Overview of IEEE 1857 video coding standard

IEEE 1857 is a multi-part standard for multimedia data compression and transmission in a highly efficient way under constraints, which include limited complexity and bandwidth. IEEE 1857 video part is organized in an application-oriented way that suitable tools are chosen to get a high compression ratio. This paper will give an overview of its six profiles (Main, Broadcasting, Enhanced, Portable, Surveillance Baseline, and Surveillance) which are designed respectively for normal video, high-definition video broadcasting, digital cinema, video communication among portable devices and surveillance video. In the paper, the background of application requirement and the key coding tools of IEEE 1857 video coding standards are introduced, and the performance comparison between IEEE 1857 and the state-of-the art coding standards are provided.