Method and apparatus for hierarchical data unit-based video encoding and decoding comprising quantization parameter prediction

A video decoding apparatus comprising:

• a processor to obtain a quantization parameter of a slice, generate a predicted quantization parameter of a current quantization group using the quantization parameter of the slice, generate a predicted quantization parameter of a next quantization group using the quantization parameter of the slice, obtain, according to a size of a coding unit included in a first largest coding unit in a current row including the current quantization group, a syntax to determine a quantization parameter of the current quantization group, determine the quantization parameter of the current quantization group using the syntax and the predicted quantization parameter of the current quantization group, and perform an inverse quantization on the current quantization group and the next quantization group,
• wherein the current quantization group is a first quantization group in the current row included in the slice,
• the next quantization group is a first quantization group in a next row included in the slice,
• each of the current row and the next row comprises a plurality of largest coding units,
• wherein a predicted quantization parameter of a quantization group in the current row which is not the current quantization group, is generated using a quantization parameter of a neighboring coding unit of the quantization group in the current row, and
• wherein a predicted quantization parameter of a quantization group in the next row which is not the next quantization group, is generated using a quantization parameter of a neighboring coding unit of the quantization group in the next row.