A kötelező előtanulmányi rend az adott szak honlapján és képzési programjában található.

Fundamentals of the media streaming:

• Networking infrastructure, unicasting, multicasting
• Architecture of the media services, e.g. RTP – Real-time Transport Protocol, RTSP – Real-Time Streaming Protocol, MMS, HTTP; MPEG2-TS, ASF, etc.
• Video compressing methods, e.g. DivX, Xvid, libavcodec family, H.264 implementations, x264, Quicktime, Nero Digital, Elecard etc.
• Stream serves: Helix, Quicktime és Darwin, Windows Media Services, Videolan, Clipstream, Flumotion, Flash Media Server and clients: RealPlayer, Quicktime player, Windows MediaPlayer, VLC
• Adaptivity of the media server systems (scalable codecs, transcoding, etc.)

Service architecture based on media streaming:

• IP TV, P2P tv, web-based broadcasting, WebTV, interactive television
• Personal broadcasting systems: YouTube, Videa, Index video, and peercasting
• Network based games: MMORPG, MMORTS. Scalability.
• Social networks, Web 2.0 service architecture, video chat, video-based monitoring systems
• quality insurance, online quality monitoring technics, algorithms
• Challenges of the commercial services: accounting, ads, etc.

3 hours/week lectures and computer based demonstration with examples.

Requirement for the signature: final mark >= 2 (satisfactory).

Final mark is based on the result of the mid-term test.

Threshold for satisfactory results: minimum 40% of the maximal score.

b. In the examination period: n.a.

c. Exam before the examination period: possible.

Handouts.

Optional:

Z. Czirkos, G. Hosszú: “Usage of Broadcast Messaging in a Distributed Hash Table for Intrusion Detection” chapter in book, Privacy, Intrusion Detection, and Response: Technologies for Protecting Networks, First edition, Editor: Dr. Peyman Kabiri, publisher: IGI Global, Information Science Reference, 2011, pp. 77-93. ISBN: 1609608364.

G. Hosszú: “Reliability Issues of the Multicast-based Mediacommunication” chapter in book, Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Editor: Margherita Pagani, Idea Group Reference, Hershey, USA, 2005, ISBN: 1-59140-561-0, pp. 875-881.

G. Hosszú: “Current Multicast Technology” chapter in book, Encyclopedia of Information Science and Information Technology, Vol. I-V., Editor: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Idea Group Reference, Hershey, USA, 2005, ISBN: 1-59140-553-X, pp. 660-667.

G. Hosszú: “Introduction to Multicast Technology” chapter in book, Multimedia Networking: Technology, Management & Applications, Editor: Syed Mahbubur Rahman, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, USA, 2001, ISBN: 1-930708-14-9, pp. 369-411.

Georgios Michaelides & Gábor Hosszú, “Privacy and Security for Virtual Communities and Social Networks”, Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling, 2013, Hershey: IGI-Global, ed. Jonathan Bishop, 368 pages, ISBN13: 9781466628038, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2803-8.ch325, pp.19-31, http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/privacy-security-virtual-communities-social/74105

Georgios Michaelides & Gábor Hosszú, “Privacy and Security for Virtual Communities and Social Networks”, Virtual Communities: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications (4 vol), 2011, Hershey: IGI-Global, ed. Information Resources Management Association, 2930 pages, ISBN13: 978-1609601003, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-100-3.ch325, pp.1051-1062, http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=48723&ptid=41909&t=privacy+and+security+for+virtual+communities+and+social+networks