PON Data Compression for High Efficiency

A telecommunications device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform operations comprising:
• determining that one or more fields of a packet to be transmitted are compressible based on a compression table, wherein the compression table is established by the telecommunications device and a second telecommunications device, the compression table includes a plurality of compression entries on a per-flow and per-direction basis, and one or more compressible fields of the packet are determined based on a compression entry in the compression table;
• and
• prior to transmitting the packet to the second telecommunications device and in response to determining that the one or more fields are compressible:
• compressing the one or more fields of the packet based on the compression table, including removing the one or more fields from the packet to generate a compressed packet;
• and
• modifying one or more bits in a header of the compressed packet, wherein the modified one or more bits in the header of the compressed packet indicate at least one compression entry in the compression table associated with the compression performed on the compressed packet.

A telecommunications system, comprising a first telecommunications device and a second telecommunications device, the first telecommunications device configured to perform operations comprising:

• determining that one or more fields of a packet to be transmitted are compressible based on a compression table, wherein the compression table is established by the first telecommunications device and the second telecommunications device, the compression table includes a plurality of compression entries on a per-flow and per-direction basis, and one or more compressible fields of the packet are determined based on a compression entry in the compression table;
• and
• prior to transmitting the packet to the second telecommunications device and in response to determining that the one or more fields are compressible:
• compressing the one or more fields of the packet based on the compression table, including removing the one or more fields from the packet to generate a compressed packet;
• and
• modifying one or more bits in a header of the compressed packet, wherein the modified one or more bits in the header of the compressed packet indicate at least one compression entry in the compression table associated with the compression performed on the compressed packet.