Fully Reconfigurable Video Coding

The main goal of this project is to go beyond the video coding standards with the design of a framework for fully reconfigurable video decoding, that is, video decoders with reconfigurable capabilities so that some header fields in the video bit stream could change the decoder configuration in a way that it can decode the video payload. Click here for more information.

Currently our work is focused on two different tasks. Firstly, integrating adaptive non standard-complaint algorithms to the encoder engine so that we can demonstrate the potential benefits of a reconfigurable approach. Secondly, defining a decoder description syntax for communicating new decoder functions.

Partners

• GPM, Dept. of Signal Theory & Communications , Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• Center for Video Communications, Gordon University, UK.

Related publications

• C. S. Kannangara, J. M Philp, I. E. Richardson, M. Bystrom, M. de Frutos Lopez, A Syntax for Defining, Communicating, and Implementing Video Decoder Function and Structure, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 25, pp. 303-313.
• I. Richardson, C. S. Kannangara, M. Bystrom, J. Philp and M. de Frutos Lopez, Implementing fully Configurable Video Coding, ICIP 2009, Cairo, Egypt, November 2009.
• J. Philp, C. S. Kannangara, M. Bystrom, M. de Frutos Lopez and I. Richardson, Decoder Description syntax for Fully Configurable Video Coding, ICIP 2009, Cairo, Egypt, November 2009.
• C. S. Kannangara, I. Richardson, M. Bystrom, M. de-Frutos-Lopez, "Fast, Dynamic Configuration of Transforms for Video Coding," ICIP 2008, San Diego, California, October 2008.
• I. Richardson, M. Bystrom, M. de-Frutos-Lopez, C. S. Kannangara, "Dynamic Transform Replacement in an H.264 Codec," ICIP 2008, San Diego, California, October 2008.