 field pair is interpreted as complementary non-reference layer field pair for the dependency representation with dependency id equal to currDependencyId. A complementary non-reference layer field pair for a particular value of dependency id is a pair of two layer fields for the particular value of dependency_id with the following properties: (i) the layer fields are in consecutive access units containing a dependency representation with the particular value of dependency_id, (ii) the dependency representations with the particular value of dependency_id in these access units have equal to 0, field_pic_flag 1, different values of bottom_field_flag, and they share the same value of the syntax element, (iii) the first layer field is not already a paired layer field. A complementary reference field pair is interpreted as complementary reference layer field pair for the dependency representation with dependency_id equal to currDependencyId. A complementary reference layer field pair for a particular value of dependency_id is a pair of two layer fields for the particular value of dependency_id with the following properties: (i) the layer fields are in consecutive access units containing a dependency representation with the particular value of dependency_id, (ii) the dependency representations with the particular value of dependency id in these access units have greater than 0, field pic flag equal to 1, and the same value of frame_num, (iii) the dependency representation with the particular value of dependency_id of the second access unit in decoding order has IdrPicFlag equal to 0 and does not contain a memory_management_control_operation syntax element equal to 5. A complementary field pair is interpreted as complementary layer field pair for the dependency representation with dependency_id equal to currDependencyId. A complementary layer field pair is a collective term for a complementary reference layer field pair and a complementary non-reference layer field pair. A non-paired non-reference field is interpreted as