Gabor saw in his atoms a possibility to transmit the same information but using less data, instead of transmitting the signal itself it would be possible to transmit only the coefficients which represent the same signal using his atoms.
Gabor saw in his atoms a possibility to transmit the same information but using less data, instead of transmitting the signal itself. It would be possible to transmit only the coefficients the signal. These only the coefficients represent the same signal. This same signal is using his atoms.