Exponential-Golomb coding: Difference between revisions

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The ''k''&nbsp;=&nbsp;0 exp-Golomb code is identical to the [[Elias gamma coding|Elias gamma code]] of the same number plus one.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rupp|first=Markus|title=Video and Multimedia Transmissions over Cellular Networks: Analysis, Modelling and Optimization in Live 3G Mobile Networks|year=2009|publisher=Wiley|pages=149|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=H9hUBT-JvUoC&lpg=PA149&dq=Exponential-Golomb%20coding&pg=PA149#v=onepage&q=Exponential-Golomb%20coding&f=false}}</ref> Thus it can encode zero, whereas Elias gamma can only encode numbers greater than zero.

Despite the similar name, exp-Golomb is only somewhat similar to [[Golomb coding]], which is a type of entropy coding but not a universal code.

==See also==