Overview of the H.264/AVC video coding standard

Author

Wiegand, Thomas ; Sullivan, Gary J. ; Bjøntegaard, Gisle ; Luthra, Ajay

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer-Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany

Volume

13

Issue

7

fYear

2003

fDate

7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

560

Lastpage

576

Abstract

H.264/AVC is newest video coding standard of the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group and the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group. The main goals of the H.264/AVC standardization effort have been enhanced compression performance and provision of a "network-friendly" video representation addressing "conversational" (video telephony) and "nonconversational" (storage, broadcast, or streaming) applications. H.264/AVC has achieved a significant improvement in rate-distortion efficiency relative to existing standards. This article provides an overview of the technical features of H.264/AVC, describes profiles and applications for the standard, and outlines the history of the standardization process.

Keywords

IEC standards; ISO standards; code standards; data compression; rate distortion theory; standardisation; telecommunication standards; video coding; H.264/AVC standardization; H.264/AVC video coding standard; ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group; ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group; compression performance; rate-distortion efficiency; standardization history; video broadcast; video representation; video storage; video streaming; video telephony; Automatic voltage control; Broadcasting; IEC standards; ISO standards; MPEG standards; Multimedia communication; Standardization; Telephony; Video coding; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8215

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCSVT.2003.815165

Filename

1218189