Software-based H.263 video encoder using a cluster of workstations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3166, Issue , 1997, Pages 272-279

  Akramullah, Shahriar ^a   Ahmad, Ishfaq ^a   Liou, Ming L ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

H.263; Message passing; MPEG; Parallel processing; Real time video compression

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; CLUSTER COMPUTING; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MESSAGE PASSING; MOTION ESTIMATION; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ATM SWITCH; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; H.263; HARDWARE TOPOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD (IS); MESSAGE PASSING INTERFACE (MPI); MOTION SEARCH; MPEG; PARALLEL MACHINES; PARALLEL PROCESSING; PROCESSOR SYSTEMS; QUANTIZATION PARAMETER (QP); REAL-TIME VIDEO COMPRESSION; SOFTWARE-BASED; VIDEO CODING; VIDEO ENCODERS; VIDEO TELEPHONY;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 0009952533     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279622     Document Type: Conference Paper

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