Method and apparatus for communicating digital information such as compressed video using treillis coded QAM
US5321725A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4382
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for communicating high definition television signals is provided. Video signals are divided into blocks of PCM data. The PCM data is processed using motion estimation and compensation to provide DPCM data. For each block, one of PCM and DPCM data is selected for transmission based on a predetermined criteria. The selected data is compressed using the discrete cosine transform to provide blocks of transform coefficients. The coefficients are quantized to improve their coding efficiency and variable length coded. The variable length coded coefficients are coded using a concatenated coding scheme with a Reed-Solomon outer code and trellis inner code to provide coded signals for transmission. The coded signals are transmitted using QAM.
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