Dominant edge direction based fast intra mode decision in the H.264/AVC encoder

The H.264/AVC video coding standard uses an intra prediction mode with 4×4 and 16×16 blocks for luma and 8×8 blocks for chroma. This standard uses the rate distortion optimization （RDO） method to determine the best coding mode based on the compression performance and video quality. This method offers a large improvement in coding efficiency compared to other compression standards, but the computational complexity is greater due to the various intra prediction modes. This paper proposes a fast intra mode decision algorithm for real-time encoding of H.264/AVC based on the dominant edge direction （DED）. The DED is extracted using pixel value summation and subtraction in the horizontal and vertical directions. By using the DED, three modes instead of nine are chosen for RDO calculation to decide on the best mode in the 4×4 luma block. For the 16×16 luma and the 8 × 8 chroma, only two modes are chosen instead of four. Experimental results show that the entire encoding time saving of the proposed algorithm is about 67% compared to the full intra search method with negligible loss of quality.     

Transmission line realization of subwavelength resonator formed by a pair of conventional and LHM slabs

INTRODUCTION Left-handed materials (LHMs), first investigated theoretically by Veselago (1968), have received sub- stantial attention in the scientific and engineering communities. The unique properties of these meta- materials are promising for a diversity of microwave applications, such as new types of beam steerers, modulators, filters, superlens (Pendry, 2000), cou- plers and antenna radoms (Smith et al., 2004). Re- cently, a transmission line (TL) approach has been successfully in…     

H.264/AVC中运动估计算法及改进方案

H.264是新一代视频压缩编码标准,它相对于以前的视频编码标准在编码效率上有了巨大的提高,但其运动估计部分运算量大、耗时多,极大的影响了编码速度.为了减少运动估计的时间,对全零块判决进行了深入的研究,给出了自适应的全零块判决阈值,以此为基础提出了EPZS(Enhanced Predictive Zonal Search)算法的改进方案.通过与传统的运动估计算法的实验比较,可以看出改进的EPZS算法在减少了变换编码和量化的时间,提高了编码效率的情况下,保持比特率和图像质量基本不变.     

Resynchronization and remultiplexing for transcoding to H.264/AVC

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard appears highly competitive due to its high efficiency, flexibility and error resilience. In order to maintain universal multimedia access, statistical multiplexing, or adaptive video content delivery, etc., it induces an immense demand for converting a large volume of existing multimedia content from other formats into the H.264/AVC format and vice versa. In this work, we study the remultiplexing and resynchronization issue within system coding after transcoding, aiming to sustain the management and time information destroyed in transcoding and enable synchronized decoding of decoder buffers over a wide range of retrieval or receipt conditions. Given the common intention of multiplexing and synchronization mechanism in system coding of different standards, this paper takes the most widely used MPEG-2 transport stream (TS) as an example, and presents a software system and the key technologies to solve the time stamp mapping and relevant buffer management. The solution reuses previous information contained in the input streams to remultiplex and resynchronize the output information with the regulatory coding and composition structure. Experimental results showed that our solutions efficiently preserve the performance in multimedia presentation.     

Perceptual importance analysis for H.264/AVC bit allocation

The existing H.264/AVC rate control schemes rarely include the perceptual considerations. As a result, the improvements in visual quality are hardly comparable to those in peak signal-to-noise ratio （PSNR）. In this paper, we propose a perceptual importance analysis scheme to accurately abstract the spatial and temporal perceptual characteristics of video contents. Then we perform bit allocation at macroblock （MB） level by adopting a perceptual mode decision scheme, which adaptively updates the Lagrangian multiplier for mode decision according to the perceptual importance of each MB. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can efficiently reduce bit rates without visual quality degradation.     

基于DSP的H.264/AVC视频编码器实现

DSP的迅速发展使图像信息的传递范围不断扩大，实时数字视频压缩的应用也越来越广泛，在DSP上用软件实现视频压缩成为数字视频压缩标准应用的一个亮点。基于此，文章对H．264／AVC视频编码器的DSP实现做一些探索。     

Fast mode decision for inter macroblocks in H. 264/AVC

In this paper, a fast mode decision algorithm for inter macroblocks in H.264/AVC is proposed, The algorithm is able to classify all modes by both gradient operator and comparison of space-time correlation. Because only part of modes is used to compare with each other the computational complexity can be reduced greatly. The simulation results show that it takes about 75 % of encoding time for other algorithm with similar visual quality.     

基于H.264/AVC帧间宏块预测模式的快速判决方法

1 Introduction The emerging H.264/AVC video coding standard hasbeen developed and standardized collaboratively byboth ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG organizations .As the newest international video coding standard ,H.264/AVC represents a number of advances i…     

基于各向同性Sobel算子的H.264/AVC帧内预测模式选择算法

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC定义了9种4×4亮度块的预测模式,在参考模型JM中所采用的RDO计算复杂度较高。本文提出了一种基于各向同性Sobel算子的H.264的快速帧内编码模式选择算法,降低预测的复杂度,提高编码速度。测试表明,此算法能够使编码速度提高将近75%。     

H.264/AVC error resilience tools suitable for 3G mobile video services

The emergence of third generation mobile system (3G) makes video transmission in wireless environment possible, and the latest 3GPP/3GPP2 standards require 3G terminals support H.264/AVC. Due to high packet loss rate in wireless environment, error resilience for 3G terminals is necessary. Moreover, because of the hardware restrictions, 3G mobile terminals support only part of H.264/AVC error resilience tool. This paper analyzes various error resilience tools and their functions, and presents 2 error resilience strategies for 3G mobile streaming video services and mobile conversational services. Performances of the proposed error resilience strategies were tested using off-line common test conditions. Experiments showed that the proposed error resilience strategies can yield reasonably satisfactory results.     

Streaming and congestion control using scalable video coding based on H.264/AVC

INTRODUCTION Streaming of multimedia data over the Internet has rapidly increased in recent years. All commercial applications and most research in video streaming use conventional hybrid video coding. To adapt the data transmission rate on the server to the varying bandwidth caused by congestion in the Internet or to different available bandwidths of different clients, the simulcast solution is widely applied (Balk et al., 2003; Feamster et al., 2001; Schierl and Wiegand, 2004). A larg…     

H.264/AVC error resilience tools suitable for 3G mobile video services

The emergence of third generation mobile system （3G） makes video transmission in wireless environment possible, and the latest 3GPP/3GPP2 standards require 3G terminals support H.264/AVC. Due to high packet loss rate in wireless environment, error resilience for 3G terminals is necessary. Moreover, because of the hardware restrictions, 3G mobile terminals support only part of H.264/AVC error resilience tool. This paper analyzes various error resilience tools and their functions, and presents 2 error resilience strategies for 3G mobile streaming video services and mobile conversational services. Performances of the proposed error resilience strategies were tested using off-line common test conditions. Experiments showed that the proposed error resilience strategies can yield reasonably satisfactory results.     

H.264/AVC视频容错传输的菱形FMO分布方法

图像压缩技术是基于在空域,时域或者频域上移除数据冗余的算法。它相当大地减少了数据转换率,但是随之的视频压缩信号对于传输误差更加敏感。差错恢复技术相对于通道误差增强了视频比特流的鲁棒性。在H.264/AVC的条带编码作为一种差错恢复技术之一被用于限制接收视频品质的数据丢失效应。有一种模式非常重要,它是将图像的宏块分配成不同的条带组,并能够提供不同的差错恢复标准。该文将深入分析这一类分散类型的灵活的宏块顺序(FMO)模式性能,并提出一个定义明确的系统模式,可以更完全地挖掘宏块顺序中离差概念从而克服误差损失。仿真结果显示:新的改进方案的性能优于传统模式。     

基于H.264/AVC的新三步搜索算法的设计与实现

针对传统三步搜索算法（TSS）的缺陷,提出十字-正方形模板运动估计快速算法（RSPS）。该算法利用运动矢量分布的中心偏置特性,结合起始运动矢量预测与零运动块预判断,有效提高运动估计搜索速度并保持较高的搜索精度。     

RTP-based broadcast streaming of high definition H.264/AVC video: an error robustness evaluation

In this work, we present an evaluation of the performance and error robustness of RTP-based broadcast streaming of high-quality high-definition (HD) H.264/AVC video. Using a fully controlled IP test bed (Hillestad et al., 2005), we broadcast high-definition video over RTP/UDP, and use an IP network emulator to introduce a varying amount of randomly distributed packet loss. A high-performance network interface monitoring card is used to capture the video packets into a trace file. Purpose-built software parses the trace file, analyzes the RTP stream and assembles the correctly received NAL units into an H.264/AVC Annex B byte stream file, which is subsequently decoded by JVT JM 10.1 reference software. The proposed measurement setup is a novel, practical and intuitive approach to perform error resilience testing of real-world H.264/AVC broadcast applications. Through a series of experiments, we evaluate some of the error resilience features of the H.264/AVC standard, and see how they perform at packet loss rates from 0.01 % to 5%. The results confirmed that an appropriate slice partitioning scheme is essential to have a graceful degradation in received quality in the case of packet loss. While flexible macroblock ordering reduces the compression efficiency about 1 dB for our test material, reconstructed video quality is improved for loss rates above 0.25%.     

RTP-based broadcast streaming of high definition H.264/AVC video: An error robustness evaluation

In this work, we present an evaluation of the performance and error robustness of RTP-based broadcast streaming of high-quality high-definition (HD) H.264/AVC video. Using a fully controlled IP test bed (Hillestad et al., 2005), we broadcast high-definition video over RTP/UDP, and use an IP network emulator to introduce a varying amount of randomly distributed packet loss. A high-performance network interface monitoring card is used to capture the video packets into a trace file. Purpose-built software parses the trace file, analyzes the RTP stream and assembles the correctly received NAL units into an H.264/AVC Annex B byte stream file, which is subsequently decoded by JVT JM 10.1 reference software. The proposed measurement setup is a novel, practical and intuitive approach to perform error resilience testing of real-world H.264/AVC broadcast applications. Through a series of experiments, we evaluate some of the error resilience features of the H.264/AVC standard, and see how they perform at packet loss rates from 0.01% to 5%. The results confirmed that an appropriate slice partitioning scheme is essential to have a graceful degradation in received quality in the case of packet loss. While flexible macroblock ordering reduces the compression efficiency about 1 dB for our test material, reconstructed video quality is improved for loss rates above 0.25%.     

Systematic lossy error protection based on H.264/AVC redundant slices and flexible macroblock ordering

INTRODUCTION In typical video transmission systems, a video signal is compressed, and the resulting bit stream is transmitted over an error-prone channel. The errors may consist of symbol errors caused by fading, as observed for wireless channels, or packet erasures caused by congestion, as observed in the Internet. If a received video packet contains errors, then the portion of the video signal contained in the packet is lost and must be concealed. Error concealment schemes alone cannot …     

H．264预测编码关键技术的研究分析

H．264是目前最新的视频编码标准，相对于以前的ITU—T视频编码标准和mpeg序列标准具有更高的压缩效率．编码效率的提高主要归根于精确的帧间预测编码，其中包括多种块模式．多参考帧运动估计和分数像素精度3种新技术的采用，对这些帧间预测编码技术进行研究和分析．主要是分析这些技术与H．264基本配置之间的比较。     

基于H.264的CABAC解码算法改进研究

针对H.264 Main profile中采用的CABAC解码算法,分别从逆二进制化数据查表、常规解码器归一化过程查找表和子区间定位查找表三个方面进行改进,避免了之前表格查找及分支判断耗费大量的时间,并在一定程度上减少了存储空间的使用,降低了解码时间。经过测试,改进后的算法在速度上提高了45%左右,有一定的实用价值。