New frame type for view access in MVC

This paper proposes a new frame-type, PSB-frame, for view access in multi-view video coding (MVC). With this new frame-type, a corresponding SI-frame that has been supported by the H.264 extended profile can work with the PSB-frame to provide an immediate access point on B-frames. This new PSB-frame facilities some recent applications such as view access of an multi-view bitstream. In this paper, we provide the arrangements for encoding and decoding mechanisms of a PSB-frame and describe how PSB-frames can be used in MVC bitstreams for view access. Simulation results show that the solution with the new frame-type outperforms the existing approaches.