The present invention relates to a multiplexing system comprising a set of
transcoders (TC[1] to TC[n]), a controller (CONT) and a multiplexer
(MUX). The set of transcoders comprises n transcoders, each transcoder
(TC[i]) allowing an input compressed data signal (ICS[i]) encoded at an
input bit rate (Rin[i]) to be converted into an output compressed data
signal (OCS[i]) encoded at an output bit rate (Rout[i]). The controller
(CONT) receives from each transcoder parametric information on the
regulation process and the video coding complexity and subsequently
computes the bit rate allocated (Rout[i]) to each transcoder (TC[i])
according to a total bit rate capacity available at the output of the
multiplexer. The controller receives also parametric information derived
from the input compressed data signal (ICS[i]), this information being
used to improve the bit rate allocation strategy. Finally, the
multiplexer (MUX) provides a multiplexed data signal (MS) by multiplexing
of the output compressed data signals (OCS[1] to OCS[n]).