Patent ID: 6480509
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
Communication system comprising a first node having compression means for deriving from a plurality of source signals a plurality of compressed source signals and a multiplexer for multiplexing said plurality of compressed source signals into a multiplex signal, the first node comprises transmission means for transmitting the multiplex signal to a second node, the second node comprises a demultiplexer for demultiplexing the multiplex signal into said plurality of compressed source signals and decompression means for deriving the source signals from the compressed source signals, characterized in that the compression means are arranged as variable compression means for compressing the source signals in dependence on an aggregate rate of the source signals to be transmitted and in that the decompression means are arranged as variable decompression means for decompressing the signals received from the demultiplexer to obtain the source signals.