Techniques for unequal error protection.

Ho Man-Shing. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-66). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgement --- p.i ; Abstract --- p.ii ; List of Abbreviation --- p.iii ; Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Digital Communication System --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Thesis Organization --- p.4 ; Chapter 2. --- Error-Correcting Codes --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Convolutional Codes --- p.7 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- Generator Polynomials --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- Generator Matrix --- p.9 ; Chapter 2.1.3 --- Circuit Diagram --- p.10 ; Chapter 2.1.4 --- State-transition Diagram --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.1.4 --- Trellis Diagram --- p.12 ; Chapter 2.1.5 --- Distance property --- p.13 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Rate-Compatible Punctured Convolutional Codes --- p.14 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Trellis-Coded Modulation --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- General Model of TCM --- p.18 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- Trellis Representation --- p.20 ; Chapter 2.3.3 --- Set Partitioning --- p.21 ; Chapter 2.3.4 --- Code Modulation --- p.23 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Decoding Algorithm --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.4.1 --- Viterbi Algorithm --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.4.2 --- List Viterbi Algorithm --- p.30 ; Chapter 3. --- Unequal-Error-Protection for Embedded Image Coder --- p.33 ; Chapter 3.1 --- SPIHT Coder --- p.35 ; Chapter 3.1.1 --- Progressive Image Transmission --- p.36 ; Chapter 3.1.2 --- Set Partitioning Sorting Algorithm --- p.37 ; Chapter 3.1.3 --- Spatial Orientation Trees --- p.38 ; Chapter 3.2 --- System Description --- p.39 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Code Allocation --- p.41 ; Chapter 3.4 --- System Complexity --- p.42 ; Chapter 3.5 --- Simulation Result --- p.43 ; Chapter 4. --- Unequal-Error-Protection Provided by Trellis-Coded Modulation --- p.51 ; Chapter 4.1 --- System Description --- p.52 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Unequal Constellation --- p.53 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Free Distance --- p.55 ; Chapter 4.4 --- Simulation Results --- p.59 ; Chapter 5. --- Conclusion --- p.63 ; Bibliography --- p.65