Wyner-Ziv视频编码中的码率控制算法研究

分布式视频编码系统中,现有码率控制方法大致分两类,一种是基于反馈信道,另一种是基于无反馈信道。基于反馈信道码率控制算法虽然可以获得较高的解码质量,但是时延大;相反,无反馈信道码率控制算法时延小、实时性高,但是有损解码质量。为解决这一矛盾,阐述一种混合码率控制算法,即在编码端先估计出较小的码率,当解码失败时,解码端才利用反馈信道向编码端请求更多的校验比特直到解码成功。实验结果表明,在相同目标码率下,与有反馈码率控制算法相比,该算法所需反馈次数有所减少;与现有无反馈码率控制算法相比,对于不同视频序列解码帧的峰值信噪比均有不同程度的提高。     

基于无线噪声信道的编码端码率控制算法研究

针对分布式视频编码系统的关键帧在无线信道中传输受到噪声污染的情况,提出一种基于无线噪声信道的编码端码率控制算法。首先对解码端边信息携带的无线信道噪声进行了理论和实验分析,建立了边信息中无线信道噪声的分布模型;然后结合相关噪声模型推导出编码端的噪声联合模型,并根据分布式视频编码的率失真理论,提出了在无线信道下WZ帧不同系数带的码率控制算法,同时将新的码率控制算法引入基于无线噪声信道的Wyner-Ziv编码器中。实验表明,与现有的编码端码率控制算法相比,所提出的算法在不同无线信道噪声下可使解码重构视频的PSNR值平均提高约0.1～1.8 dB,且未增加复杂度。     

外推结构无反馈DVC码率控制算法研究

针对现有内插结构无反馈分布式视频压缩（DVC）在大图像组条件下存在严重解码延时问题,研究了外推结构的无反馈DVC系统。在编码端,提出一种不等保护码率控制算法,该算法在编码端利用快速运动估计外推产生较高质量的边信息估计,根据比特平面误码率和比特平面重要性,实现比特平面级的码率控制;在解码端提出基于外推内插边信息更新的迭代解码优化,利用更新的边信息对每一分布式帧进行二次解码,在不增加传输码率的条件下进一步提升解码视频质量。实验结果表明,与现有无反馈码率分配算法相比,该算法能够更精确地分配码率,率失真性能提升0.6~1.8 dB,且解码视频图像的主观质量得到明显改善。     

分布式视频编码技术的研究

分布式视频编码建立在20世纪70年代提出的相关信源编码理论的基础上,即Slepian.Wolf和Wyner-Ziv分布式编码信息论原理,与传统视频编码技术相比,分布式视频编码从原理到实现方法上是全新的。它是基于解码端获得边信息（Side Information）的有损编码,这能够降低编码端的复杂度,而把大量的运算转移到解码端。     

频率域Wyner-Ziv视频编码算法的改进

为提高分布式视频编码压缩率,依据无线传感网络终端设备及Wyner-Ziv视频编码特点,针对Bernd Girod的频域Wyner-Ziv视频编码方案提出改进算法。该算法在编码端通过简单DCT运算提出将图像块分为Skip模式、低频模式和全频模式三种可选模式,在解码端根据相应的编码模式分别选择平均插值、自适应搜索运动估计插值和自适应搜索精细运动估计插值的边信息估算方法联合解码。该算法既能通过消除大量的帧间预测与熵编码实现低码率传输,又能以最小的解码代价获得更精确的边信息,从而有效地避免图像解码质量下降。实验结果表明,在相同峰值信噪比情况下,该算法的码率比Bernd Girod提出的频域Wyner-Ziv算法平均下降40%。     

基于比特平面预测的分布式视频WZ帧重构方法

分布式视频编码(DVC)是建立在Wyner-Ziv(WZ)有损源编码理论基础上的全新视频编码框架,具有编码复杂度低、抗误码性能好的特点.普通的DVC在解码端用插值的方法构造边信息时会丢失部分信息,提出了从用于插值边信息的前后帧中提取特征并预测重构帧的下一个比特值,并利用预测的比特值修改重构概率密度函数.实验结果表明,该方法能在传输较少比特平面时提高重构帧的PSNR和主观质量.     

基于复杂度分析的HEVC帧内码率控制算法

随着高清、超高清视频应用的快速发展,码率控制的作用越来越重要。在高效视频编码HEVC(High Efficient Video Coding)中,码率控制算法在码率输出的精度和效率上都取得不错的效果,但是算法并没有考虑到实际视频编码内容的复杂度。针对此问题,提出一种基于复杂度的HEVC帧内码率控制算法。首先利用梯度来表征复杂度,根据复杂度来合理分配码率,然后根据产生的实际比特和预分配比特自适应地更新平滑窗口,最后再结合基本单元层的码率控制算法及时调节码率,从而使输出码率尽可能与目标码率相等。实验结果表明,所提出的方法能够使输出码率更加接近目标码率,并且可以进一步提高视频质量。     

分布式视频编码及关键技术分析

分布式视频编码是一种全新的视频压缩技术,该编码理论基于二十世纪七十年代的Slepian-Wolf和Wyner-Ziv提出的信息论相关理论.与传统视频编码标准中视频序列联合编码、联合解码不同,在分布式视频编码系统中,视频序列独立编码,联合解码,故分布式视频编码具有编码简单、解码复杂的特点,同时还具有抗误码性能强的优点.本文从分布式视频编码的理论基础、应用背景、编码方案和关键技术四个方面,对分布式视频编码进行了分析和归纳,同时指出了下一步的研究方向.     

分布式视频编码中关键帧编码方式的改进

在分布式视频编码中关键帧间的时间相关性没有被利用, 据此提出一种基于频带划分的关键帧编码模式的选择方法。关键帧经过DCT后得到的系数带划分为低频带和高频带, 低频带部分采用Wyner-Ziv编解码, 然后对高频带进一步进行编码模式的选择, 分别进行Wyner-Ziv编解码和传统的帧内编解码, 且在解码端完成编码模式的选择, 通过反馈信道向编码端传送编码模式的选择。仿真结果表明, 在不增加编码端复杂度的情况下, 所提出的方法改善了解码后视频的质量, 使系统的峰值信噪比（PSNR）提高约1~5 dB。     

Wyner-Ziv视频编码中边信息估计改进算法

首先简要介绍了分布式编码基本原理和一种典型的分布式编码方案——Wyner-Ziv视频编码。然后在Wyner-Ziv视频编码中提出了一种改进边信息估计算法,该算法中运动估计采用加权MAD准则。实验仿真结果表明,采用该文算法得到的运动矢量场更为准确,同时在相同输出码率时PSNR比原始算法平均提高0.7 dB。     

Statistical motion learning for improved transform domain Wyner-Ziv video coding

Wyner-Ziv (WZ) video coding is a particular case of distributed video coding (DVC), the recent video coding paradigm based on the Slepian-Wolf and Wyner-Ziv theorems which exploits the source temporal correlation at the decoder and not at the encoder as in predictive video coding. Although some progress has been made in the last years, WZ video coding is still far from the compression performance of predictive video coding, especially for high and complex motion contents. The WZ video codec adopted in this study is based on a transform domain WZ video coding architecture with feedback channel-driven rate control, whose modules have been improved with some recent coding tools. This study proposes a novel motion learning approach to successively improve the rate-distortion (RD) performance of the WZ video codec as the decoding proceeds, making use of the already decoded transform bands to improve the decoding process for the remaining transform bands. The results obtained reveal gains up to 2.3 dB in the RD curves against the performance for the same codec without the proposed motion learning approach for high motion sequences and long group of pictures (GOP) sizes.     

Probabilistic motion-compensated prediction in distributed video coding

Distributed video coding (DVC) constitutes an original coding framework to meet the stringent requirements imposed by uplink-oriented and low-power mobile video applications. The quality of the side information available to the decoder and the efficiency of the employed channel codes are primary factors determining the success of a DVC system. This contribution introduces two novel techniques for probabilistic motion compensation in order to generate side information at the Wyner-Ziv decoder. The employed DVC scheme uses a base layer, serving as a hash to facilitate overlapped block motion estimation at the decoder side. On top of the base layer, a supplementary Wyner-Ziv layer is coded in the DCT domain. Both proposed probabilistic motion compensation techniques are driven by the actual correlation channel statistics and reuse information contained in the hash. Experimental results report significant rate savings caused by the novel side information generation methods compared to previous techniques. Moreover, the compression performance of the presented DVC architecture, featuring the proposed side-information generation techniques, delivers state-of-the-art compression performance.     

Adaptive deblocking filter for transform domain Wyner?Ziv video coding

Wyner-Ziv (WZ) video coding is a particular case of distributed video coding, the recent video coding paradigm based on the Slepian-Wolf and Wyner-Ziv theorems that exploits the source correlation at the decoder and not at the encoder as in predictive video coding. Although many improvements have been done over the last years, the performance of the state-of-the-art WZ video codecs still did not reach the performance of state-of-the-art predictive video codecs, especially for high and complex motion video content. This is also true in terms of subjective image quality mainly because of a considerable amount of blocking artefacts present in the decoded WZ video frames. This paper proposes an adaptive deblocking filter to improve both the subjective and objective qualities of the WZ frames in a transform domain WZ video codec. The proposed filter is an adaptation of the advanced deblocking filter defined in the H.264/AVC (advanced video coding) standard to a WZ video codec. The results obtained confirm the subjective quality improvement and objective quality gains that can go up to 0.63 dB in the overall for sequences with high motion content when large group of pictures are used.     

Distributed video coding with adaptive two-step side information generation for smart and interactive media

Conventional video coding standards, such as MPEGx and H.26x, use a hybrid architecture of block-based motion compensation and discrete cosine transform (DCT) within the structure of a complex encoder and a simple decoder. Contrary to conventional video codecs, Wyner-Ziv (WZ) video coding, which is a practical application of distributed video coding (DVC) based on the Slepian-Wolf and WZ theorems, exploits the source correlation at the decoder, thereby allowing for the development of simpler encoders. However, the current WZ video coding algorithms cannot match the coding performance of conventional video coding. In order to improve the coding performance of transform-domain WZ video coding, an adaptive two-step side-information generation method is thus proposed for evaluation and analysis in this study. The proposed method uses decoded WZ frames in the down-sampled spatial resolution along with already decoded coefficients to successively improve rate-distortion (RD) performance as the decoding progresses. The experimental results show that the proposed method, compared to previous WZ video coding method, shows improved coding performance, particularly under critical conditions, such as cases with high motion content.     

Decoder side information generation techniques in Wyner-Ziv video coding: a review

Multimedia Tools and Applications - In Wyner-Ziv (WZ) video coding, decoder side information (SI) takes a key role in a WZ video codec among other building blocks. In this paper, we review the...     

基于时空联合的解码边信息插值算法

在Wyner-Ziv视频编码中,边信息质量是影响系统编码效率的关键因素,但解码端获得的运动矢量不精确而导致内插边信息的质量不高。为此,提出一种基于时空联合的解码边信息插值算法。该算法将多种块分割模式与双向运动估计相结合,匹配准则采用双向平均绝对误差和(SBAD)判断运动矢量时间变化,利用边界绝对误差(BAD)判断运动矢量的空间变化,通过时空联合匹配准则保证运动矢量的空间平滑性和时间连贯性。实验结果表明,该算法降低了编码码率,内插边信息的主观和客观质量均有所提高,边信息的峰值信噪比(PSNR)最大提高1.41dB。     

Network-driven low complexity coding for wireless multi-view video system

For wireless multi-view video system, which has very limited capability for storage and computation at the encoder, it is essential to design a video coding scheme with low complexity. Wyner-Ziv (WZ) coding scheme shifts large computational complexities to decoder with side information reconstruction, however, its encoding efficiency is not high enough. To obtain higher encoding efficiency and lower encoding complexity for wireless multi-view video applications, a network-driven low complexity video coding method is proposed in the paper. The proposed method is designed to implement color correction, motion vector extrapolation and disparity extraction at the central node of network, so as to reduce large computational complexities of motion estimation at the encoder and disparity estimation at the decoder. Experimental results show that encoding efficiency of the proposed method is higher than those of WZ coding and H.264 intraframe coding methods. The encoding complexity of the proposed method is greatly decreased and the decoded views are of color consistency, which is favorable to high quality view rendering at the decoder.     

Transform-domain distributed video coding with rate-distortion-based adaptive quantisation

This study presents a transform-domain distributed video coding (DVC) system with a rate-distortion (R-D)-based Adaptive QuanTisation (AQT) scheme. In the proposed system, the transform-domain Wyner-Ziv frame is divided into partitions and is adaptively quantised based on estimated local R-D characteristics for each partition. The R-D estimation is performed based on a correlation model between the original source information and the side information and can be applied at the decoder without adding complexity to the encoder. Coding results and comparisons with existing DVC schemes and with H.264/AVC interframe and intraframe coding are presented to illustrate the performance of the proposed system.