Robust error-resilient approach for MPEG video transmission over Internet

Abstract

In network delivery of compressed video, packets may be lost if the channel is unreliable. Such losses tend to occur in burst. In this paper, we develop an error resilient video encoding approach to help error concealment at the decoder. We introduce a new block shuffling scheme to isolate erroneous blocks caused by packet losses. And we apply data hiding to add additional protection for motion vectors. The incorporation of these scheme adds little complexity to the standard encoder. Experimental results suggest that our approach can achieve a reasonable quality for packet loss up to 30% over a wide range of video materials.