The present invention relates to relay supported wireless communication to enhance
communication performance. In the wireless communication system according to the inven …

BACKGROUND Multimedia content for viewing at computer devices per mits users to view
digital content comprising audio, video, graphics, and multi-channel data. A wide variety of …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for coding video frames for forming a scalable, compressed video
sequence comprising video frames coded according to at least a first and a second frame …

In various embodiments, an iterative encoding application generates shot encode points
based on a first set of encoding points and a first shot sequence associated with a media …

BACKGROUND Computer networks, such as the Internet, have revolution ized the way in
which people obtain information. For example, modern computer networks Support the use …

(57) ABSTRACT A method of decoding a compressed video sequence, Wherein image
frames are entered into a buffer memory in connection With the decoding. The video …

In various embodiments, an encoding optimization applica tion encodes a source video
sequence. The encoding opti mization application partitions a source video sequence …

Described herein is a novel transcoding technique called loss less inter frame transcoding
(LIFT) for improving the error resilience of video streaming. According to various embodi …

An encoding engine encodes a video sequence to provide optimal quality for a given bitrate.
The encoding engine cuts the video sequence into a collection of shot sequences. Each …

Sep. 20, 2006 (JP)............................. 2006-25434s device, a self-optimization coefficient for
weighting an amount of data determined by a self-optimization flow con (51) Int. Cl trol unit …