EE 565 Video Communications (Spring 2007)
Instructor: Dr. Lisimachos P. Kondi
Office: 215G Bonner Hall
Phone:(716) 645-3115
Email: lkondi@eng.buffalo.edu
Class Hours: T, R 9 :30-10:50, 14 Knox
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00 and by appointment
Teaching Assistant: Saurav K. Bandyopadhyay
Office: 217A Bonner Hall
Email: skb3@buffalo.edu
Office Hours: Fridays 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
Texts
1) K.N. Ngan, C.W. Yap, K.T. Tan, "Video Coding for Wireless Communication Systems", Marcel Dekker, 2001.
2) Y. Wang, J. Ostermann, Y.Q. Zhang, "Video Processing and Communications", Prentice Hall, 2002.
Prerequisites
Basic Digital Signal Processing, Digital Communications and Probability.
Grading
Homework: 100%.
Homeworks
Date Assigned |
Date Due |
Assignments |
Tuesday, January 30 |
Thursday, February 15 |
Homework #1 (pdf file) |
| Thursday, February 15 | Thursday, March 8 |
Homework #2 (pdf file) frame0.raw (raw file) frame1.raw (raw file) *To download the raw files, right click the above links, then select "Save Target As...". |
| Tuesday, March 20 | Tuesday, April 3 | Homework #3 (pdf file) Encoder: encoder.zip Decoder: decoder.zip C code to get PSNR between two sequences: getpsnr.c Video Sequences: foreman.qcif akiyo.qcif A sample path setup of problem 1: path.pdf |
| Tuesday, April 3 | Tuesday, April 17 | Homework #4 (pdf file) |
| Monday, April 16 | Thursday, April 26 | Homework #5 (pdf file) |
Grades
Please check UBlearns.
Video Coding Standards
- H.263 (Version1)
- H.263 (Version2) - {"H.263+"}
Announcements
01/30/07: Please email the Matlab source codes to TA.
02/09/07: TA office hours on 02/13/07 from 11:00 - 1:00 at 217A Bonner.
02/27/07: Homework #1 scores posted at UBlearns.
03/02/07: Please collect the graded homework #1 from Prof. Kondi after 03/05/07.
04/26/07: Homework #2 scores posted at UBlearns.
04/27/07: Please collect the graded homework #2 from Prof. Kondi after 04/30/07.
04/27/07: Please check UBlearns after 04/30/07 for Homework #3 grades.
05/01/07: Homework #3 scores posted at UBlearns.
05/02/07: Please collect the graded homework #3 from Prof. Kondi after 05/03/07.
05/08/07: Homework #4 scores posted at UBlearns.
05/08/07: Homework #5 scores posted at UBlearns.
05/09/07: The graded homeworks are kept outside the Multimedia Comm. Lab.
05/18/07: The final grades shall be uploaded at MyUB within 05/18/07.
Last Update: 05/18/2007.