Apparatus and method for transmitting a plurality of information signals in flexible time-division multiplexing

A method for transmitting a plurality of information signals in accordance with cyclic time-division multiplexing, comprising:

• estimating, for each of the information signals, a data rate with which the respective information signal probably will be encoded within a time slice which follows the current time slice;
• determining, for each of the information signals and on the basis of the estimated data rate, a relative waiting time which indicates an estimated starting time of the subsequent time slice of the information signal;
• and
• assigning an actual starting time and an actual data rate to each of the following time slices, it being possible for the actual data rate to deviate from an estimated data rate,
• each of the actual starting times of the subsequent time slices being larger than or equal to the respectively estimated starting time.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer program for performing, when the computer program runs on a computer and/or microcontroller, the method for transmitting a plurality of information signals in accordance with cyclic time-division multiplexing, said method comprising:

• estimating, for each of the information signals, a data rate with which the respective information signal probably will be encoded within a time slice which follows the current time slice;
• determining, for each of the information signals and on the basis of the estimated data rate, a relative waiting time which indicates an estimated starting time of the subsequent time slice of the information signal;
• and
• assigning an actual starting time and an actual data rate to each of the following time slices, it being possible for the actual data rate to deviate from an estimated data rate,
• each of the actual starting times of the subsequent time slices being larger than or equal to the respectively estimated starting time.