2021 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
Multimedia Distribution Technology
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Shoichi Hasegawa / Katsunori Yamaoka
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (S224) / 7-8 Fri (S224)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ICT.C309
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Signal processing for transmitting audio images, communication protocols, and technology on recording and display will be lectured.
Course description and aims
Learn the basic techniques used to distribute content such as audio images.
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
Based on experiences of TV receiver software and Web system development, Hasegawa will lecture about computer graphics and the World Wide Web.
Keywords
Multimedia, encoding, Web
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lectures are the main. Some exercises within class hours.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance / human senses and multimedia | Understand the relationship between multimedia and the feeling of that person. Know the state of media other than audiovisual. |
| Class 2 | Image Signal | Understand image singals |
| Class 3 | Image coding | Understand the numerical expression of images and image compression of JPEG. |
| Class 4 | Basic speech and audio coding | Understand speech and coding techniques for data compression |
| Class 5 | Analysis and modeling of speech and audio signals | Understand analysis methods for speech and audio signals |
| Class 6 | Speech and audio coding | Understand speech and coding techniques for data compression |
| Class 7 | Exercise | Exercise |
| Class 8 | Quality control of communication 1 | Understand quality of communication |
| Class 9 | Quality control of communication 2 | Understand quality control of communication |
| Class 10 | Video coding | Understand mechanism video coding |
| Class 11 | Basic concepts of 3D computer graphics | Understand basic concepts of 3D computer graphics |
| Class 12 | Mechanism of World Wide Web | Understand mechanism of WWW |
| Class 13 | Streaming | Understand streaming |
| Class 14 | Content distribution technology | Understand content distribution technology |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required. Course materials are provided during class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
No materials in English
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluate the degree of comprehension of basic techniques used to distribute content such as audio images.
20 to 30% of evaluation will be done by mini-reports in classes. Rest will be evaluated by the final exam.
Related courses
- ICT.H313 ： Sensation and Perception Systems
- ICT.S210 ： Digital Signal Processing
- ICT.H212 ： Automata and Languages (ICT)
- ICT.C305 ： Network Architecture and Control
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.