Data communications system
CA 2222396 A1 · Owner: Roke Manor Research Limited · Inventors: Spicer, John Joseph
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A data communications system includes a standard tele-communications apparatus (1) arranged to transport analogue signals in a form of Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulated (ADPCM) digital signals generated from Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) digital signals representative of the analogue signals. A mapping data processor (13) coupled to a source (14) of digital data and to an ADPCM encoder (3) of the standard telecommunications apparatus (1) generates PCM coded symbols, representative of the digital data in accordance with a predetermined mapping function. An unmapping data processor (15) connected to an ADPCM to PCM decoder (10) of the apparatus (1) operates to re-generate the digital …
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- Filed December 17, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 17, 2017.
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