Low-pass filtering of rate-distortion functions for quality smoothing in real-time video communication

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 973-981

  He, Zhihai ^a   Zeng, Wenjun ^a   Chen, Chang Wen ^b,c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit allocation; Quality smoothing; Real time video coding; Variable bit rate

Indexed keywords

BIT ALLOCATION; QUALITY SMOOTHING; REAL-TIME VIDEO CODING; VARIABLE BIT RATE;

ALGORITHMS; BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COSTS; IMAGE CODING; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LOW PASS FILTERS;

EID: 25144514871     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2005.852417     Document Type: Article

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