a technique is provided for allocating access to time slots used for transferring data between nodes in a time multiplexed network , whose bandwidth is divided into cycles . the cycles are in turn divided into control slots for control signaling and data slots for transferring data . the slots allocated to a primary home node may be temporarily allocated to a temporary home node , in which case the temporary home node , instead of the primary home node , then temporarily has the write access to the slots . the slots may subsequently be reallocated to the primary home node . in particular , the degree of temporary allocation of slots to a first node is evaluated . then , the number of slots having the first node as a primary home node may be increased based upon the evaluation . this decreases the need for temporary allocation of slots within the network .