• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.43-45
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• 2015

본 논문은 최근 관심이 높아지고 있는 UHD 콘텐츠 제작과 관련하여 8K UHD 비디오 렌더링 시스템을 제안한다. 현재 시장은 4K UHD 비디오를 중심으로 편집되고 있는 실정을 감안하여, 기존의 상용 UHD 편집 S/W 기반에서 4K UHD 단위의 편집은 유지한 상태로 8K UHD 를 편집하는 환경을 제안하고, 이를 비디오 렌더링 시스템으로 설계하고 구현하였다. 본 비디오 렌더링 시스템은 상용 편집 S/W 기반에서 동작 가능하고, 특히 압축된 비디오 스트림의 디코딩과 비디오 렌더링(합성)을 GPU 기반으로 구현하여 시스템 성능을 효율적으로 사용하였다. 향후 8K UHD 가 시장에 보급되고 시스템 자원이 함께 발전하기 전까지 4K UHD 와 8K UHD 를 잇는 중간 관점에서 활용될 수 있으며, 아울러 4 채널의 4K UHD 비디오를 동시에 편집/모니터링 하는 용도로도 활용이 가능하다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.118-131
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• 2019

In order to provide 8K UHD contents of terrestrial broadcasting with a large capacity, the terrestrial broadcasting system has various problems such as limited bandwidth and so on. To solve these problems, UHD contents transmission technology has been actively studied, and an 8K UHD broadcasting system using terrestrial broadcasting network and communication network has been proposed. The proposed technique is to solve the limited bandwidth problem of terrestrial broadcasting network by segmenting 8K UHD contents and transmitting them to heterogeneous networks through hierarchical separation. Through the terrestrial broadcasting network, the base layer corresponding to FHD and the additional enhancement layer data for 4K UHD are transmitted, and the additional enhancement layer data corresponding to 8K UHD is transmitted through the communication network. When 8K UHD contents are provided in such a way, user can receive up to 4K UHD broadcasting by terrestrial channels, and also can receive up to 8K UHD additional communication networks. However, in order to transmit the 4K UHD contents within the allocated bit rate of the domestic terrestrial UHD broadcasting, the compression rate is increased, so a certain level of image deterioration occurs inevitably. Due to the nature of UHD contents, video quality should be considered as a top priority over other factors, so that video quality should be guaranteed even within a limited bit rate. This requires packet scheduling of content generators in the broadcasting system. Since the multiplexer sends out the packets received from the content generator in order, it is very important to make the transmission time and the transmission rate of the process from the content generator to the multiplexer constant and accurate. Therefore, we propose a variable transmission scheduler between the content generator and the multiplexer to guarantee the image quality of a certain level of UHD contents in this paper.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.860-872
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• 2018

In this Paper, we propose 8K UHD (Ultra High Definition) encapsulation method for efficient transmission and reception based on MMT (MPEG Media Transport). Broadcasting services for 8K UHD allow users to feel the maximized reality. However, present technology is difficult to provide 8K UHD in broadcasting networks, because the 8K UHD bitrate is too high to be transmitted in the current broadcasting networks. Research for transmitting 8K UHD is underway. In some researches, a receiver is implemented with four 4K UHD display instead of a 8K UHD display. In order to transmit 8K UHD within the limited transmission bitrate of broadcasting network, 8K UHD contents encoded by SHVC (Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding) and then transmitted over heterogeneous network. For using the broadcasting and communication networks, MMT standard is used. MMT is IP based transmission protocol as the next generation transmission protocol. According to the MMT standard, video stream encapsulated and transmitted in MMTP (MMT Protocol) packet. IP-based broadcasting and communication networks can be used to transmit simultaneously, and the receiver can synchronize and play it. We propose an encapsulation method that can efficiently transmit and receive 8K UHD. The proposed method increases a payload rate and decreases an initial delay at the receiver. We show that the efficiency of the proposed method is verified by experimental tests.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.51-53
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• 2015

본 논문은 현재 서비스 시작 단계인 UHDTV 방송 서비스의 확산을 위해서 UHD 콘텐츠 제작 워크플로우에서 우선적으로 요구되는 UHD 콘텐츠의 실시간 획득, 저장을 하고 이를 편집할 수 있는 UHD 콘텐츠 인제스트 및 편집용 비디오 서버 시스템의 설계와 구현 방법에 대해 기술한다. 제안된 UHD 콘텐츠 비디오 서버 시스템은 최대 8K UHD 콘텐츠를 실시간으로 인제스트 및 재생하고, 또한 저장된 콘텐츠를 상용 편집툴과 연동하여 8K 콘텐츠를 편집할 수 있다.

• Broadcasting and Media Magazine
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.26-32
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• 2018

본 고에서는 지상파 8K UHD 방송 통신 융합 서비스 기술을 소개한다. 8K UHD 서비스를 위한 최근 동향을 살펴보고 지상파 방송에서도 8K UHD 서비스 할 수 있도록 제안된 방송 통신 융합 시스템을 소개하고자 한다. 방송망과 통신망에서 동시에 전송할 수 있는 MMT(MPEG Media Transport) 기술과 차세대 비디오 코덱인 SHVC(Scalable High-efficiency Coding) 기술을 살펴본다. 그리고 이 기술들이 적용된 8K 방송 통신 융합 송수신 시스템과 서비스 기술을 소개하고 향후 지상파 방송의 새로운 방송 서비스로 방송 통신 융합 서비스의 가능성을 제시하며 마무리 짓는다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.8
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• pp.271-282
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• 2014

The recent flow of broadcasting technology, HDTV and 3DTV are being followed to develop UHDTV. UHDTV has established itself as the new paradigm. In Korea, the 4K-UHDTV experimental terrestrial broadcasting and cable and satellite TV services are being carried out in the present. 4K-UHD content creation workflow to enable a systematic formulation is needed. In this study, Through expert opinion 4K-UHD production workflow to derive the important topics and Hierarchical analysis methods (AHP, Analytic Hierarchy Process) is applied to 4K-UHD content creation is important to consider the items were compared to each other. The upper layer has a content creation workflow planning side, the media file management side and operational aspects of the selection and production equipment were classified. In the lower layer, UHD STAFF roles between production and training, media management, selection and operation of the storage device was evaluated in a relatively important. In addition, real-time 4K-UHD suggested workflow for production.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.774-777
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• 2015

This paper introduces the world's first programmable video-processing platform for the enhancement of the video quality of the 8K(7680x4320) UHD(Ultra High Definition) TV operating up to 60 frames per second. In order to support required computing capacity and memory bandwidth, the proposed platform implemented several key features such as symmetric multi-cluster architecture for parallel data processing, a ring-data path between the clusters for data pipelining and hardware accelerators for computing filter operations. The proposed platform based on RP(Reconfigurable Processor) processes video quality enhancement algorithms and handles effectively new UHD broadcasting standards and display panels.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.563-581
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• 2010

In this paper, we perform subjective visual quality assessments on UHD video for UHD TV services and analyze the assessment results. Demands for video services have been increased with availabilities of DTV, Internet and personal media equipments. With this trend, the demands for high definition video have also been increasing. Currently, 2K-HD ($1920{\times}1080$) video have been widely consumed over DTV, DVD, digital camcoders, security cameras and other multimedia terminals in various types, and recently digital cinema contents of 4K-UHD($3840{\times}2160$) have been popularly produced and the cameras, beam projects, display panels that support for 4K-UHD video start to come out into multimedia markets. Also it is expected that 4K-UHD service will appear soon in broadcasting and telecommunications environments. Therefore, in this paper, subjective assessments of visual quality on resolutions, color formats, frame rates and compression rates have been carried to provide basis information for standardization of signal specification of UHD video and viewing environments for future UHDTV. As the analysis on the assessments, UHD video exhibits better subjective visual quality than HD by the evaluators. Also, the 4K-UHD test sequences in YUV444 shows better subjective visual quality than the 4K-UHD test sequences in YUV422 and YUV420, but there is little perceptual difference on 4K-UHD test sequences between YUV422 and YUV420 formats. For the comparison between different frame rates, 4K-UHD test sequences of 60fps gives better subjective visual quality than those of 30fps. For bit-depth comparison, HD test sequences in 10-bit depth were little differentiated from those in 8-bit depth in subject visual quality assessment. Lastly, the larger the PSNR values of the reconstructed 4K-UHD test sequences are, the higher the subjective visual quality is. Against the viewing distances, the differences among encoded 4K-UHD test sequences were less distinguished in longer distances from the display.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.59-63
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• 2021

In order to broadcast 8K UHD, domestic broadcasting is upgrading production, operation, and transmission technologies in a new way that has various forms such as terrestrial broadcasting, IPTV, mobile, and streaming services. In order to overcome the existing SDI transmission technology that has reached its limit, new transmission technologies using ICT-based convergence such as IT, Network, IOT, and Big Data are developing. Internet Protocol(IP) transmission technology is an IT-based core protocol that transcends various broadcasting infrastructures. Therefore, it can be said that the technology for converting the broadcasting system based on IP is a natural one for preparing for 8K UHD in the future. In this paper, we propose an IP transmission system that adopts a network that can transmit 8K with hardware of 12G Serial Digital Interface (SDI), in order to prepare for the future broadcasting system according to the development of ALL IP interface technology.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.11 no.8
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• pp.4092-4104
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• 2017

In this paper, an efficient 4K and 8K UHD(Ultra High Definition) transmission scheme is proposed on the convergence networks with broadcasting and LTE(Long Term Evolution) by using CoMP(Coordinated Multi-Point). A video data is compressed and divided into BL(Base Layer), E(Enhanced layer)1, E2 and E3 by scalable HEVC(High Efficiency Video Coding). The divided layers can be combined by the scalable HEVC such as mobile HD, full HD, 4K and 8K UHD(Ultra High Definition). The divided layers are transmitted through the convergence networks with DVB-T2(Digital Video Broadcasting-$2^{nd}$ Generation Terrestrial) broadcasting system and LTE CoMP. This scheme transmits mobile HD and full HD layers through DVB-T2 broadcasting system by using M-PLP(Multiple-physical Layer Pipes), and adaptively transmits 4K or 8K UHD layer through LTE CoMP with MMT(MPEG Media Transport) server. An adaptive transmitting and receiving scheme in the LTE CoMP system provides 4K or 8K UHD layer to a user according to the user status. The proposed scheme is verified by showing the system-level simulation results which is better BER(bit-error-rate) performance than the conventional scheme. The results show that the proposed scheme provides the stable video contents to the user especially at the cell edge.