US Patent 9071845 Method and arrangement for video coding

Methods and arrangements in video encoding and decoding entities. The methods and arrangements relate to the joint encoding of reference information associated with encoded video. The method and arrangement in a decoding entity relate to obtaining (402) a single syntax element associated with an encoded block Be, and identifying (404) a reference mode and one or more reference pictures based on the obtained syntax element. The method and arrangement further relate to-decoding (406) of the block Be based on the identified reference mode and one or more reference pictures, thus providing a decoded block, B, of pixels.