Adaptive search range method for spatial scalable HEVC

Presently, the scalable extension of the HEVC standard (known as SHVC) is under development. One of the main issues with SHVC is its increased complexity compared to its non-scalable counterpart (i.e., HEVC). Reducing the complexity of SHVC is important, especially for real-time applications. In this paper, we propose an adaptive search range method that reduces the coding complexity of HEVC with spatial scalability by up to 30.27%, while maintaining the overall bitrate.