A method of video decoding comprising: generating a decoded low resolution image by decoding a primary coded picture that has been encoded in accordance with ITU-T H.264 Advanced Coding Specification 03/2005; generating a plurality of decoded enhancement data sets by decoding a corresponding plurality of redundant coded pictures that have been encoded in accordance with ITU-T H.264 Advanced Coding Specification 03/2005; and performing an inverse transformation of the decoded low resolution image and the plurality of decoded enhancement data sets to construct a decoded version of a portion of a high-resolution video frame, wherein the low resolution image comprises low resolution pixels in which a value of each low resolution pixel is determined using an averaging function of values of defined pixels within a pixel neighborhood of each pixel in a particular phase of a plurality of phases of the portion of the high-resolution video frame and each of the plurality of enhancement data sets is a unique set comprising all pixels of a phase of the portion of the high-resolution video frame other than the particular phase, wherein the inverse transforming comprises: setting each phase of the high-resolution video frame other than the particular phase to a corresponding one of the plurality of enhancement data sets; determining the particular phase of the portion of the high-resolution video from the low resolution image and the other phases of the portion of the high-resolution video; and combining the particular phase and the other phases to construct the decoded version of the high-resolution video frame, wherein a pixel phase group for a pixel includes one pixel from each phase located at a same position with respect to the pixel in the low resolution image, wherein the number of phases is four, wherein the four pixels in each pixel phase group are identified as pixels (0,0), (0,1), (1,0), and (1,1), wherein the pixels (0,0) and (1,1) are positioned diagonally, and wherein the averaging function determines the value of each low resolution pixel as being equal to the mean of the value of a pixel of the particular phase and a predictor, y, wherein the pixel of the particular phase is a pixel of the (0,0) phase, wherein the predictor, y, is determined from the pixels in the same pixel phase group as the pixel of the particular phase, as follows: y = max 0 1, 1 0 when 1 1 is > = max 0 1, 1 0 y = min 0 1, 1 0 when 1 1 is < = min 0 1, 1 0, y = 0 1 + 1 0 − 1 1 otherwise. generating a decoded low resolution image by decoding a primary coded picture that has been encoded in accordance with ITU-T H.264 Advanced Coding Specification 03/2005; generating a plurality of decoded enhancement data sets by decoding a corresponding plurality of redundant coded pictures that have been encoded in accordance with ITU-T H.264 Advanced Coding Specification 03/2005; and performing an inverse transformation of the decoded low resolution image and the plurality of decoded enhancement data sets to construct a decoded version of a portion of a high-resolution video frame, wherein the low resolution image comprises low resolution pixels in which a value of each low resolution pixel is determined using an averaging function of values of defined pixels within a pixel neighborhood of each pixel in a particular phase of a plurality of phases of the portion of the high-resolution video frame and each of the plurality of enhancement data sets is a unique set comprising all pixels of a phase of the portion of the high-resolution video frame other than the particular phase, wherein the inverse transforming comprises: setting each phase of the high-resolution video frame other than the particular phase to a corresponding one of the plurality of enhancement data sets; determining the particular phase of the portion of the high-resolution video from the low resolution image and the other phases of the portion of the high-resolution video; and combining the particular phase and the other phases to construct the decoded version of the high-resolution video frame, wherein a pixel phase group for a pixel includes one pixel from each phase located at a same position with respect to the pixel in the low resolution image, wherein the number of phases is four, wherein the four pixels in each pixel phase group are identified as pixels (0,0), (0,1), (1,0), and (1,1), wherein the pixels (0,0) and (1,1) are positioned diagonally, and wherein the averaging function determines the value of each low resolution pixel as being equal to the mean of the value of a pixel of the particular phase and a predictor, y, wherein the pixel of the particular phase is a pixel of the (0,0) phase, wherein the predictor, y, is determined from the pixels in the same pixel phase group as the pixel of the particular phase, as follows: y = max 0 1, 1 0 when 1 1 is > = max 0 1, 1 0 y = min 0 1, 1 0 when 1 1 is < = min 0 1, 1 0, y = 0 1 + 1 0 − 1 1 otherwise.