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B2P3 - Digitisation and lossy compression Flashcards

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a.c. coefficients

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weights the basis functions at (1-7, 1-7) of a DCT table, the results evaluating to the amount of each spatial-frequency in the macroblock;

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Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR)

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a speech coding standard that adapts its bit rate to channel conditions;

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advanced audio coding (AAC)

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MPEG-2/4 streamingFormat, with better quality than MP3 but with same bitRate;

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aliasing

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where samplingRate < 2*f;

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analogue-to-digital converter (ADC)

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takes an analogue signal, samples it, n-bit-quantises it, and returns a digital signal;

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basis function

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reps a specific hori-vert spatial-frequency, appearing as an entry in a DCT table;

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B-frames

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‘bi-directional prediction’ frames inserted between I-frames and P-frames filling in missing frames in the group of pictures (GOP) format;

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bit rate

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number of bits passing a given point in the network per unit time;

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code-excited linear prediction (CELP)

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= LPC - U/V_switch + codebook;

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coding efficiency

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minimising bitRate while holding videoQuality constant, or vice versa;

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comfort noise (CN)

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synthetic background noise for silent periods in voiceComms;

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d.c. coefficient

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weights the basis function at (0, 0) of a DCT table, the result evaluating to the average spatial-frequency of the whole macroblock;

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dequantising

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dequantise(n-bit_reps) = analogue;

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difference error

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pixel-subtracting one video frame from another;

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difference pulse-code modulation (DPCM)

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= PCM + predictionOfDataSamples (used in JPEG);

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discontinuous transmission (DTX)

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where mobile devices are powered-down when there is no voiceInput;

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discrete cosine transformation (DCT)

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DCT(spatialRep) = frequencyRep (used in J/MPEG);

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discrete wavelet transform (DWT)

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DWT(spatialRep) = frequencyRep (used in JPEG2000; better performance at low bitRates);

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distortion

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= reconstructedSignal - originalSignal;

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encoding

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encode(symbols) = bitStrings;

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formants

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the vocal tract’s spectral peaks characterising ‘voiced’ speechSegments;

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frequency masking

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where high-amplitude sounds cover up low-amplitude sounds at neighbouring frequencies;

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group of pictures (GOP)

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concatenating I-, P-, and B-frames for videoCompression (used in MPEG-1/2/4);

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H.264 / advanced video coding (AVC)

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an MPEG-4 videoCodingStreaming tech;

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HE-AAC version 2

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a tech optimised for low-bitRate audioStreaming apps including digi-radioBroadcasting;

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I-frames

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‘intra-frames’ are real reps of world (i.e. they are not fillers nor predictions);

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inter-frame compression

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stateful video compression;

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intra-frame compression

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stateless video compression;

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inverse DCT

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DCT_inv(frequencyRep) = spatialRep;

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Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)

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an lossy compression standard for images using DCT;

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linear predictive coding (LPC)

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a sourceCoding method using parameters designed for speechSignals;

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low frequency effect (LFE / subwoofer)

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where the channel delivers bass-only information (<120 Hz);

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macroblock

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the formalParameter for the DCT() function, consisting of 8x8 pixels for JPEG and 16x16 pixels for MPEG;

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mask-to-noise ratio (MNR)

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determines bits per sub-band in MP3 using psychoacoustic model;

35
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motion-JPEG (M-JPEG)

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stateless video compression;

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motion prediction

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frame_n.macroblocks = frame_n-1.macroblocks + motionVectors;

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motion vectors (MVs)

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used in MPEG video coding to predict camera and object motion;

38
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MPEG audio layer 3 (MP3)

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a compressed audio file format;

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noise masking

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= frequency masking, temporal masking, and perceptual masking;

40
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Ogg Vorbis (OV)

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an open-source lossy audio compression format;

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perceptual noise substitution (PNS)

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where real noise is replaced with randomly generated noise;

42
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perceptual redundancy

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where sounds / images are irrelevant as humans do not perceive them;

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P-frames

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‘prediction-frames’ do not rep the world and instead are an educated guess based on the previous I-frame;

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prediction (residual) error

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= P-frame(t)* - I-frame(t);

*based on I-frame(t-1);

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pulse code modulation (PCM)

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PCM(analogueSignal) = encoding ( quantising ( sampling ( analogueSignal ) ) ) = digitalSignal;

46
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quality of service (QoS)

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QoS(network) = minThoughput / maxLatency / lowestBER;

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quantisation noise (quantisation error)

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= analogueSignal - digitalSignal;

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quantisation (quantising)

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n-bit-quantise(sample(analogueSignal)) = digitalSignal;

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rate-distortion (RD) curves

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bitsPerSymbol plotted against distortionError;

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region-of-interest (ROI) coding

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where different areas of an image are coded at different bitRates (used in JPEG2000);

51
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resolution

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bitsPerSymbol;

52
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sampling

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measuring an analogueSignal at regular intervals;

53
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sampling theorem

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IF (samplingRate >= 2*f) THEN (signal can be reconstructed);

54
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scalabililty (subsets)

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where video/audio compression has subsets of varying bitsPerSymbol;

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statistical redundancy

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where repeating patterns are identified and repped with a symbol;

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temporal masking

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where a high-amplitude sound covers up a subsequent low-amplitude sound;

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thresholding

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setting a constant such that any values lower than this can be ignored;

58
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unvoiced sounds

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where there are no formants; can be repped by Gaussian noise;

59
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vocoder

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portmanteau of ‘voice’ and ‘encoder’; compresses speech;

60
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voiced sounds

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where there are formants;

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