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The Sum Rate of Vector Gaussian Multiple Description Coding with Tree-Structured Covariance Distortion Constraints (1607.08297v1)
Published 28 Jul 2016 in cs.IT and math.IT
Abstract: A single-letter lower bound on the sum rate of multiple description coding with tree-structured distortion constraints is established by generalizing Ozarow's celebrated converse argument through the introduction of auxiliary random variables that form a Markov tree. For the quadratic vector Gaussian case, this lower bound is shown to be achievable by an extended version of the El Gamal-Cover scheme, yielding a complete sum-rate characterization.