A fast searching technique for multistage residual vector quantizers

Abstract
The encoding procedure for multistage residual vector quantizers consists of searching a tree to find the codeword that best matches the input. Many techniques have been proposed for searching such trees, ranging from the slow and faithful to the fast and inaccurate. The present authors introduce a simple method, which they call dynamic M-search, that is both fast and effective for searching the residual vector quantization tree. The new method is applied to image coding, performance results are presented, and advantages are shown over conventional M-search.

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