Patent ID: 8873466

Claim:
A radio-frequency (RF) timer for generating a plurality of timing events to enable a wireless communication device to operate in a plurality of different cellular networks, wherein the wireless communication device includes at least one of a user equipment (UE) and a base station, the RF timer comprising: a memory module for storing a plurality of sets of network parameters corresponding to the plurality of different cellular networks; a plurality of programmable registers, coupled to the memory module, that are configurable using at least one of the sets of network parameters; and an event generation logic circuit, coupled to the plurality of programmable registers, for generating the plurality of timing events based on a first set of the network parameters corresponding to a first cellular network of the plurality of different cellular networks for enabling the wireless communication device to operate in the first cellular network, wherein the wireless communication device transmits and receives data in a plurality of frames, each frame including a plurality of sub-frames, each sub-frame including a plurality of slots, and each slot including a plurality of symbols, and wherein the plurality of slots are synchronized using a timing reference that is common between the wireless communication device and a cellular network.