Digital video is quickly becoming the predominant source of transmitted
data on today's wireless and wired networks. Beyond necessities
such as digital TV broadcasts, video streaming, video conferencing,
and video telephony, our networks must support the effective transmission
and sharing of user generated video in "Web2.0" and peer
to peer applications. As the Video Group in Media Lab, we are responsible
for the creation of advanced video technologies that facilitate
digital video applications of today and the future in NTT DoCoMo
networks.
Our research currently concentrates on fundamental digital video
processing technologies that enable:
•Advances in the compression of video so that our networks
can carry more video traffic.
•High quality rendering and display of video in order to provide
the best experience for our users.
•Cross-layer optimization for seamless deployment of video
applications under a variety of network constraints.
Beyond application driven requirements, our research contributes
to the state-of-the-art in scientific know-how in multimedia processing,
transmission, and compression. Our work proceeds in close collaboration
with our colleagues in the Corporate Research Labs in YRP, Japan.
We have a strong commitment for being active in the scientific/research
community and we participate in international multimedia standardization
efforts under ISO/IEC and ITU within MPEG, JVT, and VCEG.
