Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite communication demonstrates significant advantages in emergency short burst data services. However, unstable satellite networks, particularly those with frequent packet loss, present a severe challenge to accurate image transmission. To address it, we propose a loss-resilient image coding approach that leverages end-to-end optimization in learned image compression (LIC). Our method builds on the channel-wise progressive coding framework, incorporating Spatial-Channel Rearrangement (SCR) on the encoder side and Mask Conditional Aggregation (MCA) on the decoder side to improve reconstruction quality with unpredictable errors. By integrating the Gilbert-Elliot model into the training process, we enhance the model's ability to generalize in real-world network conditions. Extensive evaluations show that our approach outperforms traditional and deep learning-based methods in terms of compression performance and stability under diverse packet loss, offering robust and efficient progressive transmission even in challenging environments. Code is available at https://github.com/NJUVISION/LossResilientLIC.
@article{arxiv.2501.11263,
title = {Towards Loss-Resilient Image Coding for Unstable Satellite Networks},
author = {Hongwei Sha and Muchen Dong and Quanyou Luo and Ming Lu and Hao Chen and Zhan Ma},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.11263},
year = {2025}
}