Here's a comprehensive description of recent developments in audio and video coding standards, including those applicable to PSTN, N-ISDN, B-ISDN, LAN and mobile networks. It offers you today's most complete summary of video and speech coding techniques, coupled with extensive coverage of standards for communication of multimedia signals, including videophone, video conferencing, and remote access to multimedia databases. Offering a comprehensive and detailed engineering-level treatment of compression techniques and standards, the book addresses the technologies of video and audio compression, data communication protocols, digital TV, digital audio and multimedia.