An Efficient Security System for CABAC Bin-Strings of H.264/SVC

The distribution of copyrighted scalable video content to differing digital devices requires protection during rendering and transmission. In this paper, we propose a complete security system for H.264/scalable video coding (SVC) video codec and present a solution for the bit-rate and format complia...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on circuits and systems for video technology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 425 - 437
Main Authors: Asghar, M. N., Ghanbari, M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.03.2013
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects:
Access methods and protocols, osi model
AES-CFB algorithm
Applied sciences
Circuit properties
Coding, codes
context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC)
Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits
Electronic circuits
Electronics
Encoding
Encryption
Exact sciences and technology
H.264/scalable video coding (SVC)
Image processing
Information, signal and communications theory
key management
multimedia internet keying protocol (MIKEY)
Protocols
security system
Signal and communications theory
Signal convertors
Signal processing
Static VAr compensators
Syntactics
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
Teleprocessing networks. Isdn
Video coding
Scalability
Information rate
Entropy
Multimedia communication
Video codecs
Implementation
Video signal processing
Copyright
Degradation
Selective encryption
Subscriber
Safety
Damaging
Multimedia
Internet protocol
H.264/scalable video coding (SVC)
Coding circuit
Multiple layer
Key management
Information transmission
Binary coding
Adaptive coding
Image quality
AES-CFB algorithm
Intellectual property
security system
Arithmetic code
context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC)
multimedia Internet keying protocol (MIKEY)
Syntax
ISSN:1051-8215, 1558-2205
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Summary:The distribution of copyrighted scalable video content to differing digital devices requires protection during rendering and transmission. In this paper, we propose a complete security system for H.264/scalable video coding (SVC) video codec and present a solution for the bit-rate and format compliance problems by careful selection of entropy coder syntax elements (bin-strings) for selective encryption (SE), and the problem of managing multiple layer encryption keys for scalable video distribution. A standard key management protocol, multimedia Internet keying protocol, is implemented for the hierarchical key generation mechanism, in which a subscriber has only one encryption key to unlock all scalable layers that have been subscribed to. The evaluation demonstrates the resulting video quality degradation arising from SE for many CIF and 4 CIF test video sequences, without there being any impact upon the bit-rate or format compliancy, and with small computational delay. The security and statistical analysis performed further verify the effectiveness of the proposed security system for H.264/SVC. The proposed system is highly suitable for video distribution to users who have subscribed to a varying degree of video quality on devices with medium to high computational resources.
ISSN:1051-8215
1558-2205
DOI:10.1109/TCSVT.2012.2204941