# Quadtree-based Re-configurable Cordless Videophone System

J. Streit, L. Hanzo

Department of Electronics and Computer Science,
Univerity of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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IEEE Tr. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Apr. 1996, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp 225-237

### Abstract:

Arbitrarily programmable, but fixed-rate quad-tree (QT) decomposed, parametrically enhanced videophone codecs using quarter common intermediate format (QCIF) video sequences are proposed as a direct replacement for mobile radio voice codecs in second generation systems, such as the Pan-European GSM, the American IS-54 and IS-95 as well as the Japanese systems. The corresponding bitrates are 13, 8, 9.6 and 6.7 kbps, respectively. As an example, the proposed 11.36 kbps prototype Codec 1 and the 11 kbps Codec 2 are embedded in the adaptively re-configurable wireless videophone Systems 1-4 featured in Table~\ref{features1} and their video quality, bit rate, robustness and complexity issues are investigated. Coherent re-configurable 16 or 4-level pilot symbol assisted quadrature amplitude modulation (PSAQAM) is used and the system's robustness is improved by a combination of diversity and Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) techniques. When using a bandwidth of 200 kHz, as in the Pan-European GSM mobile radio system, the number of videophone users supported varies between 3 and 16, while the minimum required channel Signal to Noise Ratio over Gaussian and Rayleigh channels is in excess of 6 and 8 dB, respectively, assuming a noise-limited, rather than interference-limited scenario. The salient system features are summarised in Table 1.

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