This project will develop, analyze, and apply new algorithms to assign unequal erasure protection (UEP) to progressive data to provide graceful degradation against packet loss. If severe packet loss occurs, the most important data would be received by the decoder instead of the less important data. These new algorithms will be practical in that they will lead to improved image and video quality at the receiver in cases of high packet loss rates. Our new algorithms will have practical use in many arenas including the Internet and wireless communications.
