An experimental mobile terminal for scalable video coding applications using a H.264/AVC decoder SOC

In this paper we present a prototype of a mobile terminal which features the scalable extension of H.264/AVC namely SVC. Due to the fact that SVC uses most of the basic algorithms which can be found in H.264/AVC, we've analyzed how an existing H.264/AVC decoder can be used for SVC to build a complete terminal. This terminal will be used for an upcoming LTE field trial in Berlin/Germany promoting SVC as a video coding standard in a broadcast scenario.