Compressor/decompressor States
The notion of compressor/decompressor states is orthogonal to the operational modes. Whatever the mode is, both the compressor and the decompressor work in one of their three states. They are basically finite state machines. Every incoming packet may cause the compressor/decompressor to change its internal state. Every state refers to a defined behaviour and compression level.
The ROHC algorithm is similar to video compression, in that a base frame and then several difference frames are sent to represent an IP packet flow. This has the advantage of allowing ROHC to survive many packet losses in its highest compression state, as long as the base frames are not lost.
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