doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 1 Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [Description on current UEP problems and the resolutions to the problems] Date Submitted: [March 18, 2008] Source: [Seung-Eun Hong 1, Yongsun Kim 2, Wooyong Lee 3, Jinkyeong Kim 4, Kyeongpyo Kim 5, Hyoungjin Kwon 6 ] Company: [Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)] Address: [ETRI, 161 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, , Republic of Korea] Voice: [], FAX: [], 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] Re: [] Abstract: [We describe current UEP problems in DF1 and propose resolutions to the problems.] Purpose: [To be considered in IEEE c standard] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 2 Overview Problems of Current UEP Process –Current UEP only supports a pixel data with 8/8/8 bit depth Needs to support video data with various bit depths such as 16/16/16 –Current UEP is not optimized to various video formats UEP can be applied to YCbCr as well as RGB color format In case of YCbCr, current UEP scheme may not be optimized because Y is more important than CbCr. UEP for compressed video can also be considered New Proposal of UEP process –Considers color depths and color format of the video data –supports the bit position for separation of MSBs and LSBs

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 3 Current UEP Process Separates MSBs and LSBs according to fixed bit position of a pixel data with 8/8/8 bit depth –Different FEC coding rates (or MCSs) can be applied to MSBs and LSBs, respectively –UEP mapping can be applied in order to weight MSBs and LSBs differently

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 Problems of Current UEP Current UEP process supports only fixed color depth of 8 bits (comment 48 & comment 49 in DF1) –Not support various color depths –Not indicate bit position to separate MSBs from LSBs Using Current UEP

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 5 Problems of Current UEP Current UEP is not optimized to various video format In case of YCbCr, video quality may not be optimized because even LSBs of Y might be more important than MSBs of Cb/Cr (comment 50 in DF1)

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 6 Proposed Resolution to Comment 48 & 49 Method 1: During UEP negotiation, required information, such as color depth, bit position and color format, is delivered in advance Method 2: Like subframe information and UEP mapping indication field in MAC subheader, the color depth and bit position fields are included in the subheader –ETRI prefers method 1 to method 2 because method 2 requires much overhead in every single frame

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 7 Proposed Resolution to Comment 48 & 49 Method 1: UEP negotiation –Current UEP Information Request/Response Command –Suggested UEP Information Request Command

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 8 Proposed Resolution to Comment 48 & 49 Method 1: UEP negotiation (cont’d) –Example of Color (pixel) depth field hex value Color (pixel) depth (R:G:B or Y:Cb:Cr) 0x004:2:2 0x014:4:4 0x025:6:5 0x038:8:8 0x0416:16:16 0x0524:24:24 0x06 ~ 0xFFReserved

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 9 Proposed Resolution to Comment 48 & 49 Method 1: UEP negotiation (cont’d) –Example of bit separation point field hex value b 7 -b 0 Bit position (R or Y) hex value b 8 -b 15 Bit position (G or Cb) hex value b 16 -b 24 Bit position (B or Cr) 0x00 ~ 0xFF0: all bits are MSB, 0<n<X: (b 0 -b n-1 )=LSB, (b n -b X-1 )=MSB, X: all bits are LSB X+1 ~ 255: reserved X is color depth 0x00 ~ 0xFF0: all bits are MSB, 0<n<Y: (b 0 -b n-1 )=LSB, (b n -b Y-1 )=MSB Y: all bits are LSB Y+1 ~ 255: reserved Y is color depth 0x00 ~ 0xFF0: all bits are MSB, 0<n<Z: (b 0 -b n-1 )=LSB, (b n -b Z-1 )=MSB Z: all bits are LSB X+1 ~ 255: reserved Z is color depth

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 10 Proposed Resolution to Comment 48 & 49 Method 1: UEP negotiation (cont’d) –Example of color format field hex valueColor format 0x00RGB 0x01YCbCr 0x02 ~ 0xFFReserved

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 11 Proposed Resolution to Comment 48 & 49 Method 1: UEP negotiation (cont’d) - summary

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 12 Proposed Resolution to Comment 50 Color format-based separation of MSBs/LSBs –Unlike RGB color format, the luminance is more important than chrominance in YCbCr color format –For example, Y can be MSBs, and Cb/Cr can be considered as LSBs if bit separation point field is used. YCb Cr :44:44:44:4 4:44:4 MSBsLSBs YCb Cr 88 8 Video component Color depth in bits 88 8 MSB bits:LSB bits

doc.: IEEE c Submission March, 2008 ETRISlide 13 Conclusion It is recommended to include fields for bit separation point, color depth and color format in UEP command frame to support various bit depths and color formats If we use the bit separation point field, it’s possible to make luminance more weighted than chrominance