A communications system and method for transmitting and receiving two independently timed (asynchronous) binary data signals on a quadriphase carrier. The four phase ambiguity ordinarily resulting from quadriphase transmission and reception is overcome by uniquely identifying each input channel, for example, by scrambling. In reception each channel is demodulated and applied to a corresponding descrambler. The descrambler outputs are sequentially examined to recognize any non-random characteristic of the data signals; recognition indicates connections from the demodulator to the descrambler in the correct sense. If there is no recognition, the connections are reversed and the scrambler outputs are again examined until recognition is achieved thus providing the original binary data signals.
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