In this paper we describe a new framework of video coding for wireless communications: distributed video coding. The framework is being developed for handling two important issues arisen from wireless communications: error resilience and power consumption. Two core topics under the framework are studied: 1) Visual Information Diversity, and 2) Distributed Coding. Visual information diversity te...

Wireless communication revolution has made fundamental changes to the communications society and human life. Faster, cheaper, and more power-efficient alternatives are rapidly evolving for wide area, indoor and short-range wireless communications. In addition to ultra-high bit rates, ubiquitous coverage via heterogeneous access, low cost, and machine-to-machine and sensor networks, the Wireless...

Communications and communication protocols play an important role in mobile robot systems. They enable the latter to address many real world applications. Since the advent of highperformance wireless local area network (WLAN) and ad hoc networking technology at relatively low cost, their use for wireless communications among mobile robots has become a practical proposition. However, in a large ...

Reducing CO2 emissions is an important global environmental issue. Over the recent years, wireless and mobile communications have increasingly become popular with consumers. Today’s typical wireless access network consumes more than 50% of the total power consumption of mobile communications networks. Growth of mobile Internet service usage is expected to drive the growth in wireless access dat...