Patent ID: 7415033

Claim:
A method for providing logical channel identifier information to a time slot assignor in a dynamic time division multiplexing process, said method comprising: splitting time into time slots, each slot corresponding to one among N logical channels, wherein N is a maximum number of logical channels that can be simultaneously opened in said process, storing in an N×p memory block time slot assignment (TSA) table at least one identifier (LC X) associated with logical channel (X), each said identifier being coded on p bits, specifying each bit position of an n-bit TDM frame that is assigned to said logical channel, storing status bits a register having N fields with a granularity of one bit, each bit indicating the status of a corresponding identifier in said TSA table, and transmitting said at least one identifier from said TSA table to a time slot assignor, wherein said transmission is controlled by a logic circuit receiving data from said resister as an input thereto.