Robust differential chain coding scheme

In differential chain coding (DCC), the bandwidth efficient relative vector is sensitive to channel errors, resulting in error propagation and corruption of the decoding process. A robust differential chain coding scheme is presented for stopping error propagation in the relative vector without increasing its bandwidth or using an additional forward error correction code. In this scheme, the relative vector is combined with the previous absolute vector to form a new error-resistant channel codeword. Experiments showed that, compared to DCC, the new scheme notably improves subjective quality when subject to transmission errors