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Model Parameter-based Rate Control Algorithm for Constant Quality Real-Time Video Coding  

Jeong, Jin-Woo (Department of Electrical & Electronics, Yonsei University)
Cho, Kyung-Min (Department of Electrical & Electronics, Yonsei University)
Choe, Yoon-Sik (Department of Electrical & Electronics, Yonsei University)
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a rate control algorithm for constant quality real time video coding. To achieve constant quality, previous algorithm exploit mean absolute of difference(MAD) as measure of frame complexity. However, if scene is abruptly changed or if quantization parameter is not constant, encoder produces various output bits with same MAD. Therefore we know that MAD does not appropriately reflect characteristic of frame. To solve this problem, we exploit model parameter as measure of frame complexity. Because model parameter means slope between output bits and MAD, it reflects correctly complexity of frame. And because previous model, R-MAD model, is not considered quantization parameter, as quantization parameter increases or decreases, model parameter of frame also vary. So model parameter obtained using previous model cannot reflect internal characteristic of video. We solve this problem using proposed model, which is considered quantization parameter. Experiment results show that our algorithm provide better performance, in terms of quality smoothness than previous algorithm. Especially, when scene is abruptly changed, our algorithm alleviates quality drop.
Keywords
Rate control; constant Quality; model parameter; H.264;
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