| CPC H04N 19/503 (2014.11) [H04N 19/423 (2014.11); H04N 19/44 (2014.11); H04N 19/573 (2014.11); H04N 19/58 (2014.11); H04N 19/587 (2014.11); H04N 19/70 (2014.11)] | 7 Claims |

|
1. A method for decoding a video bitstream comprising:
receiving a bitstream comprising quantized transform coefficients;
receiving a reference description for decoded reference pictures from said bitstream;
determining a picture order count (POC) of a current picture for decoding, wherein each of the decoded reference pictures is associated with a picture order count (POC), and the picture order counts (POCs) of the decoded reference pictures are ordered in a plurality of sets each having a range [0 . . . MaxPOC−1] of POC values, wherein a particular value of MaxPOCSetIndex corresponds to a particular set of [0 . . . MaxPOC−1] of POC values,
wherein said reference description includes a modification parameter for a long term reference picture,
wherein the modification parameter for the long term reference picture is a difference between a value of MaxPOCSetIndex of a decoded reference picture of the current picture and a value of MaxPOCSetIndex of the current picture;
identifying said decoded reference picture of said current picture from a decoded picture buffer based on said picture order count (POC) of the current picture and said modification parameter;
decoding said current picture using inter-frame prediction based on said decoded reference picture; and
buffering said decoded picture in said decoded picture buffer for future prediction.
|