Visual Media Coding and Transmission

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