Overview of the Scalable H.264/MPEG4-AVC Extension

The scalable extension of H.264/MPEG4-AVC is a current standardization project of the Joint Video Team (JVT) of the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). This paper gives an overview of the design of the scalable H.264/MPEG4-AVC extension and describes the basic concepts for supporting temporal, spatial, and SNR scalability. The efficiency of the described concepts for providing spatial and SNR scalability is analyzed by means of simulation results and compared to H.264/MPEG4-AVC compliant single layer coding.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ICIP
• Authors: Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
• Keywords: ICIP 2006, Image Processing, Scalable Extension, Scalable H.264/mpeg4-avc Extension, Single Layer Coding, SNR Scalability, Video Coding Experts