System and method for dynamic variable compression of aircraft communications, addressing, and reporting system (acars) protocol messaging

An Aircraft Communication and Addressing Reporting System (ACARS) compatible transmitter, comprising:

• a compressor module communicatively coupled with one or more end systems of an ACARS source, the compressor module configured to:
• receive at least one outbound ACARS compatible message from the one or more end systems, the outbound ACARS compatible message configured for transmission to one or more ACARS destinations according to at least one datalink protocol and including one or more of a header/trailer (H/T) component and a text payload comprising a plurality of component characters;
• determine if the ACARS compatible message is an acknowledgement (ACK) or an ACARS block;
• if the ACARS compatible message is an ACARS block:
• generate at least one compressed H/T component via 1) removal of one or more fixed markers of the H/T component and 2) binary encoding of one or more variable fields of the H/T component;
• generate at least one compressed text payload via:
• 1) selecting a radix base R by analyzing the component characters of the text payload, where R is an integer;
• and
• 2) mapping the plurality of component characters to an alphabet of R compressed characters;
• and
• assemble at least one compressed message block based on the compressed H/T component, the compressed text payload, and
• a link layer header corresponding to the selected radix base R;
• and
• at least one ACARS compatible transceiver configured to transmit the compressed message block to the one or more ACARS destinations according to the datalink protocol.

A method for dynamic compression of Aircraft Communication and Addressing Reporting System (ACARS) compatible messages, comprising:

• receiving at least one outbound ACARS compatible message from an end system of an ACARS source, the outbound ACARS compatible message including one or more of a header/trailer (H/T) component and a text payload comprising a plurality of component characters;
• determining if the ACARS compatible message is an acknowledgement (ACK) or an ACARS block;
• generating at least one compressed H/T component based on the H/T component by
• 1) removing one or more fixed markers of the H/T component;
• and
• 2) encoding one or more variable fields of the H/T component;
• generating at least one compressed text payload based on the text payload by:
• 1) selecting a radix base R by analyzing the component characters of the text payload, where R is an integer;
• and
• 2) mapping the plurality of component characters to an alphabet of R compressed characters;
• and
• assembling a compressed message block based on the at least one compressed H/T component, the compressed text payload, and a link layer header corresponding to the radix base R.