HTTP compression techniques

This report describes a set of methods developed for compressing hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP). These compression methods have demonstrated increased compression gain compared to the existing known methods. The methods are developed to utilize HTTP protocol characteristics, persistent connections in HTTP 1.1, and increasing effectiveness of the created compression context. HTTP compression is very important for enhancing the performance of HTTP applications, such as Web browsing, for improving user experience and achieving spectrum efficiency over a narrow band wireless system such as cellular.