@article{FreudenbergerRajabRohwederetal., author = {Freudenberger, J{\"u}rgen and Rajab, Mohammed and Rohweder, Daniel and Safieh, Malek}, title = {A codec architecture for the compression of short data blocks}, series = {Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers}, volume = {27}, number = {2}, issn = {0218-1266}, doi = {10.1142/S0218126618500196}, pages = {1 -- 17}, abstract = {This work proposes a lossless data compression algorithm for short data blocks. The proposed compression scheme combines a modified move-to-front algorithm with Huffman coding. This algorithm is applicable in storage systems where the data compression is performed on block level with short block sizes, in particular, in non-volatile memories. For block sizes in the range of 1(Formula presented.)kB, it provides a compression gain comparable to the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm. Moreover, encoder and decoder architectures are proposed that have low memory requirements and provide fast data encoding and decoding.}, language = {en} }