EE398B - Image Communication II

Basic Course Info

Term
Spring 2006-2007
Instructor
Location
Main Quad Room 60-61G
Time
Tu, Th, 2:15-3:30pm
Units
3

Description

Second of two-course series. Digital video communication techniques. DPCM. Interframe coding. Motion-compensated prediction. Motion-compensated hybrid coding. Motion estimation. Rate distortion analysis and optimization of video coding schemes. Advanced motion compensation techiques. Scalable layered video representations. Error-resilient video coding. Applications: videotelephony, videoconferencing, digital TV broadcasting, Internet video streaming, wireless video. Standards: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, ITU-T H.261, H.263, H264. Students investigate video compression algorithms in Matlab or C. Term project.

Prerequisites

EE398A or EE398 or EE392J

Detailed Course Info

Topics

  • Differential pulse code modulation
  • Motion-compensated video compression
  • Motion estimation
  • Video compression standards: H.261, H.263, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264
  • Error-resilient video transmission
  • Internet video streaming
  • Selected topics

Grading

  • Homeworks: 20%
    • Two problem sets
    • Require Matlab
  • Peer reviews: 20%
    • Project proposal peer review: 10%
    • Final project report peer review: 10%
  • Term project: 60%
    • Technical quality, significance, and originality of results: 30%
    • Project report: 15%
    • Class-room presentation: 15%
  • No mid-term, no final

Late Homework Policy

  • 0-24 hours subtract 10% 
  • 24-48 hours subtract 25%
  • 48-72 hours subtract 50%
  • after 72 hours subtract 100%

Textbook

Y. Wang, J. Ostermann, Y. Zhang, "Video Processing and Communications," Prentice-Hall, 2002. (recommended)

 

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