Overview of the Second Generation AVS Video Coding Standard （AVS2）.docVIP

Overview of the Second Generation AVS Video Coding Standard （AVS2） 　　Abstract AVS2 is a new generation video coding standard developed by the AVS working group. Compared with the first generation AVS video coding standard， known as AVS1， AVS2 significantly improves coding performance by using many new coding technologies， e.g.， adaptive block partition and two level transform coding. Moreover， for scene video， e.g. surveillance video and conference video， AVS2 provided a background picture modeling scheme to achieve more accurate prediction， which can also make object detection and tracking in surveillance video coding more flexible. Experimental results show that AVS2 is competitive with High Efficiency Video Coding （HEVC） in terms of performance. Especially for scene video， AVS2 can achieve 39% bit rate saving over HEVC. 　　Keywords Video Coding； AVS2； AVS1 　　1 Introduction 　　AVS1 video coding standard， developed by AVS working group， has achieved great success in China and has become an international video coding standard. However， with increased demand for high?resolution videos， it is necessary to develop a new video coding standard that provides much higher coding performance. Based on the success of AVS1 and recent video coding research and standardization， the AVS working group has started the second generation video coding standardization project from 2012， called AVS2. AVS2 is designed to improve coding efficiency for higher resolution videos， and to provide efficient compression solutions for various kinds of video applications， e.g.， surveillance video and conference video. 　　As with previous coding standards， AVS2 uses the traditional hybrid prediction/transform coding framework （Fig. 1）. However， AVS2 has more flexible coding tools to satisfy the new requirements identified from emerging applications. First， more flexible prediction block partitions are used to further improve the intra? and inter?prediction accuracy， e.g.， square and non?squar