diff --git a/src/mtp3.hrl b/src/mtp3.hrl
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+
+-define(MTP3_SERV_MGMT,		0).
+-define(MTP3_SERV_MTN,		1).
+-define(MTP3_SERV_SCCP,		3).
+-define(MTP3_SERV_TUP,		4).
+-define(MTP3_SERV_ISUP,		5).
+
+-record(mtp3_routing_label, {
+	sig_link_sel,
+	origin_pc,
+	dest_pc
+	}).
+
+-record(mtp3_msg, {
+	network_ind,
+	service_ind,
+	routing_label,
+	payload
+	}).
+
+
diff --git a/src/mtp3_codec.erl b/src/mtp3_codec.erl
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+% ITU-T Q.704 (MTP Level 3) coding / decoding
+
+% (C) 2011 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+%
+% All Rights Reserved
+%
+% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+% published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
+% License, or (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+% along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+-module(mtp3_codec).
+-author('Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>').
+-include("mtp3.hrl").
+
+-export([parse_mtp3_msg/1, encode_mtp3_msg/1]).
+
+% Parse standard routing label according to Section 2.2 of ITU-T Q.704
+parse_mtp3_routing_label(_, LabelBin) when is_binary(LabelBin) ->
+	<<Sls:4/big, Opc:14/big, Dpc:14/big, Remain/binary>> = LabelBin,
+	{ok, #mtp3_routing_label{sig_link_sel = Sls, origin_pc = Opc, dest_pc = Dpc}, Remain}.
+
+parse_mtp3_msg(DataBin) when is_binary(DataBin) ->
+	<<NetInd:2, 0:2, ServiceInd:4, Remain/binary>> = DataBin,
+	{ok, RoutLbl, Payload} = parse_mtp3_routing_label(ServiceInd, Remain),
+	#mtp3_msg{network_ind = NetInd, service_ind = ServiceInd, routing_label = RoutLbl,
+		  payload = Payload}.
+
+
+encode_mtp3_routing_label(#mtp3_routing_label{sig_link_sel = Sls, origin_pc = Opc,
+					      dest_pc = Dpc}) ->
+	<<Sls:4/big, Opc:14/big, Dpc:14/big>>.
+					      
+encode_mtp3_msg(#mtp3_msg{network_ind = NetInd, service_ind = ServiceInd,
+			  routing_label = RoutLbl, payload = Payload}) ->
+	RoutLblBin = encode_mtp3_routing_label(RoutLbl),
+	<<NetInd:2, 0:2, ServiceInd:4, RoutLblBin/binary, Payload/binary>>.
+