Hardware architecture for fast Intra mode and direction prediction in real-time MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC transcoder

Tarek A. Elarabi, Randa Ayoubi, Hanan Mahmoud, Magdy Bayoumi

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Abstract

In this article, we propose a hardware architecture for our fast Intra mode and direction prediction algorithm to accelerate the MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC transcoding devices. In order to eliminate the redundant operations in the transcoder, our implemented algorithm uses the DCT coefficients from the MPEG-2 decoder to predict the Intra mode and reconstruction direction for the H.264/AVC encoder. In addition, the Intra prediction process in the H.264/AVC part of the transcoder has been dramatically accelerated by using our full-search elimination technique. The empirical results show 92% reduction in the transcoding time while reducing the PSNR for less than 3.5%. The proposed architecture has achieved an operating frequency of 323MHz at a power consumption of 112 mW when implemented on Virtex-5 FPGA Development Board.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2012 - Digital Proceedings
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 24 2012
Event13th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2012 - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Jun 25 2012Jun 28 2012

Publication series

Name2012 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2012 - Digital Proceedings

Other

Other13th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period6/25/126/28/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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