Non-redundant VQ channel coding using modified tabu search approach with simulated annealing

Codeword Index Assignment (CIA) is a key issue to vector quantization (VQ). A new algorithm called Modified Tabu Search Algorithm (MTSA) is applied to codeword index assignment for noisy channels for the purpose of minimizing the distortion due to bit errors. Simulated annealing (SA) technique and a new parameter are introduced in the Tabu Search Approach (TSA) to improve the performance of the tabu search approach. Experimental tests show the modified tabu search algorithm is superior to the tabu search algorithm by evaluating the performance of channel distortion after the same number of iterations.