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A Content Model for the Mobile Adaptation of Multimedia Information

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The emergence of mobile Internet services has introduced a set of transmission and presentation standards that aim to address multimedia. At the same time, the limited resources of cellular networks and terminals set strict requirements to the bandwidth-limited transmission and presentation. We propose a new abstract model to adapt and represent multimedia in mobile environments to meet these restrictions. The model includes a layered mapping of semantic and physical entities and is combined under the taxonomy of “multimedia adaptation” to optimize an end-to-end mobile service. Our technique is media and presentation format independent and easily absorbs additions. We conclude with an example mobile service that utilizes the proposed techniques.

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    Maija Metso, Antti Koivisto & Jaakko Sauvola

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Metso, M., Koivisto, A. & Sauvola, J. A Content Model for the Mobile Adaptation of Multimedia Information. The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing-Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology 29, 115–128 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011131816588

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