JVET-P0076 CE7-2.2: QP dependent binarization in TS residual coding [M. Karczewicz, H. Wang, Y.-H. Chao, M. Coban (Qualcomm)]
In this proposal, a new binarization method for transform skip residual coding is proposed, where the binarization of absolute coefficient levels is adjusted based on the dynamic range of the quantized residuals. The proposed method is implemented on top of VTM6.0 (CE7-2.2a). For standard QP (22, 27, 32, 37), the results show: Class F: -0.03% AI, -0.22% RA, -0.13% LB BD-Rate, and Class TGM: -0.01% AI, -0.11% RA, -0.09% LB BD-Rate versus VTM6.0. For low QP (2, 7, 12, 17), the results show: Class F: -1.01% AI, -1.04% RA, -1.06% LB BD-Rate, and Class TGM: -5.60% AI, -5.28% RA, -3.56% LB BD-Rate versus VTM6.0.
In addition, the proposed binarization is tested with varying QPs across transform skip coded blocks (CE7-2.2b). For standard QP (22, 27, 32, 37), the results show: Class F: -0.14% AI, -0.28% RA, -0.13% LB BD-Rate, and Class TGM: -0.26% AI, -0.30% RA, -0.14% LB BD-Rate versus VTM6.0 with the same varying QPs applied. For low QP (2, 7, 12, 17), the results show: Class F: -1.46% AI, -1.64% RA, -1.10% LB BD-Rate, and Class TGM: -5.69% AI, -4.62% RA, -3.51% LB BD-Rate versus VTM6.0 with the same varying QPs applied.