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This paper proposes a complete compression and coding scheme for on-board satellite applications considering the main on-board constraints: low computational power and easy bit rate control. The proposed coding scheme improves the performance of the current Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) recommendation for a low additional complexity. We consider post-transforms in the wavelet domain, select the best representation for each block of wavelet coefficients, and encode it into an embedded bit stream. After applying a classical wavelet transform of the image, several concurrent representations of blocks of wavelet coefficients are generated. The best representations are then selected according to a rate-distortion criterion. Finally, a specific bit-plane encoder derived from the CCSDS recommendation produces an embedded bit stream ensuring the easy rate control required. In this article, both the post-transforms and the best representation selection have been adapted to the low complexity constraint, and the CCSDS coder has been modified to compress post-transformed representations.
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This work has been carried out under the financial support of the French space agency CNES (www.cnes.fr) and NOVELTIS company (www.noveltis.fr).
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Delaunay, X., Chabert, M., Charvillat, V. et al. Satellite image compression by concurrent representations of wavelet blocks. Ann. Telecommun. 67, 71–80 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-011-0252-0
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