SNR Scalable Extension for 3D-HEVC

In this paper we present a SNR scalable extension design on three-dimensional video compression using High Efficiency Video Coding (3D-HEVC). A multi-loop decoder solution is integrated into the proposed scalable coding serves as the whole framework for the SNR scalable 3D-HEVC. To effectively improve the coding performance, an inter-layer texture prediction is extended into the proposed scalable scenario for texture views and depth maps. To further reduce complexity and bitrate, a novel inter-layer distortion less prediction method is added because of the smooth texture characteristic in depth maps.