
Joint Source-Channel Decoding
A Cross-Layer Perspective with Applications in Video Broadcasting
Description
Key Features
- Treats joint source and channel decoding in an integrated way
- Gives a clear description of the problems in the field together with the mathematical tools for their solution
- Contains many detailed examples useful for practical applications of the theory to video broadcasting over mobile and wireless networks
Readership
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Context
1.1 MultimediaWireless: The Need for NewTools
1.2 Example Applications
1.3 Joint Source-Channel Coding and Decoding
1.4 Outline2. Why Joint Source and Channel Decoding?
2.1 Information Theoretic Preliminaries
2.2 To Separate or Not To Separate?
2.3 To Code or Not To Code?
2.4 Back to the Separation Paradigm
2.5 Conclusion3. Source-Coding Primer
3.1 Components of Source Coders
3.2 Entropy Coding
3.3 Quantization
3.4 Differential Coding
3.5 Transform Coding
3.6 Wavelet-Based Coding
3.7 Packetization of Compressed Data
3.8 Conclusion4. Identifying Residual Redundancy
4.1 Stochastic Redundancy
4.2 Deterministic Redundancy
4.3 Comparing Various Sources of Redundancy
4.4 Conclusion5. Exploiting the Residual Redundancy
5.1 Estimators
5.2 Element-by-Element MAP Estimation Algorithms
5.3 Sequence Estimation Algorithms
5.4 Example: Decoding MPEG-4 AAC Scale Factors
5.5 Possible Extensions6. Toward Practical Implementations
6.1 State Aggregation
6.2 Projected Trellises
6.3 Grouping CodeWords
6.4 Sequential Decoders
6.5 Conclusion7. Protocol Layers
7.1 General Architecture
7.2 Identifying the Redundancy
7.3 General Properties
7.4 Conclusion8. Joint Protocol-Channel Decoding
8.1 Permeable Layer Mechanism
8.2 MAP Estimator for Robust Header Recovery
8.3 Robust Burst Segmentation
8.4 Computing APPs of Inputs of Block Codes
8.5 Discussion9. Joint Cross-Layer Decoding
9.1 Network and PHY Layers May Jointly Help the Application Layer
9.2 Iterative Decoding
9.3 Discussion10. Introduction to Joint Source-Channel Coding
10.1 Traditional View of JSCC
10.2 Design of Robust Entropy Codes
10.3 Overcomplete Representations
10.4 Conclusion11. Open Challenges
11.1 Joint Source-Channel Decoding
11.2 Joint Source-Channel Coding
11.3 Joint Source-Channel Coding/DecodingA. Format of 802.11 Packets
A.1 PHY Packets Format
A.2 Format of the MAC Packets Associated to the DCF Protocol
A.3 Format of IP Packets
A.4 The Transport Layer (UDP/RTP)Bibliography
Product details
- No. of pages: 334
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2009
- Published: November 26, 2009
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080922447