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Optimized H.264/AVC-Based Bit Stream Switching for Mobile Video Streaming

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We show the suitability of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC extended profile for wireless video streaming applications. In particular, we exploit the advanced bit stream switching capabilities using SP/SI pictures defined in the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard. For both types of switching pictures, optimized encoders are developed. We introduce a framework for dynamic switching and frame scheduling. For this purpose we define an appropriate abstract representation for media encoded for video streaming, as well as for the characteristics of wireless variable bit rate channels. The achievable performance gains over H.264/MPEG-4 AVC with constant bit rate (CBR) encoding are shown for wireless video streaming over enhanced GPRS (EGPRS).

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    Thomas Stockhammer

  2. Institute for Communications Engineering (LNT), Munich University of Technology (TUM), Munich, 80290, Germany

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Stockhammer, T., Liebl, G. & Walter, M. Optimized H.264/AVC-Based Bit Stream Switching for Mobile Video Streaming. EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. 2006, 091797 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/ASP/2006/91797

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