Publisher's Synopsis
This text makes use of a modern digital communication system (digital video) as a vehicle to highlight and put into context important topics in signal coding and processing theory. It clarifies the practical relevance of the theory, which is often missed by students of electronic or communication engineering. No specialist knowledge of video systems is required.;The text provides a firm basis in coding theory (source and channel coding), as well as aspects of signal processing including digital filter theory. It is also one of the relatively few books covering the topical field of digital video. There is an overview of a digital communication system, coverage of philosophical and theoretical aspects of source coding, and a review of error control and data transmission techniques. This is followed by an introduction to linear discrete time filter theory, with emphasis upon linear phase FIR filters, and by practical examples of multi-dimensional filtering.
