Design of parallel algorithms for fractal video compression

  • Authors:
  • Hong Peng;Meiqing Wang;Choi-Hong Lai

  • Affiliations:
  • College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China;College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China;School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Computer Mathematics - Distributed Algorithms in Science and Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The intrinsic independent features of the optimal codebook cubes searching process in fractal video compression systems are examined and exploited. The design of a suitable parallel algorithm reflecting the concept is presented. The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is chosen to be the communication tool for the implementation of the parallel algorithm on distributed memory parallel computers. Experimental results show that the parallel algorithm is able to reduce the compression time and achieve a high speed-up without changing the compression ratio and the quality of the decompressed image. A scalability test was also performed, and the results show that this parallel algorithm is scalable.