Fine granularity scalable video: Implications for streaming and a trace-based evaluation methodology

Patrick Seeling; Philippe de Cuetos; Martin Reisslein

doi:10.1109/MCOM.2005.1421917

Fine granularity scalable video: Implications for streaming and a trace-based evaluation methodology

Patrick Seeling, Philippe de Cuetos, Martin Reisslein

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Abstract

Fine granularity scalability (FGS) is a new development in the area of video coding, which is designed to facilitate video streaming over communication networks. With FGS coding, the video stream can be flexibly truncated at very fine granularity to adapt to the available network resources. In this article we introduce the communications generalist to the basic properties of FGS video coding to provide background for the design of video streaming mechanisms for FGS video. We then outline a methodology for evaluating streaming mechanisms for FGS encoded video. The methodology relies on traces of the rate-distortion characteristics of FGS encoded video and enables networking researchers and practitioners without access to video codecs and video sequences to develop and evaluate rate-distortion optimized streaming mechanisms for FGS encoded video.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	138-142
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Communications Magazine
Volume	43
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2005.1421917
State	Published - Apr 2005

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Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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