Reference picture set (RPS) signaling for scalable high efficiency video coding (HEVC)

A decoding device for video data coding, comprising:

• a memory comprising at least one decoded picture buffer (DPB) comprising a plurality of decoded pictures;
• a receiver, the receiver configured at least in part to:
• receive video data that comprises a current enhancement layer and a plurality of reference layers of the current enhancement layer, and receive an inter-layer reference picture number indicator associated with a current enhancement layer picture;
• and
• a processor, the processor configured at least in part to:
• construct, based on a picture order count (POC) number of the current enhancement layer picture, an inter-layer reference picture set (RPS) for the current enhancement layer picture that comprise a plurality of decoded pictures at a same time instance as the current enhancement layer picture from the plurality of reference layers of the current enhancement layer;
• determine, based on the inter-layer reference picture number indicator associated with the current enhancement layer picture that indicates a number of inter-layer reference pictures from the inter-layer RPS to be used for predicting of the current enhancement layer picture, the number of inter-layer reference pictures from the inter-layer RPS to be used for predicting of the current enhancement layer picture;
• identify, based on the determining, at least one inter-layer reference picture from the inter-layer RPS to be used for predicting of the current enhancement layer picture;
• combine the at least one identified inter-layer reference picture from the inter-layer RPS with one or more temporal enhancement layer reference pictures to form a reference picture list for the current enhancement layer picture;
• and
• reconstruct the current enhancement layer picture for display based on the reference picture list.