Title
A Bit-Rate Aware Scalable H.264/AVC Deblocking Filter Using Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Signal Process. Syst. Signal Image Video Technol.
Keywords
Deblocking filter; Scalability; Dynamic partial reconfiguration; ARCHITECTURE; Computer Science, Information Systems; Engineering, Electrical &; Electronic
Abstract
In H.264/AVC, a deblocking filter improves visual quality by reducing the presence of blocking artifacts in decoded video frames. The deblocking filter accounts for one third of the computational complexity of the decoder. This paper exploits the scalability on the hardware and the algorithmic level to synergize the performance and to reduce the computational complexity. First, we propose a modular deblocking filter architecture which can be scaled to adapt to the required computing capability for various bit-rates, resolutions, and frame rate of video sequences. The scalable architecture is based on FPGA using dynamic partial reconfiguration. This desirable feature of FPGAs makes it possible for different hardware configurations to be implemented during run-time. The proposed design can be scaled to filter up to four different edges simultaneously, resulting in significant reduction of total processing time. Secondly, our experiments show that significant reduction in computational complexity can be achieved by the increased presence of skipped macroblocks at lower bit-rates, thus, avoiding redundant filtering operations. The implemented architecture is evaluated using the Xilinx Virtex-4 ML410 FPGA board. The design operates at a maximum frequency of 103 MHz. The reconfiguration is done through Internal Configuration Access Port (ICAP) to achieve maximum performance needed by real time applications.
Journal Title
Journal of Signal Processing Systems for Signal Image and Video Technology
Volume
66
Issue/Number
3
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
225
Last Page
234
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1939-8018
Recommended Citation
"A Bit-Rate Aware Scalable H.264/AVC Deblocking Filter Using Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 2857.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/2857
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