• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.10d
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• pp.580-584
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• 2007

H.264/AVC SVC에서는 공간적 확장성을 지원하기 위하여 계층 간 예측 방법을 새롭게 도입하였다. 계층 간 예측은 하위 계층의 움직임 정보, 텍스처 정보, 잔여 신호 정보를 이용하여 계층 간 중복성을 제거하는 방법이다. 따라서 상위 계층의 부호화 효율을 높이는 반면, 복호화 과정에서는 하위 계승의 잔여 신호 정보를 픽셀 단위까지 복원하여 계산 복잡도가 높아지는 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 H.264/AVC SVC에서 복호화 과정의 계산 복잡도를 줄이기 위하여 DCT 기반의 잔여 신호 예측 구조를 제안하였다. H.264/AVC SVC에서 픽셀 기반의 잔여 신호 예측 구조와 제안하는 구조의 연산 수를 계산하여 계산 복잡도를 비교한 결과 약 33%의 개선이 이루어졌다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.10 no.4 s.29
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• pp.515-527
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• 2005

A next-generation codec should be developed to be a scalable video codec(SVC) that not only maximizes the coding efficiency but also adaptively copes with the various communication devices and the variation of network environments. To meet these requirements, Joint Video Team (JVT) of ISO/IEC and ITU-T is standardizing H.264/AVC based SVC. In this paper, we introduce research directions and status on SVC standardization and also analyze techniques and algorithms adopted in the current SVC.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.1486-1488
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• 2009

본 논문은 비디오 압축 기술인 H.264/AVC와 H.264/SVC에 적용할 수 있는 인증 목적의 효율적인 프레자일(fragile) 워터마킹 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 워터마킹 기법은 H.264/AVC 비디오 부호화기에서 압축률을 높이기 위해 사용하는 매크로블록(MB) 예측 모드들을 특징 값으로 추출하여 콘텐츠 제공자의 비밀키로 암호화 후 워터마크로 사용하는 인증 기법으로, 이는 공간적, 시간적 그리고 SNR 확장성을 가지는 H.264/SVC에도 확장하여 적용할 수 있다. 워터마크 삽입은 최적의 예측 모드를 찾기 위한 모드 결정과정에서 수행되어 워터마크 후에도 최적화 된 콘텐츠를 얻을 수 있으며, 간단한 연산을 엔코더와 결합시켜 낮은 시간 증가율을 가진다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.44-53
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• 2011

H.264/SVC provides scalable video streams which consist of a base layer and one or more enhancement layers. Thus, it can efficiently adapt encoded streams to individual network conditions by dropping some layers of bit streams. However, on a dynamic environment such as the Internet, random packet losses due to network congestion can cause drastic effect on SVC quality. To avoid network congestion, the rate of video streams should be adjusted by carefully selecting a layer of each stream. In this paper, we propose three layer selection algorithms which can avoid network congestion by using the rate-distortion characteristics of streams. Simulation results show that FS(Far-Sighted) algorithm can maximize the overall PSNR value of streams by efficiently using the characteristics of video streams.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.640-658
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• 2012

One of the existing terrestrial multi-channel DTV service frameworks, called KoreaView, provides four programs, composed of MPEG-2 based one HD video and H.264/AVC based three SD videos within one single 6MHz frequency bandwidth. However the additional 3 SD videos can not provide enough quality due to its reduced spatial resolution and low target bitrates. In this paper, we propose a framework, which is called a terrestrial multi-channel high quality hybrid DTV service, to overcome such a weakness of KoreaView services. In the proposed framework, the three additional SD videos are encoded based on an H.264/SVC Spatial Base layer, which is compliant with H.264/AVC, and are delivered via broadcasting networks. On the other hand, and the corresponding three additional HD videos are encoded based on an H.264/SVC Spatial Enhancement layer, which are transmitted over broadband networks such as Internet, thus allowing the three additional videos for users with better quality of experience. In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed framework, various experimental results are provided for real video contents being used for DTV services. First, the experimental results show that, when the SD sequences are encoded by the H.264/SVC Spatial Base layer at a target bitrate of 1.5Mbps, the resulting PSNR values are ranged from 34.5dB to 42.9dB, which is a sufficient level of service quality. Also it is noted that 690kbps-8,200kbps are needed for the HD test sequences when they are encoded in the H.264/SVC Spatial Enhancement layer at similar PSNR values for the same HD sequences encoded by MPEG-2 at a target bitrate of 12 Mbps.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.225-227
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• 2009

International standard specification, H.264/SVC improved from H.264/AVC, is set up so as to promote free use of huge multimedia data in various channel environments.;H.264/AVC is a international standard speicification for video compression, adopted and commercialized as standard for DMB broadcasting by JVT of ISO/IEC MPEG and ITU-T VCEG. SVC standard uses 'intra/inter prediction' in AVC as well as 'inter-layer intra prediction', 'inter-layer motion prediction' and 'inter-layer residual prediction' to improve efficiency of encoding. Among prediction technologies, 'inter-layer intra prediction' is to use co-located block of up sampled sublevels as a prediction signal. At this time, application of interpolation is one of the most important factors to determine encoding efficiency. SVC's currently using poly-phase FIR filter of 4-tap and 2-tap respectively to luma components. This paper is written for the purpose of analyzing encoding performance according to the interpolation. For this purpose, we applied poly-phase FIR filter of '2-tap', '4-tap' and '6-tap' respectively to luma components and then measured bit-rate, PNSR and running time of interpolation filter. We're expecting that the analysis results of this paper will be utilized for effective application of interpolation filter. SVC standard uses 'intra/inter prediction' in AVC as well as 'inter-layer intra prediction', 'inter-layer motion prediction' and 'inter-layer residual prediction' to improve efficiency of encoding.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37 no.8A
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• pp.689-697
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose base layer repetition and HARQ schemes for improving the reliability and the performances of H.264 SVC video transmission in a wireless channel, and investigate its performances. The proposed method may solve the problems of transmission delay as well as the scarcity of wireless resources, since the proposed scheme was applied for only base layer, not for enhancement layer. The numerical results show that the proposed scheme can enhance the BER performance of $1.5{\times}10^{-5}$ and the FER of $1.2{\times}10^{-3}$, when SNR=3.4dB. Also, it was confirmed through the resultant images that the proposed method can improve the SVC performance in the wireless link.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06d
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• pp.268-271
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 H.264/SVC(Scalability Video Coding)를 기반으로 한 ROI(Region Of Interest) 화질 개선 방법을 제안한다. H.264/SVC는 공간적, 시간적, 화질적 확장성을 지원하고 있다. 이로 인해 네트워크 환경과 모바일 기기에 더욱 적합하게 되었다. 하지만 이러한 확장성은 객관적인 화질 개선을 고려하여 설계되었다. 본 연구는 주관적인 화질 개선을 위해 관심 영역을 설정하였으며, 이를 위하여 관심 영역을 설정하기 위한 방법과 이를 효율적으로 전송하기 위한 효과적인 전송 방법을 제안한다. 또한 기존 SVC 확장성까지도 활용하는 화질 개선 방법을 제시 한다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.249-260
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• 2013

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.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.428-430
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• 2012

Korea View 는 지상파 디지털 TV 의 새로운 서비스 프레임워크로 6MHz 의 지상파 방송 대역폭 내에서 하나의 HD 채널만 서비스되던 것을 향상된 비디오 압축 기술을 이용하여 1 개의 HD 채널과 3 개의 SD 채널, 총 4 개의 채널을 서비스하는 지상파 다채널 디지털 TV 서비스를 의미한다. 본 논문에서는 Korea View 서비스 프레임워크에 H.264/SVC 를 이용하여 SD 급으로 전송되던 3 개의 채널에 대해 SVC 의 공간 계위를 갖도록 부호화 한 HD 급 향상계층 비디오 부호화 스트림을 광대역 망을 통해 전송하는 다채널 하이브리드 HDTV 방송서비스 프레임워크를 제안하고 이를 위해 H.264/SVC 의 부호화 성능을 평가하고 분석한다. 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 H.264/SVC 기본계층에 해당하는 3 개의 SD 채널에 대해 1.5Mbps 목표 비트율로 부호화 하는 동시에 H.264/SVC 의 향상계층에 해당하는 HD 비디오의 부호화를 수행하여 SD 급 기본계층과 HD 급 향상계층의 부호화 성능을 평가 및 분석하였다. 실험을 통해 SD 급 기본계층에서 34.5dB 이상의 화질로 서비스 가능한 수준의 객관적 화질임을 확인하였고, HD 급 향상계층에 대해서는 12Mbps 비트율로 부호화 된 MPEG-2 영상의 화질을 제공하기 위해 690kbps 이상의 비트율이 필요하다는 것을 제시한다.