Adaptive emergency scenery video communications using HEVC for responsive decision support in disaster incidents
Date
2015Author
Antoniou, Zinonas C.
Panayides, Andreas S.
Pattichis, Marios S.
Stavrou, S.
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.
Spanias, Andreas S.
Constantinides, Anthony G.
Pattichis, Constantinos S.
ISBN
978-1-4244-9271-8Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.Source
Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015
Volume
2015-NovemberPages
173-176Google Scholar check
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This study proposes a unifying framework for m-Health video communication systems that provides for the joint optimization of video quality, bitrate demands, and encoding time. The framework is video modality and infrastructure independent and facilitates adaptation to the best available encoding mode that satisfies underlying technology and application imposed constraints. The scalability of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated using different HEVC encoding configurations and realistic modelling of 802.11× wireless infrastructure for emergency scenery and response videos. Extensive experimentation shows that a jointly optimal solution in the encoding time, bitrate, and video quality space is feasible. © 2015 IEEE.