Citation

Abstract

This article describes a recently introduced transform algorithm called the integer cosine transform (ICT), which is used in transform-based data compression schemes. The ICT algorithm requires only integer operations on small integers and at the same time gives a rate-distortion performance comparable to that offered by the floating-point discrete cosine transform (DCT). The article addresses the issue of implementation complexity, which is of prime concern for source coding applications of interest in deep-space communications. Complexity reduction in the transform stage of the compression scheme ts particularly relevant, since this stage accounts for most (typically over 80 percent) of the computational load.

Details

Volume
42-105
Published
May 15, 1991
Pages
45–53
File Size
367.4 KB