Data Compression for Bandwidth Constrained Environments

Progeny Systems will prototype a robust ship-to-shore communication capability that adds superior compression, allowing for all of todays and tomorrows diagnostic data transport needs to be accommodated using existing shipboard hardware and operating doctrines. Our approach, demonstrated in the Phase I of this topic, allows for very efficient lossless compression and even more efficient lossy compression. We will develop automated data analysis tools to selectively apply the most effective compression techniques to domains within a given data set with optional guidance from a user, providing the benefits of 100% retention of data where required, while minimizing the sizes of subsets of data that are less sensitive. Through these techniques we will empower operators to easily prepare data sets requiring a tiny fraction of the size required using todays technologies. This dramatic reduction in required bandwidth will enable sought-after capabilities including distance support and fleet-level datamining.