Patent ID: 8934343
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H03M,H04L

Abstract:
1. An Ethernet node, comprising: at least one processor configured: to obtain a first Ethernet frame, the first Ethernet frame having a first Ethernet header, a first payload portion and a first frame check sequence; and to compress the first payload portion separately from any data transmitted in any other Ethernet frame using a compression dictionary determined for the first Ethernet frame to form a compressed payload portion, the compression dictionary being created for and used only for the first Ethernet frame and for no other Ethernet frame; and to create a second Ethernet frame comprising a second Ethernet header, a second payload portion, and a second frame check sequence, the second payload portion including the compressed payload portion and the compression dictionary, the second Ethernet frame being smaller than the first Ethernet frame; and at least one communication network interface configured to transmit the second Ethernet frame.