Vikram M. Gadre and B. Shah acknowledge, with gratitude, the assistance from the research and development group at Texas Instruments, Bangalore headed by Dr. Ajit Rao in the preparation of their tutorial. In particular, the assistance provided by Mr. Manu Matthews is gratefully acknowledged and appreciated.

The tutorial is inspired by the collaborative work in Scalable Video Coding between Texas Instruments, Bangalore and the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay.