In this two-part paper, we present a new achievable rate region for the general n-channel
symmetric multiple descriptions problem. In part I, inspired by the concept of maximum …

In this Part II of a two-part paper, we present a new achievable rate-distortion region for the
symmetric n-channel multiple-descriptions coding problem (n> 2) where the rate of every …

We study the problem of source coding with multiple descriptions, which is described as
follows. Let X be a discrete memoryless source. There are two encoders, Encoders 1 and 2 …

An achievable region for the L-channel multiple description coding problem is presented.
This region generalizes two-channel results of El Gamal and Cover (1982) and of Zhang …

Multiple description source coding concerns situations in which the transmission of the
source information is distributed over two data streams at rates R/sub 1/and R/sub 2 …

Multiple description (MD) coding is a source coding technique for information transmission
over unreliable networks. In MD coding, the coder generates several different descriptions of …

We propose novel coding schemes for the K-description problem with symmetric rates and
symmetric distortion constraints. There are two main new ingredients in these schemes: the …

We consider multiple description (MD) coding for the Gaussian source with K descriptions
under the symmetric mean-squared error (MSE) distortion constraints, and provide an …

The problem of L multiple descriptions of a stationary and ergodic Gaussian source with two
levels of receivers is investigated. Each of the first-level receivers receive (an arbitrary …

A pair of well-known inequalities, due to Shannon, upper/lower bound the rate-distortion
function of a real source by the rate-distortion function of the Gaussian source with the same …