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Asymmetric multilevel diversity coding and asymmetric Gaussian multiple descriptions

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Asymmetric multilevel diversity coding and asymmetric Gaussian multiple descriptions
We consider the asymmetric multilevel diversity (A-MLD) coding problem, where a set of 2 K 1 information sources, ordered in a decreasing level of importance, is encoded into K messages (or descriptions). There are 2K -1 decoders, each of which has access to a non-empty subset of the encoded messages. Each decoder is required to reproduce the information sources up to a certain importance level depending on the combination of descriptions available to it. We obtain a single letter characterization of the achievable rate region for the 3-description problem. In contrast to symmetric multilevel diversity coding, source-separation coding is not sufficient in the asymmetric case, and ideas akin to network coding need to be used strategically. Based on the intuitions gained in treating the A-MLD problem, we derive inner and outer bounds for the rate region of the asymmetric Gaussian multiple description (MD) problem with three descriptions. Both the inner and outer bounds have a similar ge...
Soheil Mohajer, Chao Tian, Suhas N. Diggavi
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Type Journal
Year 2010
Where TIT
Authors Soheil Mohajer, Chao Tian, Suhas N. Diggavi
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