A content model for the mobile adaptation of multimedia information

The emergence of mobile Internet services has introduced a set of transmiss ion and presentation standards that aim to address multimedia. At the same time, the limited resources of cellular networks and terminals set strict r equirements to the bandwidth-limited transmission and presentation. We prop ose a new abstract model to adapt and represent multimedia in mobile enviro nments to meet these restrictions. The model includes a layered mapping of semantic and physical entities and is combined under the taxonomy of "multi media adaptation" to optimize an end-to-end mobile service. Our technique i s media and presentation format independent and easily absorbs additions. W e conclude with an example mobile service that utilizes the proposed techni ques.