by Wai-Wa Wilson Chan. / Thesis (M.Sc.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-80). / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Problem under study and scope --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Review of relevant research --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objectives --- p.11 / Chapter 2. --- Theory --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1 --- Multi-resolution representation of digital video --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Performance measure of progressive algorithm --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- Introduction to depth pyramid --- p.35 / Chapter 2.4 --- Introduction to spatial pyramid --- p.37 / Chapter 2.5 --- Introduction to temporal pyramid --- p.42 / Chapter 2.6 --- Proposed algorithm for progressive transmission using depth-spatial-temporal pyramid --- p.46 / Chapter 3. --- Experiment --- p.55 / Chapter 3.1 --- Simulation on depth pyramid --- p.59 / Chapter 3.2 --- Simulation on spatial pyramid --- p.60 / Chapter 3.3 --- Simulation on temporal pyramid --- p.62 / Chapter 3.4 --- Simulation on algorithm for progressive transmission using depth-spatial-temporal pyramid --- p.64 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusions and discussions --- p.74 / Chapter 5. --- Reference and Appendix --- p.79