n-channel multiple descriptions: Theory and constructions

Data Compression Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 262-271

  Puri, R ^a   Pradhan, S S ^b   Ramchandran, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Data compression; Decoding; Error correction codes; Linear code; Rate distortion; Source coding; Statistical distributions; Transform coding; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AVAILABILITY; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DECODING; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE CODING; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

ERROR CORRECTION CODES; LINEAR CODES; RATE DISTORTIONS; SOURCE-CODING; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORM CODING; UNCERTAINTY;

DATA COMPRESSION;

EID: 84948429943     PISSN: 10680314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DCC.2002.999964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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