| 摘要 |
A method is described for improving bandwidth utilization on point-to-point and point-to-multipoint links, wherein data packets are transmitted across the links in cells. The method includes the following steps. A context is defined comprising a plurality of protocol headers for the data packets. At a transmitter, the protocol headers associated with subsequent data to be transmitted are replaced with a compressed header. At a receiver, the compressed header is used for identifying an associated context. The compressed header is replaced with the plurality of headers in accordance with the associated context. How many of the plurality of protocol headers to be compressed is determined such that header compression achieves a header size reduction equal to or greater than a payload size of the cells, thereby improving bandwidth utilization of the link.
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