Patent ID: 8787433

Claim:
An integrated circuit comprising: a first Wireless Communication System Modem Sub-Circuit (WCSMSC); a second WCSMSC; a counter that outputs a sequence of multi-bit count values; a first programmable signal generator that receives the sequence of multi-bit count values and that supplies a first control signal to the first WCSMSC; and a second programmable signal generator that receives the sequence of multi-bit count values and that supplies a second control signal to the second WCSMSC; wherein the first programmable signal generator and the second programmable signal generator are configured to be programmed to supply the first control signal and the second control signal at a first time period to enable communicating according to a first one of multiple air interface standard communications by controlling respective different start and stop times of each of the first WCSMSC and the second WCSMSC in order to process a frame according to the first one of the multiple air interface standard communications by causing the first WCSMSC to perform a first set of operations required to process the frame according to the first one of the multiple air interface standard communications and causing the second WCSMSC to perform a second set of operations required to process the frame according to the first one of the multiple air interface standard communications, wherein the same first programmable signal generator and the second programmable signal generator are configured to be programmed to supply another first control signal and another second control signal at another time period to enable communicating according to a second one of the multiple air interface standard communications by controlling respective other different start and stop times of each of the first WCSMSC and the second WCSMSC in order to process another frame according to the second one of the multiple air interface standard communications by causing the first WCSMSC to perform another first set of operations required to process the other frame according to the second one of the multiple air interface standard communications and causing the second WCSMSC to perform another second set of operations required to process the other frame according to the second one of the multiple air interface standard communications.