Edge based frame interpolation technique for error correction at HEVC decoder

This paper mainly focuses on introducing an edge based bi-directional frame interpolation technique to increase performance of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard in error prone environment. The main aim of the proposed technique is to maintain the structural similarity between the dropped frame and the interpolated frame, while keeping the redundant data transmission at a minimum level. Further, the technique presented provides a simple low cost method for frame interpolation based error recovery in HEVC. The experimental results show that the proposed technique manages to recover the lost frame with an acceptable level of PSNR and SSIM level while maintaining the redundant data rate at a minimum level.

I. Introduction

Demand for video applications has increased rapidly with the advancement of applications such as video telephony, video conferencing, online stream video, mobile streaming, TV, 24 hours surveillance system and many more. Bandwidth and storage space are the critical factors to determine the efficiency of video communication. For instant highest percentage of internet traffic jam is caused due to video streaming. In order to achieve efficient video streaming, the existing video coding standards are improved and new video compression techniques are introduced by the researchers in the field of video compression.