IEEE C/DC 1857 Working Group
IEEE Audio Video Coding Working Group (1857 WG)

Meeting Minutes of the 45th IEEE C/DC 1857 Working Group Plenary Meeting

The 45th meeting of the IEEE C/DC 1857 Working Group was held via conference call, quorum reached. The meeting was hosted by Dr. Siwei Ma, the chair of 1857 WG.

Dr. Siwei Ma presented the patent slides at the meeting. A call for potentially essential patents was made, and no potentially essential patent claims were declared, and no holders of potentially essential patents were identified. All members could ask for the IEEE official patent document from the secretariat. The IEEE copyright policy statement was presented then, and no question raised.

Approval of the Agenda

Motion to approve the meeting agenda. (Mover: Dr. Dong Liu; Second: Ms. Xiaoxu Luan). The agenda was unanimously approved as presented without objection.

1857.9 Standard for Immersive Visual Content Coding

P1857.9-2021 is officially published and on sale with the following link:

https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/1857.9/6659/

1857.10Third Generation Video Coding

 P1857.10-2021 is officially published and on sale with the following link: https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/1857.10/7722/

1857.11-Neural Network-Based Image Coding

5 technical contributions received and discussed. 1 technical proposal is about the Test Model for Deep Learning-Based Image Compression, namely NIC. 3 technical proposals are about the technical improvements upon NIC, including main network simplification and entropy coding optimization. 1 technical proposal is about the subjective test protocol. 2 technical proposals are adopted. The Call for Proposals on Neural Network-Based Image Coding is expected in the coming three months.

1857.12-Standard for Smart Media Transport

The draft standard is ready. The group plans to launch the ballot and publication process as soon as possible.

Approval of the Draft Standard of P1857.12

Motion to approve the draft standard of P1857.12 (Mover: Dr. Yiling Xu, Second: Dr. Yonghong Tian) The draft standard was unanimously approved as presented without objection.

The meeting minutes were written by Xiaoxu LUAN. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled at 9:00 (Beijing Time Zone, GMT +8.00) in June at Beijing, China (Will be informed via our official website in advance). Remote attendees can request to set up a teleconference service at least one week before the meeting.

This resolution included the agenda was approved on the meeting.

The meeting closed at 12:00pm on March 18th, 2022.

Attachment

Annex 1: Meeting Agenda

Annex 2: Attendance List