Abstract: A transmission line formed by a twisted pair of conductors with at least one input point for connection to a device for injection of a signal into the pair of conductors, and several output points for connection to devices for tapping of the signal transmitted on the pair of conductors. Each of the points has means for symmetrical tapping of the signal on the two wires of the pair. The tapping means has a high impedance with respect to the impedance of the pair of conductors, and is compatible with a multiple tapping of the signal on the pair of conductors. This transmission line permits the transmission of signals emitted in wideband, such as baseband video signals over distances of several hundreds of meters, with multiple tapping of a signal on one and the same line of the network, without causing any mismatching phenomena.

Abstract: A computer-communications concentrator for establishing connections between a plurality of asynchronous computer-communications terminals and a two-way computer-communications channel for transmission and switching of packetized data. The concentrator is comprised of one processing unit which is operated asynchronously and is connected to the computer-communications terminals. One X25 interface normalizing function processing unit is connected to the two-way computer-communication channel, with, between the two processing units, a communication system comprised of one memory unit having a first part in which each packet transmitted in one or the other direction is stored, and a second part comprised of forward and return cell pairs.