time assignment speech interpolation

communications
Also known as: TASI

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telecommunication development

  • Alexander Graham Bell and the New York City–Chicago telephone link
    In telephone: Undersea cable

    …voice data reduction known as time assignment speech interpolation, or TASI, was introduced. In TASI the natural pauses occurring in speech were used to carry other speech conversations. In this way a coaxial cable system designed for 4,200 two-way voice circuits could support 10,500 circuits.

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