Optimal Combination of H.264/AVC Coding Tools for Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting Application

Through experiments on combinations of coding tools included in H.264/AVC, we obtain an optimal combination of coding tools for the mobile multimedia broadcasting application. Although H.264/AVC has defined several profiles and levels for different applications, the partitions are still imprecise. The mobile communication network is usually with limited bandwidth and different kinds of fading and multipath interference. The mobile terminals with downlink video service in the broadcasting network are battery restricted and low processing power. Considering of these features, the proposal has made an optimal selection of the coding tools in H.264/AVC for the mobile multimedia broadcasting application. This set of tools makes a good balance among compression efficiency, transmission robustness and decoding complexity, therefore provides reliable quality for mobile multimedia broadcasting service.