Analysis of the Compressed Video with HEVC under Optical Link Transmission

Abstract

We study the feasibility of video transmission over optical fibre to optimise bandwidth with the implementation of HEVC codec features. We use simulation (Matlab and the OptiSystem software). Different values of the CRF are used to evaluate its impact on the visual quality and the size of the encoded file, as well as its influence on the video transmission performance. The simulation results show that by adjusting the CRF, the encoders can optimise the compression of the video data to reduce the file size while preserving an acceptable visual quality. This makes it possible to adapt the transmission to the bandwidth constraints of the optical fibre, by choosing higher CRF values to reduce the size of the files and save bandwidth, or lower values to maintain optimal quality when the bandwidth is sufficient. In addition, from the optical fibre point of view, the dispersion weakens and the eye opens, and it is observed that the length of the fibres is inversely proportional to the signal transmission quality. Thus, the judicious use of different CRF values can contribute to efficient and high-quality video transmission via optical fibre.

Keywords

• crf (constant rate factor)
• hevc
• optisystem
• pnsr
• video coding
• yuv