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+#ifndef _TRAU_FRAME_H
+#define _TRAU_FRAME_H
+/* TRAU frame handling according to GSM TS 08.60 */
+
+/* (C) 2009 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 Affero 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/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* 21 for FR/EFR, 25 for AMR, 15 for OM, 15 for data, 13 for E-data, 21 idle */
+#define MAX_C_BITS	25
+/* 260 for FR/EFR, 256 for AMR, 264 for OM, 288 for E-data */
+#define MAX_D_BITS	288
+/* for all speech frames */
+#define MAX_T_BITS	4
+/* for OM */
+#define MAX_S_BITS	6
+/* for E-data */
+#define MAX_M_BITS	2
+
+struct decoded_trau_frame {
+	uint8_t c_bits[MAX_C_BITS];
+	uint8_t d_bits[MAX_D_BITS];
+	uint8_t t_bits[MAX_T_BITS];
+	uint8_t s_bits[MAX_S_BITS];
+	uint8_t m_bits[MAX_M_BITS];
+};
+
+#define TRAU_FT_FR_UP		0x02	/* 0 0 0 1 0 - 3.5.1.1.1 */
+#define TRAU_FT_FR_DOWN		0x1c	/* 1 1 1 0 0 - 3.5.1.1.1 */
+#define TRAU_FT_EFR		0x1a	/* 1 1 0 1 0 - 3.5.1.1.1 */
+#define TRAU_FT_AMR		0x06	/* 0 0 1 1 0 - 3.5.1.2 */
+#define TRAU_FT_OM_UP		0x07	/* 0 0 1 0 1 - 3.5.2 */
+#define TRAU_FT_OM_DOWN		0x1b	/* 1 1 0 1 1 - 3.5.2 */
+#define TRAU_FT_DATA_UP		0x08	/* 0 1 0 0 0 - 3.5.3 */
+#define TRAU_FT_DATA_DOWN	0x16	/* 1 0 1 1 0 - 3.5.3 */
+#define TRAU_FT_D145_SYNC	0x14	/* 1 0 1 0 0 - 3.5.3 */
+#define TRAU_FT_EDATA		0x1f	/* 1 1 1 1 1 - 3.5.4 */
+#define TRAU_FT_IDLE_UP		0x10	/* 1 0 0 0 0 - 3.5.5 */
+#define TRAU_FT_IDLE_DOWN	0x0e	/* 0 1 1 1 0 - 3.5.5 */
+
+
+int decode_trau_frame(struct decoded_trau_frame *fr, const uint8_t *trau_bits);
+int encode_trau_frame(uint8_t *trau_bits, const struct decoded_trau_frame *fr);
+int trau_frame_up2down(struct decoded_trau_frame *fr);
+
+
+#endif /* _TRAU_FRAME_H */