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+/* -*- c++ -*- */
+/* @file
+ * @author Roman Khassraf <rkhassraf@gmail.com>
+ * @section LICENSE
+ *
+ * Gr-gsm 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 3, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * Gr-gsm 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 gr-gsm; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <gnuradio/io_signature.h>
+#include "dummy_burst_filter_impl.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <grgsm/endian.h>
+#include <grgsm/gsmtap.h>
+
+
+namespace gr {
+  namespace gsm {
+      
+    // dummy burst defined in gsm 05.02, section 5.2.6
+    const int8_t dummy_burst_filter_impl::d_dummy_burst[] = {0,0,0,
+        1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,
+        0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,1,1,0,
+        0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,
+        0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,
+        0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,
+        0,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,
+        0,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,
+        1,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,
+        0,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,
+        0,0,0 };
+
+    dummy_burst_filter::sptr
+    dummy_burst_filter::make()
+    {
+      return gnuradio::get_initial_sptr
+        (new dummy_burst_filter_impl());
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * The private constructor
+     */
+    dummy_burst_filter_impl::dummy_burst_filter_impl()
+      : gr::block("dummy_burst_filter",
+              gr::io_signature::make(0, 0, 0),
+              gr::io_signature::make(0, 0, 0))
+    {
+        message_port_register_in(pmt::mp("in"));        
+        message_port_register_out(pmt::mp("out"));
+        
+        set_msg_handler(pmt::mp("in"), boost::bind(&dummy_burst_filter_impl::process_burst, this, _1));
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Our virtual destructor.
+     */
+    dummy_burst_filter_impl::~dummy_burst_filter_impl() {}
+
+    void dummy_burst_filter_impl::process_burst(pmt::pmt_t msg)
+    {
+        pmt::pmt_t header_plus_burst = pmt::cdr(msg);
+        int8_t * burst = (int8_t *)(pmt::blob_data(header_plus_burst)) + sizeof(gsmtap_hdr);
+        size_t burst_len = pmt::blob_length(header_plus_burst) - sizeof(gsmtap_hdr);
+        
+        if (!is_dummy_burst(burst, burst_len))
+        {
+            message_port_pub(pmt::mp("out"), msg);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    bool dummy_burst_filter_impl::is_dummy_burst(int8_t *burst, size_t burst_len)
+    {
+        if (burst_len != DUMMY_BURST_LEN)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        for (int i=0; i<DUMMY_BURST_LEN; i++)
+        {
+            if (burst[i] != d_dummy_burst[i])
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+  } /* namespace gsm */
+} /* namespace gr */