Method and apparatus for providing near-zero jitter real-time compression in a communication system

摘要

The method and apparatus of the present invention provides for the compression of signal data having a low latency jitter while maintaining a target compression ratio and reasonable degradation, as is required by next generation systems. In accordance with the present invention, a method and apparatus are provided for compressing data in a communication system by receiving uncompressed packet at a compressor of the communication system, segmenting the packet into a plurality of packet segments, calculating signal sample bit-removal information for each of the plurality of packet segments and compressing the packet segments utilizing the signal sample bit-removal information that is calculated based upon the signal characteristics of the uncompressed packet and a desired target compression ratio.

主权项

1. A method for data compression in a communication system, the method comprising:
receiving an uncompressed data segment comprising a plurality of signal samples; selecting a desired compression ratio for the uncompressed data segment, the selecting a desired compression ratio for the uncompressed data segment including receiving a desired compression ratio from a user of the communication system; dividing the uncompressed data segment into a plurality of sub-segments, each of the plurality of sub-segments comprising a subset of the plurality of signal samples; determining, for each of the plurality of sub-segments, signal sample bit-removal information to achieve the desired compression ratio; and removing, from each of the plurality of signal samples of each of the plurality of sub-segments, the plurality of bits identified by the signal sample bit-removal information, to generate a plurality of compressed signal samples.