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+/*! \file gsm_utils.h
+ * GSM utility functions, e.g. coding and decoding. */
+/*
+ * (C) 2008 by Daniel Willmann <daniel@totalueberwachung.de>
+ * (C) 2009 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * (C) 2009-2010 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 General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/defs.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
+
+#define ADD_MODULO(sum, delta, modulo) do {	\
+	if ((sum += delta) >= modulo)		\
+		sum -= modulo;			\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define GSM_MAX_FN	(26*51*2048)
+
+/* Max length of random identifier which can be requested via osmo_get_rand_id() */
+#define OSMO_MAX_RAND_ID_LEN 16
+
+//struct gsm_time {
+//	uint32_t	fn;	/* FN count */
+//	uint16_t	t1;	/* FN div (26*51) */
+//	uint8_t		t2;	/* FN modulo 26 */
+//	uint8_t		t3;	/* FN modulo 51 */
+//	uint8_t		tc;
+//};
+
+enum gsm_band {
+	GSM_BAND_850	= 1,
+	GSM_BAND_900	= 2,
+	GSM_BAND_1800	= 4,
+	GSM_BAND_1900	= 8,
+	GSM_BAND_450	= 0x10,
+	GSM_BAND_480	= 0x20,
+	GSM_BAND_750	= 0x40,
+	GSM_BAND_810	= 0x80,
+};
+
+const char *gsm_band_name(enum gsm_band band);
+enum gsm_band gsm_band_parse(const char *mhz);
+
+//int osmo_get_rand_id(uint8_t *out, size_t len);
+
+/*!
+ * Decode a sequence of GSM 03.38 encoded 7 bit characters.
+ *
+ * \param decoded	The destination buffer for the decoded characters.
+ * \param n		A maximum of n chars is written (incl. terminating \0).
+ * 			Requires n >= 1.
+ * \param user_data	A pointer to the start of the packed 7bit character
+ *			sequence.
+ * \param length	The length of the input sequence in septets, for
+ *			example pass octet_length*8/7.
+ *
+ * \returns the number of (8 bit) chars written excluding the terminating \0.
+ * 	    This is the same like strlen(decoded).
+ */
+//int gsm_7bit_decode_n(char *decoded, size_t n, const uint8_t *user_data, uint8_t length);
+
+///*!
+// * Decode a sequence of 7 bit characters (USSD encoding).
+// *
+// * \see gsm_7bit_encode_n()
+// */
+//int gsm_7bit_decode_n_ussd(char *decoded, size_t n, const uint8_t *user_data, uint8_t length);
+
+///*!
+// * Encode a text string into GSM 03.38 encoded 7 bit characters.
+// *
+// * \param result	The destination buffer for the packed 7 bit sequence.
+// * \param n		A maximum of n octets is written.
+// * \param data		A pointer to the start of the \0 terminated 8 bit character
+// *			string.
+// * \param octets_written  Iff not NULL, *octets_written will be set to the
+// *			number of octets written to the result buffer.
+// *
+// * \returns the number of septets that have been created.
+// */
+//int gsm_7bit_encode_n(uint8_t *result, size_t n, const char *data, int *octets_written);
+
+///*!
+// * Encode a text string into GSM 03.38 encoded 7 bit characters (USSD encoding).
+// *
+// * \see gsm_7bit_decode_n()
+// */
+//int gsm_7bit_encode_n_ussd(uint8_t *result, size_t n, const char *data, int *octets_written);
+
+///* the four functions below are helper functions and here for the unit test */
+//int gsm_septets2octets(uint8_t *result, const uint8_t *rdata, uint8_t septet_len, uint8_t padding);
+//int gsm_septet_encode(uint8_t *result, const char *data);
+//uint8_t gsm_get_octet_len(const uint8_t sept_len);
+//int gsm_7bit_decode_n_hdr(char *decoded, size_t n, const uint8_t *user_data, uint8_t length, uint8_t ud_hdr_ind);
+
+//unsigned int ms_class_gmsk_dbm(enum gsm_band band, int ms_class);
+
+//int ms_pwr_ctl_lvl(enum gsm_band band, unsigned int dbm);
+//int ms_pwr_dbm(enum gsm_band band, uint8_t lvl);
+
+///* According to TS 05.08 Chapter 8.1.4 */
+//int rxlev2dbm(uint8_t rxlev);
+//uint8_t dbm2rxlev(int dbm);
+
+///* According to GSM 04.08 Chapter 10.5.1.6 */
+//static inline int ms_cm2_a5n_support(uint8_t *cm2, unsigned n) {
+//	switch (n) {
+//		case 0: return 1;
+//		case 1: return (cm2[0] & (1<<3)) ? 0 : 1;
+//		case 2: return (cm2[2] & (1<<0)) ? 1 : 0;
+//		case 3: return (cm2[2] & (1<<1)) ? 1 : 0;
+//		default:
+//			return 0;
+//	}
+//}
+
+///* According to GSM 04.08 Chapter 10.5.1.7 */
+//static inline int ms_cm3_a5n_support(uint8_t *cm3, unsigned n) {
+//	switch (n) {
+//		case 4: return (cm3[0] & (1<<0)) ? 1 : 0;
+//		case 5: return (cm3[0] & (1<<1)) ? 1 : 0;
+//		case 6: return (cm3[0] & (1<<2)) ? 1 : 0;
+//	        case 7: return (cm3[0] & (1<<3)) ? 1 : 0;
+//		default:
+//			return 0;
+//	}
+//}
+
+///* According to GSM 04.08 Chapter 10.5.2.29 */
+//static inline int rach_max_trans_val2raw(int val) { return (val >> 1) & 3; }
+//static inline int rach_max_trans_raw2val(int raw) {
+//	const int tbl[4] = { 1, 2, 4, 7 };
+//	return tbl[raw & 3];
+//}
+
+#define	ARFCN_PCS	0x8000
+#define	ARFCN_UPLINK	0x4000
+#define	ARFCN_FLAG_MASK	0xf000	/* Reserve the upper 5 bits for flags */
+
+enum gsm_band gsm_arfcn2band(uint16_t arfcn);
+
+/* Convert an ARFCN to the frequency in MHz * 10 */
+uint16_t gsm_arfcn2freq10(uint16_t arfcn, int uplink);
+
+/* Convert a Frequency in MHz * 10 to ARFCN */
+uint16_t gsm_freq102arfcn(uint16_t freq10, int uplink);
+
+/* Convert from frame number to GSM time */
+//void gsm_fn2gsmtime(struct gsm_time *time, uint32_t fn);
+
+/* Parse GSM Frame Number into printable string */
+//char *gsm_fn_as_gsmtime_str(uint32_t fn);
+
+/* Convert from GSM time to frame number */
+//uint32_t gsm_gsmtime2fn(struct gsm_time *time);
+
+/* Returns static buffer with string representation of a GSM Time */
+//char *osmo_dump_gsmtime(const struct gsm_time *tm);
+
+/* GSM TS 03.03 Chapter 2.6 */
+//enum gprs_tlli_type {
+//	TLLI_LOCAL,
+//	TLLI_FOREIGN,
+//	TLLI_RANDOM,
+//	TLLI_AUXILIARY,
+//	TLLI_RESERVED,
+//	TLLI_G_RNTI,
+//	TLLI_RAND_G_RNTI,
+//};
+
+/* TS 03.03 Chapter 2.6 */
+//int gprs_tlli_type(uint32_t tlli);
+
+//uint32_t gprs_tmsi2tlli(uint32_t p_tmsi, enum gprs_tlli_type type);
+
+///* Osmocom internal, not part of any gsm spec */
+//enum gsm_phys_chan_config {
+//	GSM_PCHAN_NONE,
+//	GSM_PCHAN_CCCH,
+//	GSM_PCHAN_CCCH_SDCCH4,
+//	GSM_PCHAN_TCH_F,
+//	GSM_PCHAN_TCH_H,
+//	GSM_PCHAN_SDCCH8_SACCH8C,
+//	GSM_PCHAN_PDCH,		/* GPRS PDCH */
+//	GSM_PCHAN_TCH_F_PDCH,	/* TCH/F if used, PDCH otherwise */
+//	GSM_PCHAN_UNKNOWN,
+//	GSM_PCHAN_CCCH_SDCCH4_CBCH,
+//	GSM_PCHAN_SDCCH8_SACCH8C_CBCH,
+//	GSM_PCHAN_TCH_F_TCH_H_PDCH,
+//	_GSM_PCHAN_MAX
+//};
+
+///* Osmocom internal, not part of any gsm spec */
+//enum gsm_chan_t {
+//	GSM_LCHAN_NONE,
+//	GSM_LCHAN_SDCCH,
+//	GSM_LCHAN_TCH_F,
+//	GSM_LCHAN_TCH_H,
+//	GSM_LCHAN_UNKNOWN,
+//	GSM_LCHAN_CCCH,
+//	GSM_LCHAN_PDTCH,
+//	GSM_LCHAN_CBCH,
+//	_GSM_LCHAN_MAX
+//};
+
+//extern const struct value_string gsm_chan_t_names[];
+
+///* Deprectated functions */
+///* Limit encoding and decoding to use no more than this amount of buffer bytes */
+//#define GSM_7BIT_LEGACY_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE  0x10000
+
+//int gsm_7bit_decode(char *decoded, const uint8_t *user_data, uint8_t length) OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use gsm_7bit_decode_n() instead");
+//int gsm_7bit_decode_ussd(char *decoded, const uint8_t *user_data, uint8_t length) OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use gsm_7bit_decode_n_ussd() instead");
+//int gsm_7bit_encode(uint8_t *result, const char *data) OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use gsm_7bit_encode_n() instead");
+//int gsm_7bit_encode_ussd(uint8_t *result, const char *data, int *octets_written) OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use gsm_7bit_encode_n_ussd() instead");
+//int gsm_7bit_encode_oct(uint8_t *result, const char *data, int *octets_written) OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use gsm_7bit_encode_n() instead");