Video and image applications on narrowband and broadband isdn

Two major ISDN applications which will undoubtedly affect world-wide telecommunications in the coming decade are discussed. They are: (1) video transmission and (2) image transmission. Brief reviews of videophone chronicle and the current video coding technologies are presented. The application of videophones using p × 64 (CCITT coding algorithm up to 1·5 Mb/s) and the DCT (discrete cosine transform) algorithm for narrowband ISDN are discussed. Broadcast TV quality DS3-45 MB/s video codecs are also briefly discussed as a probable videophone system in the broadband ISDN era. The explosive growth of facsimile services is reviewed, and the progress of image coding technologies and their standards are covered. The prospects of high resolution image transfer systems with ISDN are addressed.