Video Decoding Energy Estimation Using Processor Events

Herglotz C, Kaup A (2017)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2017

Pages Range: 2493-2497

Event location: Beijing CN

ISBN: 978-1-5090-2175-8

DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2017.8296731

Abstract

In this paper, we show that processor events like instruction counts or cache misses can be used to accurately estimate the processing energy of software video decoders. Therefore, we perform energy measurements on an ARM-based evaluation platform and count processor level events using a dedicated profiling software. Measurements are performed for various codecs and decoder implementations to prove the general viability of our observations. Using the estimation method proposed in this paper, the true decoding energy for various recent video coding standards including HEVC and VP9 can be estimated with a mean estimation error that is smaller than 6%.

Authors with CRIS profile

Christian Herglotz Lehrstuhl für Multimediakommunikation und Signalverarbeitung (LMS) Andre Kaup Lehrstuhl für Multimediakommunikation und Signalverarbeitung (LMS)

How to cite

APA:

Herglotz, C., & Kaup, A. (2017). Video Decoding Energy Estimation Using Processor Events. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) (pp. 2493-2497). Beijing, CN.

MLA:

Herglotz, Christian, and André Kaup. "Video Decoding Energy Estimation Using Processor Events." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Beijing 2017. 2493-2497.

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