Group-of-pictures-based unequal error protection for scalable video coding extension of H.264/AVC
Abstract
We address the problem of unequal error protection ͑UEP͒ for SNR enhancement layer network abstraction layer ͑NAL͒ units of scalable video coding extension of H.264/AVC standard over wireless packet-erasure channel. We develop a UEP scheme by jointly selecting SNR NAL units and allocating unequal amounts of protection to selected NAL units for every group of pictures in the sequence. A simple heuristic algorithm is proposed to quickly derive the protection pattern. Experimental results demonstrate the proposed UEP scheme provides significant error resilience. © 2009 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
Li Song
Professor, IEEE Senior Member
Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, the Deputy Director of the Institute of Image Communication and Network Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Double-Appointed Professor of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and the Collaborative Innovation Center of Future Media Network, the Deputy Secretary-General of the China Video User Experience Alliance and head of the standards group.