• ETRI Journal
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.281-291
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• 2010

Scalable video coding (SVC) has been standardized as an extension of the H.264/AVC standard. This paper proposes a practical real-time transport protocol (RTP) packetization scheme to transport SVC video over IP networks. In combined scalability of SVC, a coded picture of a base or scalable enhancement layer is produced as one or more video layers consisting of network abstraction layer (NAL) units. The SVC NAL unit header contains a (DID, TID, QID) field to identify the association of each SVC NAL unit with its scalable enhancement layer without parsing the payload part of the SVC NAL unit. In this paper, we utilize the (DID, TID, QID) information to derive hierarchical spatio-temporal relationship of the SVC NAL units. Based on the derivation using the (DID, TID, QID) field, we propose a practical RTP packetization scheme for generating single RTP sessions in unicast and multicast transport of SVC video. The experimental results indicate that the proposed packetization scheme can be efficiently applied to transport SVC video over IP networks with little induced delay, jitter, and computational load.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.270-273
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• 2010

스케일러블 비디오 부호화(SVC: Scalable Video Coding)는 하나의 비트스트림 결과물로부터 둘 이상의 다중 비트율 및 해상도, 프레임율을 추출할 수 있도록 MPEG의 스케일러블 비디오 코딩 국제 표준을 준수하여 부호화한 비디오 비트스트림을 의미한다. 우리는 SVC(Scalable Video Coding)기반기술을 이용하여 하나의 콘텐츠를 통해 소비환경에 적응적인 비디오 스트리밍 서비스를 IP망을 기반으로 적용하기 위한 응용기술을 개발하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 단말로 부터 전송채널에 대한 상태를 전송받아 이에 맞게 콘텐츠를 적응변환 하고 다양한 품질의 단말에서의 스트리밍을 제공하는 SVC 미디어 서버를 관리하는 SVC 서버 관리 제어기의 설계 및 그 구현에 관한 내용이다. 이와 같이 SVC 서버 관리 제어기의 개발을 통해서 SVC의 다양한 콘텐츠 적응레벨을 설정하고 관리할 수 있다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.542-554
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• 2007

Seamless streaming of multimedia content via heterogeneous networks to viewers using a variety of devices has been a desire for many multimedia services, for which the multimedia contents should be adapted to usage environments such as network characteristics, terminal capabilities, and user preferences. Scalability in video coding is one of attractive features to meet dynamically changing requirements of heterogeneous networks. Currently a new scalable video coding (SVC) is standardizing in the Joint Video Team (JVT) of the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG), which will be released as Extension 3 of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. In this paper, we introduce new technologies of SVC and evaluate performance of it especially regarding on overhead bit-rate and coding efficiency to support spatial, temporal, and quality scalability.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.4B
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• pp.368-376
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• 2009

Over recent years, the development of multimedia devices has meant that a wider multimedia streaming service can be supported, and there are now many ways in which TV channels can communicate with different terminals. Generally, scalable video streaming is known to provide more efficient channel capacity than simulcast video streaming. Simulcast video streaming requires a large network bandwidth for all resolutions, but scalable video streaming needs only one flow for all resolutions. On the contrary, to preserve the same video quality, SVC(Sealable Video Coding) needs a higher bit-rate than AVC(non-layered Video Coding) due to the coding penalty($10%{\sim}30%$). In previous research, scalable video streaming has been compared with simulcast video streaming for network channel capacity, in two-user simulation environments. The simulation results show that the channel capacity of SVC is $16{\sim}20%$ smaller than AVC, but scalable video streaming is not efficient because of the limit of the present network framework. In this paper, we propose a new network framework with a new router using EDE(Extraction Decision Engine) and SVC Extractor to improve network performance. In addition, we compare the SVC environment in the proposed framework with previous research on the same way subject. The proposed network framework shows a channel capacity 50%(maximum) lower than that found in previous research studies.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.1018-1025
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• 2011

Scalable Video Coding (SVC) extension of H.264/AVC is a new video coding standard for media convergence by providing diverse videos of different spatial-temporal-quality layers with a single bitstream. Recently, real-time SVC codecs are being developed for the application areas of surveillance video and mobile video, etc. This paper presents the design and implementation of a H.264/SVC decoder based on an embedded DSP using Open SVC Decoder (OSD) which is a real-time software decoder designed for the PC environment. The implementation consists of porting C code of the OSD software from PC to DSP environment, profiling the complexity performance of OSD with further optimization, and integrating the optimized decoder into the TI Davinci EVM (Evaluation Module). 50 QCIF/CIF frames or 15 SD frames per second can be decoded with the implemented DSP-based SVC decoder.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.47-54
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• 2011

To protect SVC(Scalable Video Coding) media, the encryption mechanism need to consider two fundamental issues; First, What is to be encrypted? Second, When encryption is performed with respect to compression? In this paper, we analyze the several encryption approaches with regard to the above issue. And we propose hybrid-based protection mechanism. This mechanism ensures the media scalability, layered access control and reuse protected content. In this experiment the proposed mechanism generates under 3% security overhead against standard scalable video coding.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.239-242
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• 2006

In this letter, we propose a new functionality to scalable video coding (SVC), that is, the support of multiple region of interests (ROIs) for heterogeneous display resolution. The main objective of SVC is to provide temporal, spatial, and quality scalability of an encoded bitstream. The ROI is an area that is semantically important to a particular user, especially users with heterogeneous display resolutions. Less transmission bandwidth is needed compared to when the entire region is transmitted/decoded and then sub-sampled or cropped. To support multiple ROIs in SVC, we adopt flexible macroblock ordering (FMO), a tool defined in H.264, and based on it, we propose a way to encode and, independently, decode ROIs. The proposed method is implemented on the joint scalable video model (JSVM) and its functionality verified.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.905-914
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• 2008

The paper studied the scheme of applying the MPEG-4 SVC signal to the Ka band satellite broadcasting system through the JSCC system to resolve the rain fading problem generated when providing the Ka band HDTV satellite broadcasting service. The Ka band satellite broadcasting system is based on the VCM mode of the DVB-S2, and the SVC signal is considered as one of the spatial scalability, the SNR scalability and the temporal scalability. The JSCC system jointed all the layers of the source coding system and the channel coding system, and allocated bit rate to source coding and channel coding for each layer to get the optimum receiving quality. The layers are consists of a base layer and an enhancement layer, and the bit rate of each layer is affected by the SVC signal. The applicability of the three SVC signals to the Ka band satellite broadcasting service is analyzed with respect to the rain fading, and the scheme of applying the most excellent SVC to the service is considered.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.929-932
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 암호화된 Scalable Video Coding (SVC) 비트스트림에서의 조건적 접근제어을 위한 키 관리 기법을 제안한다. 스케일러블 비디오 코딩 기술은 한번 인코딩 후 비트스트림 추출을 통해 다양한 확장성(scalabbility)을 가지는 비디오를 생성 할 수 있는 기술로 확장하는 단위마다 다른 키로 암호화 하여 조건적 접근제어를 구성 할 수 있다. 그러나 기존의 조건적 접근제어 기술은 암호화 시 복수의 키가 필요하며 이는 키의 관리와 분배에 어려움을 준다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 기존의 스케일러블 코딩기법에서 조건적 접근제어를 위한 키 관리기법을 살펴보고 SVC 의 확장 구조에 맞는 키 관리 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 SVC 를 이용한 스트리밍 테스트베드에서 구현되어, 조건적 접근제어를 위한 키 관리기능의 유용성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.153-162
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• 2015

In today's pervasive computing environments, multimedia content should be adapted to meet various conditions of network connections, terminals, and user characteristics. Scalable Video Coding (SVC) is a key solution for video communication over heterogeneous networks, where user terminals have different capabilities. This paper presents a standard-compliant approach that adapts an SVC bitstream to support multiple users. The adaptation problem is formulated as an optimization problem, focusing on the tradeoff between qualities of different spatial layers of an SVC video. Then the adaptation process is represented by standard metadata of MPEG-21, which can be solved by universal processing to enable interoperable and automatic operation. Our approach provides the users with optimal quality, a wide flexibility, and seamless adaptation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that shows the adaptation tradeoff between spatial layers of a conforming SVC bitstream.