Research Article

Efficient Payload Compression in IP-based Wireless Sensor Network: Algorithmic Analysis and Implementation

Table 3

Comparison between Huffman and arithmetic for repetitive data.

RepetitionCompression ratio
Huffman (bit/sample)Arithmetic (bit/sample)

154.3812.2
255.3912.3
356.412.4
458.4212.5
559.5312.6
6510.612.7
7511.1212.8
8513.2112.9
10015.3213