Digital Signal Compression

Provides clear and easily understandable coverage of the fundamental concepts and coding methods, whilst retaining technical depth and rigor.

Providing clear coverage of the fundamental concepts and coding methods, whilst retaining technical depth and rigor, this book contains a wealth of illustrations, examples and step-by-step worked algorithms. It is an ideal textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a useful self-study tool for researchers and professionals.With clear and easy-to-understand explanations, this book covers the fundamental concepts and coding methods of signal compression, whilst still retaining technical depth and rigor. It contains a wealth of illustrations, step-by-step descriptions of algorithms, examples and practice problems, which make it an ideal textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a useful self-study tool for researchers and professionals. Principles of lossless compression are covered, as are various entropy coding techniques, including Huffman coding, arithmetic coding and Lempel-Ziv coding. Scalar and vector quantization and trellis coding are thoroughly explained, and a full chapter is devoted to mathematical transformations including the KLT, DCT and wavelet transforms. The workings of transform and subband/wavelet coding systems, including JPEG2000 and SBHP image compression and H.264/AVC video compression, are explained and a unique chapter is provided on set partition coding, shedding new light on SPIHT, SPECK, EZW and related methods.