SNR scalability by coefficient refinement for hybrid video coding

Author

Halbach, Till ; Fischer, Thomas R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

2006

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

91

Abstract

A novel quality-scalable hybrid video coding scheme based on coefficient refinement and encoder quality constraints is developed. The technique, which also enables region-of-interest coding, is tested as a possible extension to the H.264 standard with excellent results. That is, the bit-rate increase typically encountered with scalable hybrid coding schemes is, for certain coding parameters, only small to moderate. The double- and triple-layer constellations of the system are shown to perform superior to other systems.

Keywords

code standards; constraint theory; data compression; image denoising; video coding; H.264 standard; MPEG-4 AVC; SNR scalability; coefficient refinement; hybrid video coding; quality constraint; region-of-interest coding; Automatic voltage control; Decoding; Discrete cosine transforms; Displays; Frequency; MPEG 4 Standard; Scalability; Streaming media; Testing; Video coding; Coefficient refinement; H.264; MPEG-4 AVC; SNR/frequency/quality scalability; hybrid code stream; layered video coding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Signal Processing Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9908

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LSP.2005.861588

Filename

1576787