Distributed Video Coding Based on Compressed Sensing

Abstract

Compressed Sensing (CS) is a new approach to signal acquisition that can potentially allow us to design very simple video encoders that can be implemented on mobile devices with limited resources. However, previously proposed CS based video codec either require a conventional video codec or a feedback channel for effective operation, thus increasing the complexity. In this paper, a distributed Compressed Video Sensing codec is proposed that only makes use of CS at the encoder. A novel Side Information generation scheme is incorporated in the decoder which exploits the correlation between CS measurements of nearby frames. It is much simpler than other schemes found in the literature and yet effective. Simulation results demonstrate that effective video coding can be achieved using this codec.