Publication IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and SystemsVol.E90-DNo.2pp.609-612 Publication Date: 2007/02/01 Online ISSN: 1745-1361 DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e90-d.2.609 Print ISSN: 0916-8532 Type of Manuscript: LETTER Category: Image Processing and Video Processing Keyword: video coding, arithmetic codes, prediction theory, entropy codes,
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Summary: Context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) is the major entropy-coding algorithm employed in H.264/AVC. Although the performance gain of H.264/AVC is mainly due to CABAC, it is difficult to achieve a fast decoder because the decoding algorithm is basically sequential and computationally intensive. In this letter, a prediction scheme is proposed that enhances overall decoding performance by decoding two binary symbols at a time. A CABAC decoder based on the proposed prediction scheme improves the decoding performance by 24% compared to conventional decoders.