Visual Media Coding and Transmission

Table of contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. VISNET II Researchers
6. Preface
7. Glossary of Abbreviations
8. 1: Introduction
9. 2: Video Coding Principles
   1. 2.1 Introduction
   2. 2.2 Redundancy in Video Signals
   3. 2.3 Fundamentals of Video Compression
   4. 2.4 Advanced Video Compression Techniques
   5. 2.5 Video Codec Standards
   6. 2.6 Assessment of Video Quality
   7. 2.7 Conclusions
   8. References
10. 3: Scalable Video Coding
    1. 3.1 Introduction
    2. 3.2 Overview of the State of the Art
    3. 3.3 Scalable Video Coding Techniques
    4. 3.4 Error Robustness for Scalable Video and Image Coding
    5. 3.5 Conclusions
    6. References
11. 4: Distributed Video Coding
    1. 4.1 Introduction
    2. 4.2 Distributed Source Coding
    3. 4.3 Stopping Criteria for a Feedback Channel-based Transform Domain Wyner–Ziv Video Codec
    4. 4.4 Rate-distortion Analysis of Motion-compensated Interpolation at the Decoder in Distributed Video Coding
    5. 4.5 Nonlinear Quantization Technique for Distributed Video Coding
    6. 4.6 Symmetric Distributed Coding of Stereo Video Sequences
    7. 4.7 Studying Error-resilience Performance for a Feedback Channel-based Transform Domain Wyner–Ziv Video Codec
    8. 4.8 Modeling the DVC Decoder for Error-prone Wireless Channels
    9. 4.9 Error Concealment Using a DVC Approach for Video Streaming Applications
    10. 4.10 Conclusions
    11. References
12. 5: Non-normative Video Coding Tools
    1. 5.1 Introduction
    2. 5.2 Overview of the State of the Art
    3. 5.3 Rate Control Architecture for Joint MVS Encoding and Transcoding
    4. 5.4 Bit Allocation and Buffer Control for MVS Encoding Rate Control
    5. 5.5 Optimal Rate Allocation for H.264/AVC Joint MVS Transcoding
    6. 5.6 Spatio-temporal Scene-level Error Concealment for Segmented Video
    7. 5.7 An Integrated Error-resilient Object-based Video Coding Architecture
    8. 5.8 A Robust FMO Scheme for H.264/AVC Video Transcoding
    9. 5.9 Conclusions
    10. References
13. 6: Transform-based Multi-view Video Coding
    1. 6.1 Introduction
    2. 6.2 MVC Encoder Complexity Reduction using a Multi-grid Pyramidal Approach
    3. 6.3 Inter-view Prediction using Reconstructed Disparity Information
    4. 6.4 Multi-view Coding via Virtual View Generation
    5. 6.5 Low-delay Random View Access in Multi-view Coding Using a Bit Rate-adaptive Downsampling Approach
    6. References
14. 7: Introduction to Multimedia Communications
    1. 7.1 Introduction
    2. 7.2 State of the Art: Wireless Multimedia Communications
    3. 7.3 Conclusions
    4. References
15. 8: Wireless Channel Models
    1. 8.1 Introduction
    2. 8.2 GPRS/EGPRS Channel Simulator
    3. 8.3 UMTS Channel Simulator
    4. 8.4 WiMAX IEEE 802.16e Modeling
    5. 8.5 Conclusions
    6. 8.6 Appendix: E b /N o and DPCH_E c /I o Calculation
    7. References
16. 9: Enhancement Schemes for Multimedia Transmission over Wireless Networks
    1. 9.1 Introduction
    2. 9.2 Link-level Quality Adaptation Techniques
    3. 9.3 Link Adaptation for Video Services
    4. 9.4 User-centric Radio Resource Management in UTRAN
    5. 9.5 Conclusions
    6. References
17. 10: Quality Optimization for Cross-network Media Communications
    1. 10.1 Introduction
    2. 10.2 Generic Inter-networked QoS-optimization Infrastructure
    3. 10.3 Implementation of a QoS-optimized Inter-networked Emulator
    4. 10.4 Performances of Video Transmission in Inter-networked Systems
    5. 10.5 Conclusions
    6. References
18. 11: Context-based Visual Media Content Adaptation
    1. 11.1 Introduction
    2. 11.2 Overview of the State of the Art in Context-aware Content Adaptation
    3. 11.3 Other Standardization Efforts by the IETF and W3C
    4. 11.4 Summary of Standardization Activities
    5. 11.5 Generation of Contextual Information and Profiling
    6. 11.6 The Application Scenario for Context-based Adaptation of Governed Media Contents
    7. 11.7 Conclusions
    8. References
19. Index