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Downupsampling is a term used to describe a processing sequence in which a signal or image is first downsampled to a lower sampling rate and then upsampled back to a higher rate. It is not a single standardized operation but a composite of two related steps that may occur within a single pipeline or neural network layer. The approach can serve purposes such as altering representation to capture multi-scale context, reducing computation, or examining reconstruction behavior after a resolution change.

Downsampling reduces resolution by factors such as two or more, typically preceded by a low-pass filter to mitigate aliasing. Common downsampling methods include decimation and anti-aliasing filtering. Upsampling then increases the sampling rate, using interpolation (nearest neighbor, bilinear, bicubic) or learned kernels such as transposed convolutions or sub-pixel shuffling. When performed in sequence, the intermediate representation and the final reconstruction are used for tasks that benefit from both coarse and fine-scale information, such as feature extraction, segmentation, or super-resolution.

In practice, downupsampling appears in image and video processing and in neural networks as part of encoder–decoder architectures. It underpins multi-scale or pyramid representations, where information is analyzed at reduced resolutions and then re-expanded to the original size. Implementations may be realized as pool-and-unpool operations, strided convolutions followed by transpose convolutions, or integrated upsampling modules within architectures like U-Net or autoencoders. Terminology varies, and the concept is often described instead as a sequence of downsampling and upsampling steps rather than as a single canonical operation.

Key considerations include managing artifacts such as blur and aliasing, choosing appropriate filtering and interpolation methods, and balancing computational efficiency with reconstruction quality.