| CPC H04N 19/70 (2014.11) [H04N 19/172 (2014.11); H04N 19/187 (2014.11)] | 15 Claims |

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1. A method of decoding a video or picture bitstream implemented by a decoding device, the method comprising:
obtaining a first syntax element used to determine a maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed to be present in each coded layer video sequence (CLVS) referring to a current sequence parameter set (SPS) comprising syntax elements that apply to a video sequence, wherein a value of the first syntax element is in a range of 0 to a first value, wherein the first value is a value of a second syntax element used to determine the maximum number of the temporal sublayers that is allowed to be present in a layer in each coded video sequence (CVS) referring to a video parameter set (VPS) when the second syntax element is referred to by the SPS; and
decoding the bitstream based on the value of the first syntax element, wherein the first value is a preset value when the second syntax element is not referred to by the SPS.
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