Patent ID: 8548012
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for encoding a target packet in a manner for reducing redundancy of information in the target packet, the method comprising: identifying a region of the target packet that matches a region of a stored packet; removing, from the target packet, the identified region of the target packet; and inserting, within the target packet, an encoding key comprising a hash of the stored packet and information that indicates positions of the matched regions in, respectively, the stored and target packets; wherein the information that indicates positions of the matched regions in, respectively, the stored and target packets is represented using a four byte value; wherein the information that indicates positions of the matched regions in, respectively, the stored and target packets comprises an offset of the matched region in the stored packet, an offset of the matched region in the target packet, and a length of the matched regions, wherein: