paulmandal / atak-forwarder

Forwards packets to/from ATAK over an off-grid communication layer
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protobuf RFE discussion: compress the UIDs #99

Open a-f-G-U-C opened 3 years ago

a-f-G-U-C commented 3 years ago

Most CoT UIDs can be compressed by over 50% (a 5-30 byte saving) by breaking them down into format and value using a hard-coded dictionary of rules and formats.

Some proof-of-concept work: https://github.com/a-f-G-U-C/back-of-napkin/tree/main/uidpress