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diff --git a/src/util/timer.h b/src/util/timer.h
index 23aea08..250e7e0 100644
--- a/src/util/timer.h
+++ b/src/util/timer.h
@@ -22,31 +22,42 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 
 extern GSList* timeout_list;
-extern struct timespec next_timeout;
+extern struct timeval next_timeout;
 
 
-struct timeout {
-	int interval_msec;
-	struct timespec timeout_expires;
-	void (*_callback)();
-};
+typedef struct _timeout timeout;
 
 
 // timer functions
+/**
+  * Single shot timer (i.e. timer with interval_msec == 0) are deleted automatically as soon as they expire
+  * i.e. you do not need to stop them, however it is safe to call stop_timeout for these timers.
+  * Periodic timeouts are aligned to each other whenever possible, i.e. one interval_msec is an
+  * integral multiple of the other.
+**/
+
+/** default global data **/
+void default_timeout();
+
+/** freed memory : stops all timeouts **/
+void cleanup_timeout();
+
 /** installs a timeout with the first timeout of 'value_msec' and then a periodic timeout with
-	* 'interval_msec'. '_callback' is the callback function when the timer reaches the timeout.
-	* returns a pointer to the timeout, which is needed for stopping it again **/
-const struct timeout* add_timeout(int value_msec, int interval_msec, void (*_callback)());
+  * 'interval_msec'. '_callback' is the callback function when the timer reaches the timeout.
+  * returns a pointer to the timeout, which is needed for stopping it again
+**/
+timeout* add_timeout(int value_msec, int interval_msec, void (*_callback)(void*), void* arg);
 
-void change_timeout(const struct timeout* t, int value_msec, int interval_msec, void (*_callback)());
+/** changes timeout 't'. If timeout 't' does not exist, nothing happens **/
+void change_timeout(timeout* t, int value_msec, int interval_msec, void (*_callback)(void*), void* arg);
 
 /** stops the timeout 't' **/
-void stop_timeout(const struct timeout* t);
-
-/** stops all timeouts **/
-void stop_all_timeouts();
+void stop_timeout(timeout* t);
 
+/** update_next_timeout updates next_timeout to the value, when the next installed timeout will expire **/
 void update_next_timeout();
+
+/** Callback of all expired timeouts **/
 void callback_timeout_expired();
 
 #endif // TIMER_H