3
$\begingroup$

I know that Huffman is not a encryption method, but I have a bit-stream that I know it's Huffman coded. However, the tree/table that maps the codes to real characters is not available. Surprisingly, during my searches I couldn't find helpful sources or even academic papers on this problem. It seems this problem has no literature.

Can anyone introduce a helpful resource on this? Is there any algorithm that I can devise or adapt to solve this problem?

P.S. Actually I know that the bit-stream is a JPEG file which is Huffman coded.

Thank you in advance

Improve this question
$\endgroup$

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1
$\begingroup$

There is some discussion here and a paper from 1996 here. I had looked at this cursorily years ago, it is not so easy. And a google search brings up some other papers. The discussion may be the way to start.

Improve this answer
$\endgroup$
0

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our privacy policy.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.