Frame-layer rate control algorithm for multi-view video coding

Rate control has not been well studied for multi-view video coding (MVC). We propose a rate control algorithm for MVC based on the quadratic rate-distortion model. We remodel the quadratic rate-distortion model for multi-view videos based on the type of each frame. In the frame level, the quantization parameters are set according to the parameters of the various kinds of image model which is set up through the analysis of the coded information. The experimental results show that the proposed scheme can allocate the bits and control the rate efficiently.