Fast bit rate estimation for mode decision of H.264/AVC

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1402-1407

  Sarwer, Mohammed Golam ^b   Po, Lai Man ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Context based variable length coding (CAVLC); H.264 AVC; Mode decision; Rate estimation; Rate distortion (RD) optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STANDARDS;

CONTEXT-BASED VARIABLE LENGTH CODING (CAVLC); H.264/AVC; MODE DECISION; RATE ESTIMATION; RATE-DISTORTION (RD) OPTIMIZATION;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 34948845628     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2007.903787     Document Type: Article

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