A DSP based H.264/SVC decoder for a multimedia terminal

Fernando Pescador (1) , David Samper (1) , Mickaël Raulet (2) , Eduardo Juarez (1) , César Sanz (1)

1 UPM - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
2 IETR - Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique

In this paper, the implementation of a DSP based video decoder compliant with the H.264/SVC standard (14496-10 Annex G) is presented. A PC-based decoder implementation has been ported to a commercial DSP. Performance optimizations have been carried out improving the initial version performance about 32% and reaching real time for CIF sequences. Moreover, conformance tests have been done using different H.264/SVC streams. This decoder will be the core of a multimedia terminal that will trade off energy against quality of experience.

Mots clés: CIF sequence; DSP; H.264/SVC decoder; PC-based decoder implementation; multimedia terminal; performance optimization; video decoder; decoding; digital signal processing chips; multimedia systems; optimisation; video coding

Domaines: Systèmes embarqués

Fernando Pescador, David Samper, Mickaël Raulet, Eduardo Juarez, César Sanz. A DSP based H.264/SVC decoder for a multimedia terminal. Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on, Jan 2011, Las Vegas, United States. pp.401 -402, ⟨10.1109/ICCE.2011.5722651⟩. ⟨hal-00717325⟩