Multiple Description Coding Using Data Hiding and Regions of Interest for Broadcasting Applications

Table 1

Set of parameters for ROI coding.

Param	Description	Range	n.bits
selectD	Identifies D1 or D2	BOOL	1
N	MBs in the horizontal grid	[1–8]	3
M	MBs in the vertical grid	[1–8]	3
ROI	Activate ROI	BOOL	1
QP𝐿 or QF𝐿	Set low quality quantizer	[1–max]	6
𝑋𝑠𝑡	Start of ROI in X (%)	[1–100]	7
𝑌𝑠𝑡	Start of ROI in Y (%)	[1–100]	7
𝑋end	End of ROI in X (%)	[1–100]	7
𝑌end	End of ROI in Y (%)	[1–100]	7
ΔQP (ΔQF)	QP𝑅−QP𝐿 (QF𝑅−QF𝐿)	[0–max]	6
Total required bits			48