Abstract:
Pulse signals from a plurality of unsynchronized sources are time-division multiplexed on a high-speed pulse transmission system having a pulse repetition rate submultiples of which are approximately equal to the repetition rate of the signals to be multiplexed. Multiplexing is accomplished by inserting control pulses or deleting pulse information from the pulse sources when necessary so as to maintain the pulse signals at a predetermined repetition rate equal to a submultiple of the line rate. The presence and location of the control pulses and the fact that deletion has occurred as well as whether a pulse or a space has been deleted from a particular pulse source are signalled to the receiving apparatus by transmitting signaling information in a predetermined channel space enabling the receiving apparatus to delete the control signals and restore any deleted signals.