History-Based Motion Vector Prediction in Versatile Video Coding

Abstract

In this paper, History-based Motion Vector Prediction (HMVP) is presented for video coding. With the proposed method, a table of HMVP candidates is maintained and updated on-the-fly. After decoding one inter-coded block, the table is updated by appending the associated motion information to the table as a new HMVP candidate. A First-In-First-Out (FIFO) rule is applied to manage the table. The HMVP candidates could be added to the Advanced Motion Vector Prediction (AMVP) candidate list as additional motion vector predictors. And they could also be added to the merge candidate list as additional merge candidates. With the proposed method, the motion information of previously coded blocks even not adjacent to the current block can be utilized for more efficient motion vector prediction. Simulation results have validated the efficiency of HMVP, wherein up to 4% BD rate saving could be achieved. The proposed method has been adopted by the next generation video coding standard, named Versatile Video Coding (VVC) developed by Joint Video Exploration Team (JVET).