Abstract: The present invention provides a method for joint use of Ethernet header compression and robust header compression. More particularly, a method, comprising performing, a first compression/decompression operation to an Ethernet header of an Ethernet packet data; determining that the Ethernet packet includes an Internet Protocol packet; identifying at least one Internet Protocol packet within the Ethernet packet data; and performing a second compression/decompression operation to an Internet Protocol header of the at least one Internet Protocol packet, wherein the second compression/decompression operation is based on an indicated at least one of a context or profile independent from that of the first compression/decompression operation, is disclosed.