Study the degree of loss robustness of the parsing process in the HM design and identify deficiencies
Investigate solutions to improve parsing robustness
Investigate the trade-off between coding efficiency and loss robustness
Discuss related Core Experiments, and identify potential synergies or incompatibilities related to the tools being tested in the CEs
J. Xu (chair), M. Coban, Y. W. Huang, J. Jung, P. Onno, (vice chairs)
N
High-level syntax
(jct-vc@lists.rwth-aachen.de)
Study NAL unit header, sequence parameter set, picture parameter set, and slice header syntax designs
Study reuse of AVC SEI messages
Study possible improvements to the reference picture list construction process
Study possible simplifications and improvements to reference picture marking process (e.g., the need of the processes for generating and handling of "non-existing" pictures)
Study the hypothetical reference decoder behaviour
Assist in software development and text drafting for the high-level syntax in the HEVC design
Y. K. Wang (chair), J. Boyce, Y. Chen, K. Kazui, T. Schierl, R. Sjöberg, T. K. Tan (vice chairs)
N
Decoder-side motion vector derivation
(jct-vc@lists.rwth-aachen.de)
Study the techniques of decoder side motion vector derivation to improve video compression
Investigate inference processing techniques such as optical-flow at the decoder side
Study the performance/complexity tradeoffs of uni/bi-predictional-based methods to derive motion vector information at decoder side
Study complexity/performance of parallel processing for decoder-side inference techniques to improve video compression
Y.-J. Chiu (chair), E. Alshina, H. Yu (vice chairs)
N
Scalable coding investigation
(jct-vc@lists.rwth-aachen.de)
Investigate hooks that would be needed for support of bitstream scalability in HEVC syntax
Study the applicability and effectiveness (e.g., relative to simulcast and single-layer coding) of scalability tools in AVC for the HEVC context
Study potential experimental conditions for evaluation of scalability features
J. Boyce (chair), J. Kang, W. Wan, Y.-K. Wang (vice chairs)