Sorting-Network Dynamic Huffman Encoding for Stable Parallel Sorting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Huffman coding algorithms suffer from low efficiency and instability during the sorting process, which affects the construction of the Huffman tree and overall data compression efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic Huffman encoding method based on a sorting network, where elements are sorted through a series of parallel comparison stages, ensuring stability and simplifying the sorting process, thereby improving efficiency and facilitating hardware implementation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional sorting algorithms (bubbling sorting, insertion sorting, quick sorting, or heap sorting) are used in Huffman coding, then the sorting process can be completed, but the efficiency is low or the stability is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The sorting network is divided into multiple stages, where each stage contains multiple sorting units that operate in parallel. This segmentation allows the sorting process to be broken down into manageable segments that can be executed simultaneously, improving both efficiency and stability.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple sorting units are combined into stages, where the output of one stage feeds into the next stage. The merging of parallel sorting operations across stages achieves a complete sorting result while maintaining high efficiency through parallel execution.
2Productivity
If parallel comparison stages are used in the sorting network, then the sorting efficiency is improved and stability is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The complex sorting task is segmented into multiple simpler stages, where each stage performs a specific sorting function. This segmentation reduces the complexity of individual sorting units while achieving the overall sorting goal through staged processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The sorting network uses dynamic stage indexing where the number of stages and units per stage can be adjusted based on the input size. This dynamic configuration allows the system to adapt to different sorting requirements, optimizing the balance between complexity and efficiency.
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AI summary
Provided is a dynamic Huffman encoding method based on a sorting network. Compared with traditional dynamic Huffman coding solutions, the method implements sorting on the basis of the sorting network, therefore the sorting process is not only stable, but also may ensure a stable sorting result; and moreover, sorting steps and related operations are simpler, thereby greatly simplifying the sorting and iteration processes, and thus the sorting efficiency is higher. In addition, the sorting process better facilitates program implementation and transplantation, and implementation of hardware and software may achieve good effects. In addition, the present disclosure further provides a dynamic Huffman coding apparatus and device based on a sorting network, and a readable storage medium, and the technical effects thereof correspond to the technical effects of the above method.