Patent ID: 7953095

Claim:
A transmission system, comprising: a transmitter; a relay; and a receiver, the transmitter for receiving data to be transmitted to the receiver, the relay for transmitting the data transmitted by the transmitter to the receiver, the receiver for receiving the data transmitted by the relay, wherein: the transmitter and the relay are coupled by a first transmission line, and the relay and the receiver are coupled by a second transmission line; the first transmission line includes a plurality of channels; the second transmission line includes a plurality of channels different in number from the plurality of channels included in the first transmission line; the transmitter is configured to: distribute the data to be transmitted to data sequences corresponding to a number of the plurality of channels included in the first transmission line to insert into the data sequences channel information indicating a channel to which the distributed data sequence is to be output; and transmit the data to the relay by outputting the distributed data sequences from the plurality of channels included in the first transmission line to the relay; the relay is configured to: detect the channel information inserted into the data sequences received from the plurality of channels included in the first transmission line; correct, based on the detected channel information, disalignment in an order of arrival of the data sequences received via the plurality of channels, the disalignment being generated by differences in arrival time of the data sequences among the plurality of channels; distribute the received data sequences to data sequences corresponding to a number of the plurality of channels included in the second transmission line; and transmit the data to the receiver by outputting the distributed data sequences from the plurality of channels included in the second transmission line to the receiver; and the receiver is configured to: detect the channel information inserted into the data sequences received from the plurality of channels included in the second transmission line; correct, based on the detected channel information, disalignment in an order of arrival of the data sequences received via the plurality of channels, the disalignment being generated by differences in arrival time of the data sequences among the plurality of channels; and distribute the received data sequences to data sequences corresponding to the number of the plurality of channels included in the first transmission line used by the transmitter for transmitting the data.