Video quality

About: Video quality is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13143 publications have been published within this topic receiving 178307 citations.

A remote markerless human gait tracking for e-healthcare based on content-aware wireless multimedia communications

Abstract: Remote human motion tracking and gait analysis over wireless networks can be used for various e-healthcare systems for fast medical prognosis and diagnosis. However, most existing gait tracking systems rely on expensive equipment and take lengthy processes to collect gait data in a dedicated biomechanical environment, limiting their accessibility to small clinics located in remote areas. In this work we propose a new accurate and cost-effective e-healthcare system for fast human gait tracking over wireless networks, where gait data can be collected by using advanced video content analysis techniques with low-cost cameras in a general clinic environment. Furthermore, based on video content analysis, the extracted human motion region is coded, transmitted, and protected in video encoding with a higher priority against the insignificant background area to cope with limited communication bandwidth. In this way the encoder behavior and the modulation and coding scheme are jointly optimized in a holistic way to achieve the best user-perceived video quality over wireless networks. Experimental results using H.264/AVC demonstrate the validity and efficacy of the proposed system.

Maximizing user utility in video streaming applications

Abstract: We study some of the design tradeoffs of video streaming systems in networks with QoS guarantees. We approach this problem by using a utility function to quantify the benefit a user derives from the quality of the received video sequence. We also consider the cost to the network user for streaming the video sequence. We have formulated this utility maximization problem as a joint constrained optimization problem where we maximize the difference between the utility and the network cost, subject to the constraint that the decoder buffer does not underflow. In this manner, we can find the optimal tradeoff between video quality and network cost. We present a deterministic dynamic programming approach for both the constant bit rate and renegotiated constant bit rate service classes. Experimental results demonstrate the benefits and the performance of the proposed approach.

Selecting scenes for 2D and 3D subjective video quality tests

Abstract: This paper presents recommended techniques for choosing video sequences for subjective experiments. Subjective video quality assessment is a well-understood field, yet scene selection is often driven by convenience or content availability. Three-dimensional testing is a newer field that requires new considerations for scene selection. The impact of experiment design on best practices for scene selection will also be considered. A semi-automatic selection process for content sets for subjective experiments will be proposed.

Cross-Layer Packet Retry Limit Adaptation for Video Transport Over Wireless LANs

Abstract: Video transport over wireless networks requires retransmissions to successfully deliver video data to a receiver in case of packet loss, leading to increased delay time for the data to arrive at the receiver. Delay constraint is one of the most important requirements in real-time applications. A video packet arriving later than the presentation time will become useless for the client. In this paper, we propose a cross-layer content-aware retry limit adaptation scheme for video streaming over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. Video packets of different importance are unequally protected with different retry limits at the media access control (MAC) layer. The error propagation effect of each packet is estimated to guide the determination of its retry limit. More retry numbers are allocated to packets of higher loss impact to achieve unequal error protection. Our scheme also analyzes the backoff time for each retry and then takes into account the estimated backoff time for retransmission scheduling. Experimental results show that the proposed adaptation scheme can effectively mitigate the error propagation due to packet loss and assure the on-time arrival of packets for presentation, so as to improve video quality significantly.

Joint source coding, transport processing, and error concealment for H.323-based packet video

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate how to adapt different parameters in H.263 source coding, transport processing and error concealment to optimize end-to-end video quality at different bitrates and packet loss rates for H.323-based packet video. First different intra coding patterns are compared and we show that the contiguous rectangle or square block pattern offers the best performance in terms of video quality in the presence of packet loss. Second, the optimal intra coding frequency is found for different bitrates and packet loss rates. The optimal number of GOB headers to be inserted in the source coding is then determined. The effect of transport processing strategies such as packetization and retransmission is also examined. For packetization, the impact of packet size and the effect of macroblock segmentation to picture quality are investigated. Finally, we show that the dejitter buffering delay can be used to the advantage for packet loss recovery with video retransmission without incurring any extra delay.© (1998) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.