Multigig lossless data compression device

Author

Mehboob, Rizwana ; Khan, Shoab A. ; Ahmed, Zaheer ; Jamal, Habibullah ; Shahbaz, Muhammad

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. Dept., Center for Adv. Studies in Eng. (CASE), Pakistan

Volume

56

Issue

3

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1927

Lastpage

1932

Abstract

This paper presents a novel lossless data compression device that extends enterprise network to branch offices by integrating multiple communication technologies. The presented device incorporates Gigabit Ethernet, STM1/STM4/STM16 interfaces for WAN connectivity, fiber channel interfaces for storage area network and 10G Ethernet interface for enterprise network connectivity. The device implements a novel architecture that implements the LZ77 lossless data compression algorithm in hardware. The high throughput data compression architecture enables the interfacing of the diverse high-speed communication technologies besides preserving the channel bandwidth for accommodating multiple applications. The device finds consumer applications to optimize WAN bandwidth, healthcare, media&broadcasting and storage area networks (SAN).

Keywords

channel capacity; data compression; local area networks; peripheral interfaces; storage area networks; wide area networks; Ethernet interface; SAN; STM1/STM4/STM16 interfaces; WAN bandwidth; WAN connectivity; branch offices; broadcasting; channel bandwidth; data compression architecture; enterprise network connectivity; fiber channel interfaces; gigabit Ethernet; healthcare; high-speed communication technology; lossless data compression algorithm; media; multigig lossless data compression device; multiple communication technology; storage area network; Clocks; Computer architecture; Data compression; Hardware; History; Throughput; Wide area networks; Lossless Data Compression, WAN Optimization, LZ77 lossless data compression, Storage Area Network (SAN);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2010.5606348

Filename

5606348