This paper proposes a method to improve the coding efficiency of the distributed videocoding based on a scalable encoder/ decoder without feedback link. The proposed method performs a hierarchical motion smoothing to...
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(纸本)9781457720482
This paper proposes a method to improve the coding efficiency of the distributed videocoding based on a scalable encoder/ decoder without feedback link. The proposed method performs a hierarchical motion smoothing to enable accurate rate control. Specifically, reflecting motion information on a coding rate, the encoder can estimate code amount which satisfies the decoder's need. In addition, side information generation based on the hierarchical motion smoothing is proposed for further quality improvement. Experimental results show that the proposed method increases the PSNR-Y by 1.2 dB at 500 kbps in comparison with a block matching based method. Moreover the number of repeat operations to calculate cost value for side information generation can be reduced by 10 times from the conventional method, which demonstrates the practicability of the proposed method.
To provide network friendly scalability, scalable video coding (SVC) has been finalized as an H. 264/AVC scalable extension. Because SVC supports a inter layer prediction scheme to determine the best coding mode in an...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781457702310
To provide network friendly scalability, scalable video coding (SVC) has been finalized as an H. 264/AVC scalable extension. Because SVC supports a inter layer prediction scheme to determine the best coding mode in an enhancement layer, it achieves high coding efficiency but increases computational complexity. To reduce the computational complexity, we propose a fast and efficient mode decision scheme for enhancement layer using the coded block pattern for 16x16 mode of the current and previous pictures. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm reduces the processing time about 41.30% with negligible loss in coding efficiency.
scalable video coding(SVC) is designed to provide adaptable capability for heterogeneous network structures with its scalabilities. Due to the introducing of inter-layer prediction, SVC coded bitstream is much vulnera...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467345231;9781467345217
scalable video coding(SVC) is designed to provide adaptable capability for heterogeneous network structures with its scalabilities. Due to the introducing of inter-layer prediction, SVC coded bitstream is much vulnerable to the channel error. To solve this problem, a lot of schemes are proposed. However, they are either not compatible with the standard or just focus on one of scalabilities in SVC. In this paper, we propose a multiple description scheme that is compatible with SVC standard and supports all the scalabilities. The proposed scheme is based on the redundant slice in the SVC standard, in which each layer is composed of primary slice and redundant slice by interleaving. To deal with the mismatch error and propagated error, the quantization step of redundant slice and the mode of each macroblock is tuned by considering the prediction path in the same layer and between different layers, as well as the channel packet loss rate. The experimental results show that the proposed scheme is efficient for the packet loss channel.
Three scalable video coding algorithms have been standardised in recent years. SVC, the scalable extension of H.264/AVC, is the most recent international standard;Motion JPEG2000 is part 3 of the image coding standard...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781629938431
Three scalable video coding algorithms have been standardised in recent years. SVC, the scalable extension of H.264/AVC, is the most recent international standard;Motion JPEG2000 is part 3 of the image coding standard JPEG2000;and Wavelet-based SVC (WSVC) is a strong competitor in the scalable video coding field. All three of the videocoding algorithms have been designed to produce scalablevideo bitstreams. In this paper, we investigate the difference between each coding algorithm and perform a comparative study of the coding efficiency for high quality videocoding using SVC, WSVC and Motion JPEG2000. Empirical evaluation results show that the optimal choice among the three coding schemes relies on the application scenario. In particular, WSVC provides the best coding performance among the three coding algorithms. The performance of SVC and Motion JPEG2000 depends on the resolution of coded video sequences. In addition, the spatial scalability of SVC and WSVC is also investigated in the evaluation. This appears to be the first time in the literature that the performance of spatial scalability is evaluated.
A novel coding paradigm is proposed to jointly optimize the prediction, quantization, and entropy coding modules, thereby approaching optimality in scalable video coding. It departs from conventional videocoding sche...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467325332;9781467325349
A novel coding paradigm is proposed to jointly optimize the prediction, quantization, and entropy coding modules, thereby approaching optimality in scalable video coding. It departs from conventional videocoding schemes that consider prediction, transformation, quantization, and entropy coding, as largely separate sequential functional components. The method draws inspiration from an early estimation-theoretic approach, developed by our group for enhancement layer prediction, which efficiently combines all the information available to the enhancement layer coder, to produce the optimal prediction. The framework is significantly expanded here to also incorporate optimization of entropy-constrained quantization and arithmetic coding, while fully accounting for hitherto ignored relevant factors, inherent to predictive scalablecoding, including information from the base layer quantization operation, and from the enhancement layer motion compensated reference. Experimental evidence is provided for substantial coding gains over conventional scalable video coding.
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) is a convenient approach to transfer videos in an adaptive and dynamic way to the user. As a consequence, this system provides high bandwidth flexibility and is especially s...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467310680
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) is a convenient approach to transfer videos in an adaptive and dynamic way to the user. As a consequence, this system provides high bandwidth flexibility and is especially suitable for mobile use cases where the bandwidth variations are tremendous. In this paper we have integrated the scalable video coding (SVC) extensions of the Advanced videocoding (AVC) standard into the recently ratified MPEG-DASH standard. Furthermore, we have evaluated our solution under restricted conditions using bandwidth traces from mobile environments and compared it with an improved version of our MPEG-DASH implementation using AVC as well as major industry solutions.
In order to improve coding efficiency, a new inter-layer prediction mechanism is incorporated in the SVC extension of H.264/AVC. This utilizes information from the base layer to inform the process of coding the enhanc...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467344050;9781467344067
In order to improve coding efficiency, a new inter-layer prediction mechanism is incorporated in the SVC extension of H.264/AVC. This utilizes information from the base layer to inform the process of coding the enhancement layer. However this increases the computational requirement. A fast mode decision algorithm that exploits the correlation of a macroblock in the enhancement layer and both the corresponding macroblock in the base layer and neighbouring macroblocks, is proposed. The algorithm also assesses the homogeneity of the picture content and uses the mode information of the base layer to make faster mode selections in the enhancement layer. The fact that larger partition sizes are more suitable for homogeneous regions, and vice versa, is also exploited. Empirical evaluation of the proposed algorithm shows that, for similar rate distortion performance, encoding time is reduced by up to 84% compared with the JSVM9.18 software implementation.
In this paper, four subjective video datasets are presented. The considered application is scalable video coding used as an error-concealment mechanism. The presented datasets explore the relations between encoding pa...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467307253
In this paper, four subjective video datasets are presented. The considered application is scalable video coding used as an error-concealment mechanism. The presented datasets explore the relations between encoding parameters and perceived quality, under different network-impairment patterns and involve error-concealment on the decoder's side, to simulate a complete distribution channel. The datasets share a part of common configurations which enables, in the first part of the paper, to compare the outcomes from several Single Stimulus experiments and draw interesting correspondances between different types of distortion. In the second part of the paper, we analyse the performance of three common objective quality metrics on each step of the distribution channel, to identify the possible directions to be followed in order to improve their accuracy in predicting the perceived quality.
In videocoding, it is commonly accepted that the encoding parameters such as the quantization step-size have an influence on the perceived quality. It is also sometimes accepted that using given encoding parameters, ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9780819489388
In videocoding, it is commonly accepted that the encoding parameters such as the quantization step-size have an influence on the perceived quality. It is also sometimes accepted that using given encoding parameters, the perceived quality does not change significantly according to the encoded source content. In this paper, we present the outcomes of two video subjective quality assessment experiments in the context of scalable video coding. We encoded a large set of video sequences under a group of constant quality scenarios based on two spatially scalable layers. One first experiment explores of the relation between a wide range of quantization parameters for each layer and the perceived quality, while the second experiment uses a subset of the encoding scenarios on a large number of video sequences. The two experiments are aligned on a common scale using a set of shared processed video sequences, resulting in a database containing the subjective scores for 60 different sources combined with 20 SVC scenarios. We propose a detailed analysis of the experimental results of the two experiments, bringing a clear insight of the relation between the encoding parameters combination of the scalable layers and the perceived quality, as well as spreading light on the differences in terms of quality depending on the encoded source content. As an endeavour to analyse these differences, we propose a classification of the sources with regards to their relative behaviour when compared to the average of other source contents. We use this classification to identify potential factors to explain the differences between source contents.
Spatially scalable video coding (SSVC in short) provides an efficient way to deliver one video at different resolutions. Based on the development of emerging High Efficiency videocoding (HEVC), we propose a SSVC sche...
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