Multiple-description vector quantization using translated lattices with local optimization

• Multiple-description coding is a joint source- and channel coding technique suitable for real-time multimedia transmission over erasure channels. This work improves the previous methods of multiple-description vector quantization using lattice structured codebooks by introducing translated lattices in the single-description codebooks. The quantizer can easily adapt to the current channel condition, using the locally optimized combined-description codebooks, assuming that channel statistics are available at the encoder. Compared to previous methods, the central distortion is greatly reduced for noisy channels, without a significant effect on complexity.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Telekommunikation (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Telecommunications (hsv//eng)

Keyword

combined source-channel coding

multimedia communication

optimisation

vector quantisation

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