System and method for creating a slot table entry address for a communications device

摘要

An invention for generating a slot table entry address for a communications device of a communications network includes a method that involves processing a slot counter value according to a configuration setting value to produce a processed slot counter value, the slot counter value identifying a time slot of data communications of the communications network, masking a cycle counter value according to the configuration setting value to generate a masked cycle counter value, where the cycle counter value identifies a communications cycle containing the time slot, and processing the processed slot counter value and the masked cycle counter value to generate a slot table entry address such that a corresponding slot table entry of the time slot of the communications cycle in a slot table is accessed by the communications device at the slot table entry address.

主权项

1. A method for generating a slot table entry address for a communications device of a communications network, the method comprising:
processing a slot counter value according to a configuration setting value to produce a processed slot counter value, wherein the slot counter value identifies a time slot of data communications of the communications network; masking a cycle counter value according to the configuration setting value to generate a masked cycle counter value, wherein the cycle counter value identifies a communications cycle containing the time slot; and processing the processed slot counter value and the masked cycle counter value to generate a slot table entry address such that a corresponding slot table entry of the time slot of the communications cycle in a slot table is accessed by the communications device at the slot table entry address.