Patent ID: 8243823

Claim:
A method of wireless communication of video information, comprising the steps of: grouping pixels in an uncompressed video frame into logical groups of pixels, such that neighboring pixels in each logical group posses high spatial correlation, including the steps of: grouping sub-samples of components of a set of the neighboring pixels into a macropixel; logically grouping macropixels with similar component values into a spatial pixel group; and transmitting each spatial pixel group over a wireless communication medium; wherein grouping each set of macropixels with similar component values into a corresponding spatial pixel group further includes: using one or more most significant bits of each component in each macropixel in determining which adjacent N macropixels have similar most significant bits; logically grouping said N macropixels into a spatial pixel group; wherein all macropixels in a spatial pixel group have the same pair-wise most significant bits for luminance and chrominance components.