ABSTRACT
Considerable research has been conducted in digital video coding technology over the last decade. Due to the growing availability of digital transmission links, progress in signal processing, very large-scale integration (VLSI) technology, and research in image/video compression, visual communications has become more viable than ever before. The driving force for the additional evolution of research in digital video coding is the wide range of applications such as video on demand, digital TV/HDTV broadcasting, and multimedia image/video database services.
