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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# @file
+# @author (C) 2018 by Vasil Velichkov <vvvelichkov@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.
+#
+#
+
+from gnuradio import gr, gr_unittest, blocks
+import grgsm_swig as grgsm
+import tempfile
+
+class qa_burst_file_sink (gr_unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp (self):
+        self.tb = gr.top_block ()
+
+    def tearDown (self):
+        self.tb = None
+
+    def test_blob_only (self):
+        # prepare the input burst file
+        temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+        handle = open(temp.name, "wb")
+        handle.write(bytearray([
+            0x07, 0x06, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa4, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02, 0x04, 0x03, 0x01, 0x00, 0x6f,
+            0xcd, 0x00, 0x00, 0x25, 0xc9, 0x82, 0x06, 0x1c, 0xf5, 0x38, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01,
+            0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00,
+            0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01,
+            0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01,
+            0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01,
+            0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01,
+            0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01
+            ]))
+        handle.flush();
+
+        src = grgsm.burst_file_source(temp.name);
+        dst = grgsm.burst_sink();
+        self.tb.msg_connect(src, "out", dst, "in")
+        self.tb.run ()
+
+        self.assertEqual([2476418], list(dst.get_framenumbers()))
+        self.assertEqual([1], list(dst.get_timeslots()))
+        self.assertEqual([
+            "0000001000000101010111111110101000000000010101010111101010101001011011101111000101101111100000000001010101111010101010000000010101011101111010101001"],
+            list(dst.get_burst_data()))
+
+    def test_fn_time (self):
+        # prepare the input burst file
+        temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+        handle = open(temp.name, "wb")
+        handle.write(bytearray([
+            0x07,
+            #     the additional fn_time field - 51 bytes
+                  0x07, 0x07, 0x02, 0x00, 0x07, 0x66, 0x6e, 0x5f, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x07, 0x07, 0x0b,
+            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0a, 0x3b, 0x73, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x01, 0x07, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x3f, 0xe4, 0x99, 0x45,
+            0xbe, 0x81, 0xc0, 0xf4,
+            #     the 173 original 173 bytes
+                  0x06, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa4, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02, 0x04, 0x03, 0x01, 0x00, 0x6f,
+            0xcd, 0x00, 0x00, 0x25, 0xc9, 0x82, 0x06, 0x1c, 0xf5, 0x38, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01,
+            0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00,
+            0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01,
+            0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01,
+            0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01,
+            0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01,
+            0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01
+            ]))
+        handle.flush();
+
+        src = grgsm.burst_file_source(temp.name);
+        dst = grgsm.burst_sink();
+        self.tb.msg_connect(src, "out", dst, "in")
+        self.tb.run ()
+
+        self.assertEqual([2476418], list(dst.get_framenumbers()))
+        self.assertEqual([1], list(dst.get_timeslots()))
+        self.assertEqual([
+            "0000001000000101010111111110101000000000010101010111101010101001011011101111000101101111100000000001010101111010101010000000010101011101111010101001"],
+            list(dst.get_burst_data()))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    gr_unittest.run(qa_burst_file_sink, "qa_burst_file_sink.xml")