ISO/IEC 13818-2:2013 (E)
6 Rec. ITU-T H.262 (02/2012)
3.111 reference frame: A reference frame is a reconstructed frame that was coded in the form of a coded I-frame or
a coded P-frame. Reference frames are used for forward and backward prediction when P-pictures and B-pictures are
decoded.
3.112 re-ordering delay: A delay in the decoding process that is caused by frame re-ordering.
3.113 reserved: The term "reserved" when used in the clauses defining the coded bitstream, indicates that the value
may be used in the future for ITU-T | ISO/IEC defined extensions.
3.114 sample aspect ratio (SAR): This specifies the relative distance between samples. It is defined (for the
purposes of Rec. ITU-T H.262 | ISO/IEC 13818-2), as the vertical displacement of the lines of luminance samples in a
frame divided by the horizontal displacement of the luminance samples. Thus, its units are (metres per line) ÷ (metres per
sample).
3.115 scalable hierarchy: Coded video data consisting of an ordered set of more than one video bitstream.
3.116 scalability: Scalability is the ability of a decoder to decode an ordered set of bitstreams to produce a
reconstructed sequence. Moreover, useful video is output when subsets are decoded. The minimum subset that can thus
be decoded is the first bitstream in the set which is called the base layer. Each of the other bitstreams in the set is called
an enhancement layer. When addressing a specific enhancement layer, "lower layer" refer to the bitstream which
precedes the enhancement layer.
3.117 side information: Information in the bitstream necessary for controlling the decoder.
3.118 16 × 8 prediction: A prediction mode similar to field-based prediction but where the predicted block size is
16 × 8 luminance samples.
3.119 run: The number of zero coefficients preceding a non-zero coefficient, in the scan order. The absolute value of
the non-zero coefficient is called "level".
3.120 saturation: Limiting a value that exceeds a defined range by setting its value to the maximum or minimum of
the range as appropriate.
3.121 skipped macroblock: A macroblock for which no data is encoded.
3.122 slice: A consecutive series of macroblocks which are all located in the same horizontal row of macroblocks.
3.123 SNR scalability: A type of scalability where the enhancement layer(s) contain only coded refinement data for
the DCT coefficients of the lower layer.
3.124 source; input: Term used to describe the video material or some of its attributes before encoding.
3.125 spatial prediction: Prediction derived from a decoded frame of the lower layer decoder used in spatial
scalability.
3.126 spatial scalability: A type of scalability where an enhancement layer also uses predictions from sample data
derived from a lower layer without using motion vectors. The layers can have different frame sizes, frame rates or
chrominance formats.
3.127 start codes (system and video): 32-bit codes embedded in that coded bitstream that are unique. They are used
for several purposes including identifying some of the structures in the coding syntax.
3.128 stuffing (bits); stuffing (bytes): Code-words that may be inserted into the coded bitstream that are discarded in
the decoding process. Their purpose is to increase the bit rate of the stream which would otherwise be lower than the
desired bit rate.
3.129 temporal prediction: Prediction derived from reference frames or fields other than those defined as spatial
prediction.
3.130 temporal scalability: A type of scalability where an enhancement layer also uses predictions from sample data
derived from a lower layer using motion vectors. The layers have identical frame size, and chrominance formats, but can
have different frame rates.
3.131 top field
: One of two fields that comprise a frame. Each line of a top field is spatially located immediately
above the corresponding line of the bottom field.
3.132 top layer: The topmost layer (with the highest layer_id) of a scalable hierarchy.
3.133 variable bit rate: Operation where the bit rate varies with time during the decoding of a coded bitstream.
3.134 variable length coding (VLC): A reversible procedure for coding that assigns shorter code-words to frequent
events and longer code-words to less frequent events.
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