ENCODER, DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA AND COMPUTER PROGRAM ELEMENTS

摘要

AN ENCODER FOR ENCODING A FIRST DIGITAL SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR A FIRST CHANNEL AND A SECOND DIGITAL SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR A SECOND CHANNEL IS DESCRIBED. THE ENCODER COMPRISES CASCADED INTRA-CHANNEL PREDICTION ELEMENTS FOR COMPRESSING THE FIRST DIGITAL SIGNAL AND THE SECOND DIGITAL SIGNAL BASED ON INTRA-CHANNEL CORRELATION AND AN INTER- CHANNEL PREDICTION ELEMENT FOR COMPRESSING THE FIRST DIGITAL SIGNAL AND THE SECOND DIGITAL SIGNAL BASED ON INTER-CHANNEL CORRELATION.