Lossless data compression in space applications
Piergiorgio Lanza · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2001
The first part of the article gives a brief examination of the state of art in terms of methodologies, hardware available and algorithms used in space applications. Particular emphasis is given to the lossless algorithms used and their characterization. In the second part a more detailed analysis, in terms of data entropy, is presented. At the end the preliminary results in the determination of compressibility of the file will be presented.