Abstract : The talk introduces a novel framework of coded video multicast in IEEE 802.16 networks for supporting real-time multimedia services such as scheduled IPTV. The talk will firstly give an overview of the proposed coded video multicast framework, which is comprised of an intelligent interplay of Multiple Description Coding (MDC) on Successively Refineable (SR) information source with Super Position Coding (SPC) based layered modulation at the channel. For easy implementation of SPC, the talk will introduce a novel Logical SPC modulation/demodulation technique, which can completely avoid the use of hardware-based signal superposition and Signal-Interference Cancellation (SIC) based demodulation.

Biography : Dr. Pin-Han Ho received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Electrical Engineering department at National Taiwan University in 1993 and 1995, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from Queen’s University - Kingston in 2002. He is now an Associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Professor Pin-Han Ho is the author/co-author of more than 150 referred technical papers, several book chapters, and the co-author of a book on optical networking and survivability. His current research interests cover a wide range of topics in broadband wired and wireless communication networks, including survivable network design, wireless Metropolitan Area Networks such as IEEE 802.16 networks, Fiber-Wireless (FIWI) network integration, and network security. Dr. Pin-Han Ho is the recipient of the Distinguished Research Excellence Award from the ECE department at the University of Waterloo, Early Researcher Award (Premier Research Excellence Award) in 2005, the Best Paper Award in SPECTS'02, ICC'05 Optical Networking Symposium, and ICC'07 Security and Wireless Communications symposium. He also received the Outstanding Paper Award in HPSR'02.

Live webcast : http://vbxevents.powerstream.net/003/02484/feb13/index.htm

Presentation slides : http://www.dss.uwaterloo.ca/presentations_files/2009_Pin_Han_Ho.pdf