Methods and apparatus for improving header compression

摘要

A method and apparatus for reducing HTTP header is provided. The method may include receiving a suppression identifier list, wherein the suppression identifier list associates header identifier values with at least a portion of one or more header content items in an HTTP header, replacing the one or more header content items with the corresponding header field identifier from the suppression identifier list, and transmitting the data packet with the one or more header field identifiers replacing the corresponding one or more header content items.

主权项

1. A method of reducing HTTP header size, comprising
determining at least one or more header content items to suppress in the HTTP header; including the one or more header content items to suppress in a suppression identifier list; transmitting the suppression identifier list between at least two devices exchanging data comprising the HTTP header, wherein the suppression identifier list associates header identifier values with at least a portion of the one or more header content items to suppress in the HTTP header, wherein
determining the at least one of the one or more header content items to suppress comprises determining a header content item which is present in the HTTP header more than a threshold number of times, andthe header content item comprises a static header item; replacing the one or more header content items with the corresponding header field identifier from the suppression identifier list; and transmitting the data packet with the one or more header field identifiers replacing the corresponding one or more header content items.