High Throughput Parallel Decoding Method for H.264/AVC CAVLC

A high throughput parallel decoding method is developed for context‐based adaptive variable length codes. In this paper, several new design ideas are devised and implemented for scalable parallel processing, a reduction in area, and a reduction in power requirements. First, simplified logical operat...

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Published in:ETRI journal Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 510 - 517
Main Authors: Yeo, Donghoon, Shin, Hyunchul
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 한국전자통신연구원 01.10.2009
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ISSN:1225-6463, 2233-7326
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Summary:A high throughput parallel decoding method is developed for context‐based adaptive variable length codes. In this paper, several new design ideas are devised and implemented for scalable parallel processing, a reduction in area, and a reduction in power requirements. First, simplified logical operations instead of memory lookups are used for parallel processing. Second, the codes are grouped based on their lengths for efficient logical operation. Third, up to M bits of the input stream can be analyzed simultaneously. For comparison, we designed a logical‐operation‐based parallel decoder for M=8 and a conventional parallel decoder. High‐speed parallel decoding becomes possible with our method. In addition, for similar decoding rates (1.57 codes/cycle for M=8), our new approach uses 46% less chip area than the conventional method.
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ISSN:1225-6463
2233-7326
DOI:10.4218/etrij.09.0109.0110