probability and packet delay, and apply the network planning methods to optimize the networks and forecast the demand of the growing multimedia communications systems. Two important planning problems for the multimedia communication systems are presented: optimization problem for construction of the world system and forecast problem for increasing traffic demands. We first discuss analysis methods, performance measures for the multimedia communication systems. Then, we describe network planning methods for the multimedia communication systems and give some efficiency network planning methods. Finally, we present some results studied in traffic forecast for the campus network and show the effectiveness of these methods.

Real-time video signal transmission over a terahertz communication link

A 2.4-m communication link operating at 3.9 THz based on a terahertz quantum cascade laser and a terahertz quantum well photodetector （THz QWP） are introduced. The lumped electrical models of THz QWP for small signals are presented. A discussion of the bandwidth limit of the detecting circuit is presented. Using direct on off-keying modulation and intensity detection, the transmission of digital video signal with a data rate of 2.5 Mb/s is demonstrated. Pseudo-random binary sequences are transmitted to investigate the bit-error rate （BER） at different rates. Result shows the error free transmission when the rate is below 5 Mb/s.

A new family of two-dimensional triple-codeweight asymmetric optical orthogonal code for OCDMA networks

A new generation algorithm of two-dimensional triple-codeweight asymmetric optical orthogonal codes for optical code division multiple access （OCDMA） networks is proposed. The code cardinality is obtained and the error-probability performance for corresponding OCDMA system is analyzed. The codes with two constraints （i.e., auto- and cross-correlation properties） being unequal are taken into account. On the premise of fixed system resources, the code of the error-probability performance, it is shown cardinality can be significantly improved. By analysis that the codes with different parameters have different performances. Therefore, this type of codes can be applied to support diverse quality of service （QoS） and satisfy the quality requirement of different multimedia or distinct users, and simultaneously make the better use of bandwidth resources in oDtical networks.