Abstract
This paper analyzes the distortion in decoded video caused by random packet losses in the underlying transmission network. A recursion model is derived that relates the average channel-induced distortion in successive P-frames. The model is applicable to all video encoders using the block-based motion-compensated prediction framework (including the H261/263/264 and MPEG1/2/4 video coding standards) and allows for any motion-compensated temporal concealment method at the decoder. The model explicitly considers the interpolation operation invoked for motion-compensated temporal prediction and concealment with sub-pel motion vectors. The model also takes into account the two new features of the H.264/AVC standard, namely intraprediction and inloop deblocking filtering. A comparison with simulation data shows that the model is very accurate over a large range of packet loss rates and encoder intrablock rates. The model is further adapted to characterize the channel distortion in subsequent received frames after a single lost frame. This allows one to easily evaluate the impact of a single frame loss.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 1637512 |
| Pages (from-to) | 716-732 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2006 |
Keywords
- Deblocking filter
- End-to-end distortion
- Error concealment
- Error propagation
- H.264/AVC
- Intraprediction
- Packet loss
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Media Technology
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering