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http://dx.doi.org/10.5909/JBE.2013.18.2.249

Scalable Video Coding Using Large Block and its Performance Analysis  

Park, Un-Ki (School of Elec., Telecom. & Comp. Eng., Korea Aerospace Univ.)
Choi, Haechul (Dept. of Info. and Comm. Eng., Hanbat National Univ.)
Kang, Jung Won (Realistic Media Research Team, ETRI)
Kim, Jae-Gon (School of Elec., Telecom. & Comp. Eng., Korea Aerospace Univ.)
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Journal of Broadcast Engineering / v.18, no.2, 2013 , pp. 249-260 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) has been developed as a new video coding standard mainly focusing on the coding of ultra high definition (UHD) videos as the high resolution and high quality videos are getting more popular. Furthermore, the scalable extension of HEVC is being standardized for more efficient provision of HD and UHD services in the communications-broadcasting convergence environment. In this paper, we propose an improved scalable video coding method of H.264/AVC to achieve high coding efficiency particularly for UHD and HD videos. The basic idea is to allow large block size in H.264/AVC SVC, which results in more efficient inter-layer prediction and syntax elements coding. The experimental results show that it achieves an average 4.53% reduction in BD-rate relative to H.264/AVC SVC.
Keywords
Scalable video coding (SVC); large block; ultra-high definition (UHD);
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