Data compression on a data connection
US6434168B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/24
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to compressing and transmitting data on a connection between two parties in a telecommunication system comprising at least one slow transmission channel, such as the air interface Um of the radio network. The data to be transmitted are assembled into frames (F) comprising a header section (1) and a data section (2). Prior to transmission, at least the header (1) or the data section (2) of at least some of the frames (F) are compressed. The transmitting party has available at least two different compression algorithms and the receiving party has available at least two different decompression algorithms. The transmitting party compresses at least one section (1, 2) of at least some of the frames (F) with at least two different algorithms, and transmits the frame (F) compressed with the algorithm that produced the best compression ratio.
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