Patent ID: 9553954
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for data compression in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving an uncompressed data packet at a compressor of a communication system, the uncompressed data packet comprising a plurality of signal samples; identifying a desired compression ratio for the uncompressed data packet; measuring the energy variation of the uncompressed data packet; segmenting the uncompressed data packet into a plurality of packet segments based on the measured energy variation, wherein each of the plurality of packet segments comprises one or more signal samples and wherein packet segments having a lower measured energy variation have more signal samples than packet segments having a higher measured energy variation; estimating at least one packet segment compression parameter for each of the plurality of packet segments based upon the desired compression ratio; compressing each of the plurality of packet segments using the at least one estimated packet segment compression parameter for the packet segment to generate a compressed packet; and embedding the at least one estimated packet segment compression parameter into the compressed packet.