Distributed video coding based on adaptive slice size using received motion vectors

In this paper, we propose a new distributed video coding (DVC) method based on adaptive slice size using received motion vectors (MVs). In the proposed algorithm, the MVs estimated at a DVC decoder are transmitted to a corresponding encoder. In the proposed encoder, a predicted side information (PSI) is reconstructed with the transmitted MVs and key frames. Therefore, the PSI can be generated same to side information (SI) at the decoder. We can, also, calculate an exact crossover probability between the SI and original input frame using PSI and the original frame. As a result, the proposed method can transmit minimum parity bits to maximize error correction ability of a channel decoder with minimal computational complexity. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is better than several conventional DVC methods.