Patent ID: 7016333

Claim:
A slot assignment unit for use in a time division multiple access (TDMA) transmitter, comprising: a first table; a second table; a control data generation unit for receiving assignment terms for a plurality of time slots and slot data from an external source, producing a set of assignment control data according to the assignment terms and the slot data and storing the set of assignment control data into an entry of said first table in response to a command signal applied thereto; and a sequence controller for analyzing a plurality of said sets of assignment control data, producing a plurality of address pointers, storing said plurality of address pointers in said second table in such a sequence that the address pointers can be sequentially read out in a desired transmission sequence, and supplying said command signal to said control data generation unit in response to each of said address pointers, wherein said TDMA transmitter includes a data memory for storing a plurality of transmit data, and wherein said set of assignment control data stored in said first table includes an address of a communication terminal, a starting address point of each transmit data in said data memory, and a count number of slots assigned to said entry.