A collaborative multiple description transform coding and statistical error concealment method for error resilient video streaming over noisy channels

Historically, multiple description coding (MDC) and post-processing error concealment (ECN) algorithms for error-resilient video transmission have evolved separately. Although multiple description coding provides a way to make the video quality degrade gracefully in the presence of packet losses, the resulting quality may be unsatisfactory when only one description is used to reconstruct the signal. This paper proposes a joint description transform coding (MDTC) and statistical error concealment algorithm that adopts a maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation approach to compensate for the loss of descriptions. This coordination results in significant improvements in reconstructed video quality over independent use of MDTC.