Layer-Aware Forward Error Correction for Mobile Broadcast of Layered Media

• Published in: IEEE transactions on multimedia Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 551 - 562
• Main Authors: Hellge, C, Gomez-Barquero, D, Schierl, T, Wiegand, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Decoding; Digital video broadcasting; Encoding; Forward error correction; LA-FEC; layered media; Media; mobile TV; MVC; Physical layer; Static VAr compensators; SVC; UEP

The bitstream structure of layered media formats such as scalable video coding (SVC) or multiview video coding (MVC) opens up new opportunities for their distribution in Mobile TV services. Features like graceful degradation or the support of the 3-D experience in a backwards-compatible way are enab...