Applying imprecise algorithms to real-time image and video transmission

One major requirement for multimedia systems is the efficient transmission of multimedia information over a communication or computer network. Current image/video transmission techniques works well if sufficient processing power and network bandwidth are available, but do not adapt properly to a reduction in one or more of these resources. This paper proposes an image/video transmission technique, based on the imprecise computation model, which yields a balanced tradeoff between the quality of the image/video transmitted and the available time for transmission. Our experiments show that the proposed algorithm has favorable results compared to non-imprecise computation-based algorithms.