Robust Header Compression

This book covers Robust Header Compression (ROHC) in its current state, along with the latest developments. It gives a general introduction to wireless networks and challenges. The book introduces compression schemes used for today's Internet protocols, and how they evolved into ROHC. The authors then thoroughly review the standard and functionalities of ROHC, as well as the perspective that wireless providers have for the usage of ROHC. Afterwards, the text evaluates ROHC in several different configurations and concludes by showing the impact of ROHC on practical services promoted in the cellular market today, namely voice and video.