# US 2019/0173487 A1 · Method for transmitting and receiving compressed data and apparatus for the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0173487 A1 - Document ID: US20190173487A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/208,732 - Filed: 2018-12-04 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-06 - Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - Inventors: Eun-Hee HYUN; Je-Won LEE; Heung-Mook KIM; Joon-Young JUNG; Tae-Kyoon KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190173487A1 ## CPC - H03M 7/3062: {Compressive sampling or sensing} - H03M 7/30: Compression (speech analysis-synthesis for redundancy reduction G10L19/00; for image communication H04N); Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction - H03M 7/3066: {by means of a mask or a bit-map} - H03M 7/3082: {Vector coding (for television signals, see H04N19/94)} - H04L 27/364: {Arrangements for overcoming imperfections in the modulator, e.g. quadrature error or unbalanced I and Q levels} - H04L 27/3854: {using a non - coherent carrier, including systems with baseband correction for phase or frequency offset} - H03M: CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Disclosed herein are a method for transmitting and receiving compressed data and an apparatus therefor. According to the method for transmitting compressed data, a transmission apparatus for transmitting compressed data standardizes the value of an In-phase/Quadrature-phase (IQ) data sample to a preset type that is selected from among a positive number and a negative number, determines the sample type of the IQ data sample, the value of which is standardized to the preset type, based on a sample type determination rule, generates a compressed bit string based on the compression rule pertaining to the determined sample type, generates compressed data, including at least one of a reference bit corresponding to the sample type, the sign bit of the IQ data sample, and the compressed bit string, for each IQ data sample, and transmits the compressed data to a reception apparatus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for transmitting compressed data, comprising: standardizing, by a transmission apparatus for transmitting compressed data, a value of an In-phase/Quadrature-phase (IQ) data sample to a preset type that is selected from among a positive number and a negative number; determining, by the transmission apparatus, a sample type of the IQ data sample, the value of which is standardized to the preset type, based on a sample type determination rule and generating, by the transmission apparatus, a compressed bit string based on a compression rule pertaining to the sample type; and generating, by the transmission apparatus, compressed data, including at least one of a reference bit corresponding to the sample type, a sign bit of the IQ data sample, and the compressed bit string, for each IQ data sample and transmitting, by the transmission apparatus, the compressed data to a reception apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: setting, by the transmission apparatus, two or more sample types corresponding to the sample type determination rule in consideration of distribution of valid bits of multiple IQ data samples input to the transmission apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the reference bit is allocated in an amount of one bit in order to indicate any one sample type that accounts for a greatest proportion, among the two or more samples, and the reference bit is allocated in an amount of at least two bits in order to indicate remaining sample types, excluding the sample type that accounts for the greatest proportion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein standardizing the value of the IQ data sample is configured to convert bits of the IQ data sample according to a two's complement operation when the value of the IQ data sample does not correspond to the preset type. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein standardizing the value of the IQ data sample is configured to determine whether the value of the IQ data sample is a positive number or a negative number based on the sign bit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein generating the compressed bit string comprises: dividing the IQ data sample into multiple groups of preset N bits based on the sample type determination rule; and determining the sample type depending on a value of at least one of leftmost N bits and N bits following the leftmost N bits. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the compression rule includes parameter information corresponding to target bits to be deleted from each sample type. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein generating the compressed bit string is configured to delete a leftmost bit of the IQ data sample regardless of the sample type. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: sharing, by the transmission apparatus, at least one of the sample type determination rule and the compression rule with the reception apparatus. ### Claim 10 A method for receiving compressed data, comprising: determining, by a reception apparatus for receiving compressed data, a sample type of compressed data received from a transmission apparatus; reconstructing, by the reception apparatus, an In-phase/Quadrature-phase (IQ) data sample corresponding to the compressed data using a compression rule pertaining to the sample type; and correcting, by the reception apparatus, the IQ data sample by performing a two's complement operation on the IQ data sample based on a sign bit included in the compressed data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: receiving, by the reception apparatus, at least one of the compression rule and a sample type determination rule for determining the sample type from the transmission apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein determining the sample type is configured to determine the sample type by comparing a reference bit included in the compressed data with a reference bit for each sample type included in the sample type determination rule. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein reconstructing the IQ data sample comprises: detecting a number of deleted upper bits and a number of deleted lower bits based on the compression rule; reconstructing as many bits as the number of deleted upper bits before the compressed bit string included in the compressed data in consideration of a preset type, which is either a positive number or a negative number; and generating a random value corresponding to the number of deleted lower bits and reconstructing bits after the compressed bit string using the random value. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein correcting the IQ data sample is configured to convert bits of the reconstructed IQ data sample according to a two's complement operation when the sign bit corresponds to the preset type. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the compressed data sequentially includes a reference bit, the sign bit, and the compressed bit string corresponding to the IQ data sample. ### Claim 16 An apparatus for transmitting compressed data, comprising: a processor for standardizing a value of an In-phase/Quadrature-phase (IQ) data sample to a preset type that is selected from among a positive number and a negative number, determining a sample type of the IQ data sample, the value of which is standardized to the preset type, based on a sample type determination rule, generating a compressed bit string based on a compression rule pertaining to the sample type, generating compressed data, including at least one of a reference bit corresponding to the sample type, a sign bit of the IQ data sample, and the compressed bit string, for each IQ data sample, and transmitting the compressed data to a reception apparatus; and memory for storing at least one of the sample type determination rule, the compression rule, and the preset type. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor sets two or more sample types corresponding to the sample type determination rule in consideration of distribution of valid bits of multiple IQ data samples input to the apparatus. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the reference bit is allocated in an amount of one bit in order to indicate any one sample type that accounts for a greatest proportion, among the two or more samples, and the reference bit is allocated in an amount of at least two bits in order to indicate remaining sample types, excluding the sample type that accounts for the greatest proportion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor converts bits of the IQ data sample according to a two's complement operation when the value of the IQ data sample does not correspond to the preset type. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor divides the IQ data sample into multiple groups of N bits based on the sample type determination rule and determines the sample type depending on a value of at least one of leftmost N bits and N bits following the leftmost N bits.