ANALYSIS OF VIDEO DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHMS AND OPTIMIZED FOR USE IN REMOTELY CONTROLLED DRONES

Kirill Smirnov,
Institute of Radio and Information Systems (IRIS), Vienna, Austria
Anastasia Mozhaeva,
The University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand

DOI: 10.36724/2664-066X-2023-9-2-9-16

SYNCHROINFO JOURNAL. Volume 9, Number 2 (2023). P. 9-16.

Abstract

Due to the widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the civil sphere, there is a need to improve the video image generation quality and transmission technologies, changing the video streams coding to reduce their size and improve quality. Video streaming technologies are moving further towards complicating the video transmission systems used, which helps improve the received video data quality. Higher of transmitted video signal quality – more requirements for frequency band increase used. This fact leads us to use effective video compression algorithms that allow us to combine high image quality with a narrow bandwidth of frequencies used. In this paper, currently existing coding algorithms, their efficiency and computational complexity are studied. Among the algorithms under consideration there will only be those whose effectiveness has been proven by finding their application in modern realities. Based on the research, conclusions will be drawn regarding the feasibility of using each encoding algorithm for transmitting video data in real time.

Keywords:  Encoder, Video Coding Standards, Video Compression, Drone, Real-Time Video Transmission

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