Live multimedia adaptation through wireless hybrid networks

This paper presents new techniques to intelligently adapt and combine multimedia presentations in real-time, mobile service environments. We present the techniques necessary to perform mobile multimedia processing for multiple video streams with "value-adding" information. The adaptation uses video analysis, content-recognition and automated annotation to provide scalable and interactive presentations over hybrid networks to mobile terminals. As a concrete case, we present a mobile surveillance service called Princess, which has several video sources and supports control information, terminal adaptation and end-to-end service.