Title :
H.264-based multiple description coding using motion compensated temporal interpolation
Author :
Greco, Claudio ; Cagnazzo, Marco ; Pesquet-Popescu, Béatrice
Author_Institution :
TSI Dept., TELECOM-ParisTech, Paris, France
Abstract :
Multiple description coding is a framework adapted to noisy transmission environments. In this work, we use H.264 to create two descriptions of a video sequence, each of them assuring a minimum quality level. If both of them are received, a suitable algorithm is used to produce an improved quality sequence. The key technique is a temporal image interpolation using motion compensation, inspired to the distributed video coding context. The interpolated image blocks are weighted with the received blocks obtained from the other description. The optimal weights are computed at the encoder and efficiently sent to the decoder as side information. The proposed technique shows a remarkable gain for central decoding with respect to similar methods available in the state of the art.
Keywords :
image sequences; interpolation; motion compensation; video coding; H.264-based multiple description coding; distributed video coding; motion compensated temporal interpolation; noisy transmission; video quality; video sequence; Bit rate; Context; Decoding; Encoding; Interpolation; Quantization; Video coding; Video coding; distributed video coding; legacy coder; multiple description;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP), 2010 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Saint Malo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8110-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8111-8
DOI :
10.1109/MMSP.2010.5662026