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We describe multiple description transform coding (MDTC), a joint source-channel coding method for robust data communication. MDTC achieves robustness and graceful degradation in the presence of erasures by representing a source using several descriptions. Then, if one of the descriptions is lost, we can reconstruct from those received. After the theoretical foundation is laid out, applications to robust audio and image transmission are presented.
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Kovačević, J., Goyal, V.K. (1999). Multiple Descriptions. In: De Natale, F., Pupolin, S. (eds) Multimedia Communications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0859-7_3
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