Patent ID: 6763015
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A time division multiple access (TDMA) communication device, comprising:a controller having a transmit interface and a receive interface; a transmit switch having a first position that connects a voice source to the transmit interface and a second position that connects a data source to the transmit interface; and a receive switch having a first position that connects a voice destination to the receive interface and a second position that connects a data destination to the receive interface; wherein the controller places the transmit switch in the first position during a TDMA transmit time slot associated with a voice call and in the second position during a TDMA transmit time slot associated with a data call, the voice call TDMA transmit time slot and the data call TDMA transmit time slot being associated with a single TDMA frame, and wherein the controller places the receive switch in the first position during a TDMA receive time slot associated with the voice call and in the second position during a TDMA receive time slot associated with the data call, the voice call TDMA receive time slot and the data call TDMA receive time slot being associated with the single TDMA frame.