一种新的无线视频传输帧内刷新策略

首先分析了无线信道突发性出错和二阶Markov无线信道模型. 根据该模型和视频编码器的编码方式推导了突发性出错引起的帧内编码和帧间编码的信道失真. 然后提出了一种新的速率失真率(R-D)框架内的帧内刷新策略. 该策略一方面对无线视频传输系统的容错性能和编码效率进行了优化, 另一方面可有效阻止帧间错误传播, 减小信道失真. 在不同传输信道中的仿真结果验证了该策略在无线视频传输容错方面的性能改进.     

Unequal Forced-Intra-Refresh for robust video streaming

INTRODUCTION In the encoding or transcoding of video stream- ing, intra refresh is introduced as a non-normative error-resilience tool. Although the intra-refresh schemes based on the rate-distortion optimization (C?té et al., 2000; Stockhammer et al., 2002) are superior to the early heuristic intra-refresh strategies, these new schemes cannot yet accurately estimate the video distortion due to time-varying packet losses, and usually ignore the inter-frame error-propagation effect. Chiou…     

An adaptive FEC to protect RoHC and UDP-Lite H.264 video critical data

INTRODUCTION Recommendation H.264 was approved by ITU-T in May 2003 and the approved draft specifi cation is available for public review (Wiegand, 2003) The H.264 video codec has a very broad application range that covers all forms of digital compressed video from low bit rate Internet streaming applica tions to HDTV broadcast and digital cinema applica tions with near lossless coding. About 50% band width would be saved by using H.264 when compared to the existing most efficient com…     

Improved fast intra prediction algorithm of H.264/AVC

With advanced prediction modes of intra prediction, intra coding of H.264/AVC offers significant coding gains compared with previous video coding standards. It uses an important tool called Lagrangian rate-distortion optimization (RDO) technique to decide the best coding mode for a block, but the computational burden is extremely high. In this paper, we proposed an improved fast intra prediction algorithm including block type selection and mode decision algorithm based on analysis of edge feature of a block. Our algorithm filters out unlikely block type and candidate modes to reduce the RDO calculations. Experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm can reduce the computation complexity of intra prediction from 52.90% to 56.31%, with 0.04 dB PSNR degradation and 2% increase of bit rate.     

基于相邻帧相关性的帧间宏块模式选择算法

H．264／AVC在帧间运动估计／补偿编码过程中定义了7种帧间编码模式，并采用率失真优化全遍历策略来选择最优模式，这使计算复杂度急剧增加．针对这一问题，阐明了需对如何准确、快速地对块预测模式做出选择进行相关的研究．并就利用自然图像序列中相邻帧所表现出的强相关性提出了一种快速的帧间编码模式选择算法，通过计算部分编码模式来减少计算的复杂性．实验结果表明，该方法平均节省时间约18％，比特率平均下降约0．02％，而PSNR平均仅仅降低0．02dB．     

一种具有可分级转码能力的空时OFDM视频传输方法

结合空时OFDM和转换编码技术,提出了一种无线衰落信道下具有可分级转码能力的鲁棒视频传输方法.采用可分级转码器将高质量的MPEG-2压缩视频转换为低码率、低分辨率MPEG-4可分级码流来满足网络带宽和终端设备显示的要求.在接收端采用一种层干扰抑制算法,使得分层空时OFDM系统不同层的传输性能存在差异,从而使系统具有不对等保护能力.根据分级码流的重要程度不同,将转码输出的可分级码流分别由分层空时编码OFDM系统的不同层来实现视频的鲁棒传输.实验结果表明:在典型的随机突发错误的无线环境下,提出的具有可分级转码能力的系统的视频传输性能优于传统的非分级转码的视频传输系统.     

SFBC-OFDM系统中基于自适应训练机制的迭代接收机

研究了在空频块码正交频分复用(SFBC-OFDM)无线通信系统中适用于多径衰落信道下的迭代接收机的设计,导出了一种迭代的联合信道估计与符号检测的算法.在提出的算法中,信道估计器交替地工作于2种模式.在训练阶段,采用基于DFT的估计器估计出信道状态信息,并且采用所提出的算法估计出噪声方差和信道响应的互相关矩阵.在数据传输模式下,迭代地获得发送数据和信道状态信息.为了抑制由于符号检测中误判引起的错误传播,提出了一种简单的错误传播判定准则,并使用了一种自适应的训练机制来抑制误差传播.仿真结果显示,与传统的迭代算法相比,所提出的算法能够提供更好的误码性能,且节约了系统开销.     

Multi-user Motion JPEG2000 over wireless LAN: run-time performance-energy optimization with application-aware cross-layer scheduling

This paper introduces a video application-aware cross-layer framework for joint performance-energy optimization, considering the scenario of multiple users upstreaming real-time Motion JPEG2000 video streams to the access point of a WiFi wireless local area network and extends the PHY-MAC run-time cross-layer scheduling strategy that we introduced in (Mang-haram et al., 2005; Pollin el al., 2005) to also consider congested network situations where video packets have to be dropped. We show that an optimal solution at PHY-MAC level can be highly suboptimal at application level, and then show that making the cross-layer framework application-aware through a prioritized dropping policy capitalizing on the inherent scalability of Motion JPEG2000 video streams leads to drastic average video quality improvements and inter-user quality variation reductions of as much as 10 dB PSNR, without affecting the overall energy consumption requirements.     

基于自适应排序LDPC码的OFDM系统及其性能分析

为了在正交频分复用(OFDM)系统中充分利用非正则低密度奇偶校验(LDPC)码编码比特错误概率不同的特性,提出了一种新的基于自适应排序LDPC码的OFDM传输技术.假设发射机已知信道状态信息(CSI),非正则LDPC码的编码比特根据度进行排序,并被分配到相应的子载波上,度高的比特分配到轻度衰落的子载波,度低的节点分配到深度衰落的子载波.为了降低反馈信道的开销,可以对反馈的CSI进行量化.该传输技术的性能可以由密度演进算法进行分析.分析和仿真结果表明,相对于传统的无排序LDPC码编码OFDM系统,所提出的基于自适应排序LDPC码的OFDM系统可以获得1 ~1.5dB的性能增益,并且对CSI的量化具有鲁棒性.     

Frame rate up-conversion using multiresolution critical point filters with occlusion refinement

In this paper, multiresolution critical-point filters （CPFs） are employed to image matching for frame rate up-conversion （FRUC）. By CPF matching, the dense motion field can be obtained for representing object motions accurately. However, the elastic motion model does not hold in the areas of occlusion, thus resulting in blur artifacts in the interpolated frame. To tackle this problem, we propose a new FRUC scheme using an occlusion refined CPF matching interpolation （ORCMI）. In the proposed approach, the occlusion refinement is based on a bidirectional CPF mapping. And the intermediate frames are generated by the bidirectional interpolation for non-occlusion pixels combined with unidirectional projection for the occlusion pixels. Ex- perimental results show that ORCMI improves the visual quality of the interpolated frames, especially at the occlusion regions. Compared to the block matching based FRUC algorithm, ORCM1 can achieve 1-2 dB PSNR gain for standard video sequences.     

A rate control scheme for H.264 video under low bandwidth channel

INTRODUCTION Rate control has been playing an increasing important role in real-time video communication. An encoder employs rate control to regulate output bit- streaming to meet certain channel bandwidth and buffer constraints while pursing high video quality. One fundamental problem in the encoder design is the selection of quantization parameter (QP) to maximize visual quality under constraints imposed by the computational complexity, delay, bandwidth and/or loss factors. At present…     

An Improvement of MPEG-4 Rate Control Algorithm

Frame skipping in low bit video coding could significantly reduce the visual quality of reconstructed video. At the same time, if the complexity of the video sequence remains high for a long period, then driving up the long term average bit rate, the only resort of MPEG-4 Q2 rate control algorithm results in using a high quantization scale, which shows a poor visual quality of the reconstructed video. This paper analyzes the main causes of frame skipping in current MPEG-4 frame rate control scheme, and presents a new rate control algorithm based on the quadratic R-D model over a CBR channel. Key features of the present work are. 1) the bits allocated to each P-frame or B-frame are in proportion to its distance from the end of this GOP, i.e. more bits are allocated to the frames that are nearer to their reference Ⅰ -frame: 2) the target buffer level is changeable in the GOP, at the end of each GOP( five P-frames or B-frames), the target buffer level is linearly reduced from 1/2 to 1/4 of buffer size, to other frames, the target buffer level is set to 1/2 of buffer size: 3 ) a selective and judicious use of the reduced resolution mode, in addition to a modulation of the quantization scale parameter, is to control the average long term bit rate. Experimental results with different video sequences of varied complexity, encoded at low bit rates show better efficacy of the proposed algorithm than MPEG-4 Q2 rate control scheme, and the experimental results also show that the improved algorithm has significantly reduced the number of frame skipping, increased the overall PSNR, and improved the perceptual quality.     

一种新型空间相关MIMO信道选择算法及其性能分析

讨论了在空间相关MIMO（multiple-input multiple-output）信道中一种新型天线选择算法．先前的天线选择算法只能满足最大容量和最小误码率性能中的一个．而不能同时保证两者性能的最优化．拱出的算法旨在寻求两种性能最优化的一种权衡,性能分析表图：1）针对2×5多天线系统,所提算法比基于妊大化容量算法能用很小的容量损失采获得更优的误码率性能;2）在强相关信道下,天线选择对系统性能有瓤好的提高;3）所提出的算法能满足两种性能最优化的权衡．     

基于时延无线MIMO信道的仿真与实现

本文通过对目前提出的无线MIMO信道进行总结,详细分析了MIMO信道的空时模型。为了对MIMO无线通信技术进行有效的研究与评估,在基于3GPP中的TR25.996协议的基础上,根据接收信号的平均到达角、扩展角和收发两端天线的拓扑结构,创建了一个基于时延的无线MIMO信道仿真方法。通过对时延无线MIMO模型的仿真,验证了基于时延无线MIMO信道特性。     

Channel adaptive rate control for energy optimization

Low energy consumption is one of the main challenges for wireless video transmission on battery limited devices. The energy invested at the lower layers of the protocol stack involved in data communication, such as link and physical layer, represent an important part of the total energy consumption. This communication energy highly depends on the channel conditions and on the transmission data rate. Traditionally, video coding is unaware of varying channel conditions. In this paper, we propose a cross-layer approach in which the rate control mechanism of the video codec becomes channel-aware and steers the instantaneous output rate according to the channel conditions to reduce the communication energy. Our results show that energy savings of up to 30% can be obtained with a reduction of barely 0.1 dB on the average video quality. The impact of feedback delays is shown to be small. In addition, this adaptive mechanism has low complexity, which makes it suitable for real-time applications.     

An adaptive joint source and channel coding scheme for H.264 video multicasting over wireless LAN

INTRODUCTION Video multicasting over wireless local area net- work (WLAN) (IEEE Standard 802.11, 1997) enables the distribution of live or pre-recorded programs to many receivers efficiently. An example application is to redistribute TV programs or location-specific in- formation in hot spots such as airport. Users can watch their favorite TV programs on mobile devices while browsing the Internet. For enterprise applica- tions, an example is multicasting video of a lecture or trainin…     

Channel adaptive rate control for energy optimization

Low energy consumption is one of the main challenges for wireless video transmission on battery limited devices. The energy invested at the lower layers of the protocol stack involved in data communication, such as link and physical layer, represent an important part of the total energy consumption. This communication energy highly depends on the channel conditions and on the transmission data rate. Traditionally, video coding is unaware of varying channel conditions. In this paper, we propose a cross-layer approach in which the rate control mechanism of the video codec becomes channel-aware and steers the instantaneous output rate according to the channel conditions to reduce the communication energy. Our results show that energy savings of up to 30% can be obtained with a reduction of barely 0.1 dB on the average video quality. The impact of feedback delays is shown to be small. In addition, this adaptive mechanism has low complexity, which makes it suitable for real-time applications.     

基于内容描述的可伸缩视频码流提取框架

可伸缩视频编码通过码流提取获得子码流以适应不同的网络带宽和处理终端。本文提出一种基于内容描述的视频码流提取框架,根据预处理获得视频内容的描述指导可伸缩视频的码流提取,从而获得更符合视频内容的子码流。实验表明这种方法快速有效,能够在不损失编码效率的前提下保证视觉质量。     

基于JND和AR模型的感知视频编码方法(英文)

为了达到减少比特数同时保持画面质量的目的,提出了一种基于最小可视失真(JND)和自回归(AR)模型的感知视频编码方法.首先,设计了基于JND的纹理分割算法,建立了空时JND模型,以MB为基本单元,通过计算其JND能量并与阈值做比较,用以分割出视频序列中的纹理区域.然后,开发了AR模型来合成纹理区,在使用最小二乘法计算出AR模型的参数后,用相邻的前后参考帧对应像素的线性插值来生成重构像素.最后,为了检验所提方法的效果,将其与H.264/AVC视频编码系统做比较,用不同的视频序列实验来验证所提方法的有效性.实验结果显示,对于具有不同纹理特点的实验序列,所提方法可以在保持感知质量的同时将比特率减少15%～58%.     

SVC bitstream adaptation in MPEG-21 multimedia framework

INTRODUCTION Scalable video coding (SVC) (Schwarz et al., 2004) is the most promising video format for appli- cations of collaborative communication. First, SVC format, which is extended from the latest advanced video coding (AVC), is appropriate for creating a wide variety of bitrates with high compression effi- ciency. Second, an original SVC bitstream can be easily truncated in different ways to meet various characteristics and variations of devices and connec- tions. The scalabil…