Patent ID: 7173947
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: H04J,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating one or more evaluation metrics associated with the performance of a statistical remultiplexer as a whole, the apparatus comprising: a first input for receiving information related to an input bit stream to the statistical remultiplexer; a second input for receiving information related to an output bit stream from the statistical remultiplexer; logic for generating said one or more evaluation metrics using the received information from both said input and said output bit streams, wherein the information related to the input bit stream(s) and the output bit stream is obtained for one or more frames and input to a data reduction process over a specified time period and wherein the evaluation metric is an average value over the specified time period; and at least one output for outputting said one or more evaluation metrics of the statistical remultiplexer to provide a quantitative measure of the performance of the statistical remultiplexer.