Connecting apparatus for plural channel digital communication network

Apparatus for connecting data communicating equipment to a digital communication network providing at least first and second digital communication channels, said first channel having a first transmission delay and said second channel having a second transmission delay, said apparatus comprising:

• a transmit part comprising:
• means for separating a single high rate data signal received from said data communication equipment into two distinct low rate data signals, each of said low-rate data signals being transmitted through a different one of said digital channels, and
• means for adding to each low rate signal a unique identifier characterizing the associated digital channel;
• a receive part comprising:
• storage means for storing the data received from said digital network,
• means for measuring the difference between the two transmission delays,
• addressing means for addressing said storage means in order to extract the data received through both digital channels,
• detecting means for detecting the reception of said identifiers which are received from said digital network, and
• control means responsive to the reception of said identifiers and the difference between said transmission delays for controlling said addressing means in order to provide a high-rate data signal which is not affected by the difference in transmission delays introduced by both digital channels.