Lattice quantization error for redundant representations

Abstract

Redundant systems such as frames are often used to represent a signal for error correction, denoising and general robustness. In the digital domain quantization needs to be performed. Given the redundancy, the distribution of quantization errors can be rather complex. In this paper we study quantization error for a signal X in Rd represented by a frame using a lattice quantizer. We characterize the asymptotic distribution of the quantization error as the cell size of the lattice goes to zero. We apply these results to get the necessary and sufficient conditions for the White Noise Hypothesis to hold asymptotically in the case of the pulse-code modulation scheme. This is an abbreviated version of a paper that will appear elsewhere in a regular refereed journal. The full version of the paper also contains results in the more general settings. © 2009 SPIE.