Introductions of quantum communications, enabled by advancements in
quantum computing, is expected to play a significant role in the field
of communications. Inherent properties of quantum objects, such as
superposition and entanglement have the potential to provide novel
solutions to overcome the challenges encountered by classical
communication systems in bandwidth-intensive applications such as media
transmission. This research explores the performance of a quantum
communication system in image transmission using quantum superposition
and investigates its performance using a simple quantum channel model.
With increase of channel noise, there are significant gains in the rate
distortion performance of images transmitted over the quantum channel,
compared to an ideal classical channel. This novel attempt in
constructing a quantum communication-based image transmission system
indicates the potential of the approach to be applied to satisfy the
ever-increasing demands of high-quality media transmission applications.