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ADAPTIVE DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

  • US 3,700,820 A
  • Filed: 03/18/1969
  • Issued: 10/24/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1966
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An adaptive multiplexer for time division multiplexing a plurality of digital input signals, each of said input signals having an information rate which is the same as or different from the information rate of any other of said input signals, each of said input signals further being assigned a priority with respect to each other input siGnal, said adaptive multiplexer comprising:

  • a format computer having inputs for receiving signals representing said information rate and said priority of each of said input signals, said format computer computing a number of time slots required within a time frame in accordance with the number of said input signals and said information rate of each of said input signals and computing the time slot assignment for each of said input signals in accordance with its information rate and priority;

    a time slot generator connected to said format computer for generating a plurality of time slots in accordance with the number of time slots specified by said format computer;

    a combiner connected to said format computer and to said time slot generator for combining said input signals into said time slots provided by said time slot generator in accordance with the time slot assignment of said format computer.

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