High compression rate, based on the RLS adaptive algorithm in progressive image transmission

The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel method based on recursive least squares (RLS) adaptive algorithm for progressive image transmission (PIT). The image is divided into non-overlapping blocks. Having an agreed vector sequence between the transmitter and the receiver, each block is related to a regressive model. Meanwhile, at the transmitter the blocks are estimated using the RLS algorithm. The high correlation between error vectors, regarding to the RLS execution, causes a very high compression rate in their transmission. The error vectors at the receiver are used to run the RLS algorithm and to estimate the image in a same manner. The method is easy to implement with a low computational complexity and achieves high quality, compared to other well-known methods. In comparison with its counterparts, simulation results show how efficient the proposed method is.