Patent ID: 6512790
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
A digital telecommunication station adapted to receive at least two different types of signals, operative in a digital communication system, and comprising:at least one detector operative to receive signals carried along a transmission path and determine their type; at least one switch controlled by said at least one detector, adapted to channel said signals in accordance with the determination of their type; first identifier for determining whether said signals received are of a digital compressed form; second identifier for determining whether the transmission path includes at least one further operative de-compressor adapted for decompressing signals when being transmitted in their compressed form; at least two pairs of compressing/decompressing devices, each adapted to compress/decompress a different type of signals; first transmitter operative in response to a determination made by said second identifier that said transmission path does not include at least one further operative decompressor adapted for decompressing the signals being transmitted in their compressed form; and second transmitter operative in response to a determination made by said second indentifier that said transmission path does include at least one further operative decompressor adapted for decompressing the signals being transmitted in their compressed form into the decompressed digital output signals.