The future C41 systems, operating at the digital battlefield should be able to transmit high-quality digital live video and imagery through low-bandwidth communication channels. In this paper, we propose low-bandwidth (64 kbps) wireless transmission of TV-class VGA/NTSC-video (221 Mbps-original bandwidth), integrated with still imagery. For the first time, low-compressed MPEG I-frames will be used as high quality still images, representing every I-frame video stream. As a result, we will be able to transmit high quality both temporal and spatial events, while still preserving low-bandwidth transmission, a fundamental goal for video/imagery surveillance at the digital battlefield.

Date Published: 4 August 2000
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 4037, Digitization of the Battlespace V and Battlefield Biomedical Technologies II, (4 August 2000); doi: 10.1117/12.395039

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 4037:
Digitization of the Battlespace V and Battlefield Biomedical Technologies II
Raja Suresh; Homer H. Pien; Homer H. Pien, Editor(s)