Title
Real-time high-resolution downsampling algorithm on many-core processor for spatially scalable video coding
Abstract
The progression toward spatially scalable video coding (SVC) solutions for ubiquitous endpoint systems introduces challenges to sustain real-time frame rates in downsampling high-resolution videos into multiple layers. In addressing these challenges, we put forward a hardware accelerated downsampling algorithm on a parallel computing platform. First, we investigate the principal architecture of a serial downsampling algorithm in the Joint-Scalable-Video-Model reference software to identify the performance limitations for spatially SVC. Then, a parallel multicore-based downsampling algorithm is studied as a benchmark. Experimental results for this algorithm using an 8-core processor exhibit performance speedup of 5.25x against the serial algorithm in downsampling a quantum extended graphics array at 1536p video resolution into three lower resolution layers (i.e., Full-HD at 1080p, HD at 720p, and Quarter-HD at 540p). However, the achieved speedup here does not translate into the minimum required frame rate of 15 frames per second (fps) for real-time video processing. To improve the speedup, a many-core based downsampling algorithm using the compute unified device architecture parallel computing platform is proposed. The proposed algorithm increases the performance speedup to 26.14x against the serial algorithm. Crucially, the proposed algorithm exceeds the target frame rate of 15 fps, which in turn is advantageous to the overall performance of the video encoding process. (C) 2015 SPIE and IS&T
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1117/1.JEI.24.1.013025
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC IMAGING
Keywords
Field
DocType
video downsampling,real-time scalable video coding,spatially scalable video coding,compute unified device architecture,parallel computing
Video processing,1080p,Display resolution,Computer science,Algorithm,Frame rate,Upsampling,Multi-core processor,Scalable Video Coding,Speedup
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
1
1017-9909
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.47
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Adamu Muhammad Buhari161.87
Huo-Chong Ling2607.13
Vishnu Monn Baskaran3248.12
KokSheik Wong433342.27