An innovations approach to adaptive data compression in data transmission

It is proposed to employ the innovations concept, first considered by Kolmogorov (1941), as a general source coding scheme, giving particular attention to applications in the area of data transmission. A brief summary of the innovations approach in signal reception applications is presented and a general source model using well-known linear systems concepts is developed. The use of a modified Kalman algorithm as a data compressor is discussed along with methods of adaptive data compression. The feasibility of the described data compression system is demonstrated in a computer simulation study.