System and method for compressing communication flows in a network environment

A method for compressing data, comprising:

• receiving a packet communicated by a mobile station;
• extracting a high-level data link control (HDLC) payload from the packet;
• performing a compression process on the HDLC payload in order to reduce a number of bytes associated with the packet;
• building a key that maps the HDLC payload associated with the packet to the key, the key being broken into segments that are positioned into a source internet protocol (IP) address field, a user datagram protocol (UDP) source port field, and a UDP destination port field of a UDP packet;
• and
• communicating the UDP packet to a routing functionality such that it may be directed to a next destination.

A system for compressing data, comprising:

• means for receiving a packet communicated by a mobile station;
• means for extracting a high-level data link control (HDLC) payload from the packet;
• means for performing a compression process on the HDLC payload in order to reduce a number of bytes associated with the packet;
• means for building a key that maps the HDLC payload associated with the packet to the key, the key being broken into segments that are positioned into a source internet protocol (IP) address field, a user datagram protocol (UDP) source port field, and a UDP destination port field of a UDP packet;
• and
• means for communicating the UDP packet to a routing functionality such that it may be directed to a next destination.