Transmission systems

Claim 1

A COMPLEX SIGNAL TIME COMPRESSOR COMPRISING A SOURCE OF COMPLEX SIGNALS, MEANS COUPLD TO SAID SOURCE TO DIVIDE SAID COMPLEX SIGNALS INTO A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSSIVE SIGNAL SEGMENTS EACH HAVINGA FIRST TIME DURATION, AND A TRANSLATION DEVICE COUPLED TO SAID DIVIDING MEANS SEQUENTIALLY CONDENSING EACH OF SAID SIGNAL SEGMENTS INTO A SECOND TIME DURATION LESS THAN SAID FIRST TIME DURATION SAID TRANSLATION DEVICE INCLUDING MEANS TO SEQUENTIALLY CONVERT EACH OF SAID SIGNAL SEGMENTS INTO A PLURALITY OF PULSE SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE THEREOF, ADJACENT ONES OF SAID PULSES SIGNALS BEING SPACED BY A GIVEN TIME INTERVAL, A DELAY LINE STORAGE SYSTEM COUPLED TO SAID CONVERTING MEANS TO TRANSLATE THE PULSE SIGNALS OF EACH OF SAID PLURALTIY OF PULSE SIGNALS INTO A TIME ADJACENT RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER TO CONDENSE EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF PULSE SIGNALS INTO SAID SECOND TIME DURATION, AND MEANS COUPLED TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID STORAGE SYSTEM TO RECOVER THE SIGNAL REPRESENTED BY EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF CONDENSED PULSE SIGNALS TO PROVIDE CONDENSED COMPLEX SIGNAL SEGMENTS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER BY A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL.