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Comparative Study of Wavelet Based Lattice QIM Techniques and Robustness against AWGN and JPEG Attacks

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We study watermarking techniques based on Quantization Index Modulation for which sets of lattice quantizers Q m are used (LQIM). A recipe for constructing such quantizers Q m is proposed, where the size of these sets is variable, so that the payload is easily adaptable. We make a comparative study of 8 dimensional lattices with good quantizer properties, where the embedding is done in the wavelet domain. Along the way, the gap between the theoretical ideas behind QIM and practical systems using lattices is closed by extending techniques, such as dithered quantizers and distortion compensation, from the scalar case to LQIM.

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  1. Dept. of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Dieter Bardyn, Ann Dooms, Tim Dams & Peter Schelkens

  2. Dept. of Applied Engineering (electronica-ict), Artesis University College of Antwerp, Paardenmarkt 92, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium

    Tim Dams

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Department of Computing, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, Surrey, UK

    Anthony T. S. Ho

  2. New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, 07102-1982, Newark, NJ, USA

    Yun Q. Shi

  3. Multimedia Security Lab, Korea University, Science Campus, 136-701, Seoul, Korea

    H. J. Kim

  4. Department of Information Engineering, University of Siena, Via Roma 56, 53100, Siena, Italy

    Mauro Barni

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Bardyn, D., Dooms, A., Dams, T., Schelkens, P. (2009). Comparative Study of Wavelet Based Lattice QIM Techniques and Robustness against AWGN and JPEG Attacks. In: Ho, A.T.S., Shi, Y.Q., Kim, H.J., Barni, M. (eds) Digital Watermarking. IWDW 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5703. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03688-0_7

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