diff --git a/include/osmocore/Makefile.am b/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
index 1c3a33f..56f926b 100644
--- a/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 osmocore_HEADERS = signal.h linuxlist.h timer.h select.h msgb.h \
 		   tlv.h bitvec.h comp128.h statistics.h gsm_utils.h utils.h \
 		   gsmtap.h write_queue.h rsl.h gsm48.h rxlev_stat.h mncc.h \
-		   gsm48_ie.h logging.h
+		   gsm48_ie.h logging.h gsm0808.h
 
 if ENABLE_TALLOC
 osmocore_HEADERS += talloc.h
diff --git a/include/osmocore/gsm0808.h b/include/osmocore/gsm0808.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ea78da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osmocore/gsm0808.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* (C) 2009,2010 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * (C) 2009,2010 by On-Waves
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef OSMOCORE_GSM0808_H
+#define OSMOCORE_GSM0808_H
+
+#include "tlv.h"
+
+struct msgb;
+
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_layer3(struct msgb *msg, uint16_t netcode, uint16_t countrycode, int lac, int ci);
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_reset(void);
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_clear_complete(void);
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_cipher_reject(uint8_t cause);
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_classmark_update(const uint8_t *classmark, uint8_t length);
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_sapi_reject(uint8_t link_id);
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_assignment_failure(uint8_t cause, uint8_t *rr_cause);
+
+const struct tlv_definition *gsm0808_att_tlvdef();
+
+/* needs to be ported */
+#if 0
+struct msgb *bssmap_create_assignment_completed(struct gsm_lchan *lchan, uint8_t rr_cause);
+struct msgb *bssmap_create_cipher_complete(struct msgb *layer3);
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1697807..20e99db 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 libosmocore_la_SOURCES = timer.c select.c signal.c msgb.c rxlev_stat.c \
 			 tlv_parser.c bitvec.c comp128.c gsm_utils.c statistics.c \
 			 write_queue.c utils.c rsl.c gsm48.c gsm48_ie.c \
-			 logging.c
+			 logging.c gsm0808.c
 
 if ENABLE_TALLOC
 libosmocore_la_SOURCES += talloc.c
diff --git a/src/gsm0808.c b/src/gsm0808.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea772b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gsm0808.c
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/* (C) 2009,2010 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * (C) 2009,2010 by On-Waves
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <osmocore/gsm0808.h>
+#include <osmocore/protocol/gsm_08_08.h>
+#include <osmocore/gsm48.h>
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+#define BSSMAP_MSG_SIZE 512
+#define BSSMAP_MSG_HEADROOM 128
+
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_layer3(struct msgb *msg_l3, uint16_t nc, uint16_t cc, int lac, int _ci)
+{
+	uint8_t *data;
+	uint16_t *ci;
+	struct msgb* msg;
+	struct gsm48_loc_area_id *lai;
+
+	msg  = msgb_alloc_headroom(BSSMAP_MSG_SIZE, BSSMAP_MSG_HEADROOM,
+				   "bssmap cmpl l3");
+	if (!msg)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* create the bssmap header */
+	msg->l3h = msgb_put(msg, 2);
+	msg->l3h[0] = 0x0;
+
+	/* create layer 3 header */
+	data = msgb_put(msg, 1);
+	data[0] = BSS_MAP_MSG_COMPLETE_LAYER_3;
+
+	/* create the cell header */
+	data = msgb_put(msg, 3);
+	data[0] = GSM0808_IE_CELL_IDENTIFIER;
+	data[1] = 1 + sizeof(*lai) + 2;
+	data[2] = CELL_IDENT_WHOLE_GLOBAL;
+
+	lai = (struct gsm48_loc_area_id *) msgb_put(msg, sizeof(*lai));
+	gsm48_generate_lai(lai, cc, nc, lac);
+
+	ci = (uint16_t *) msgb_put(msg, 2);
+	*ci = htons(_ci);
+
+	/* copy the layer3 data */
+	data = msgb_put(msg, msgb_l3len(msg_l3) + 2);
+	data[0] = GSM0808_IE_LAYER_3_INFORMATION;
+	data[1] = msgb_l3len(msg_l3);
+	memcpy(&data[2], msg_l3->l3h, data[1]);
+
+	/* update the size */
+	msg->l3h[1] = msgb_l3len(msg) - 2;
+
+	return msg;
+}
+
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_reset(void)
+{
+	struct msgb *msg = msgb_alloc_headroom(BSSMAP_MSG_SIZE, BSSMAP_MSG_HEADROOM,
+					       "bssmap: reset");
+	if (!msg)
+		return NULL;
+
+	msg->l3h = msgb_put(msg, 6);
+	msg->l3h[0] = BSSAP_MSG_BSS_MANAGEMENT;
+	msg->l3h[1] = 0x04;
+	msg->l3h[2] = 0x30;
+	msg->l3h[3] = 0x04;
+	msg->l3h[4] = 0x01;
+	msg->l3h[5] = 0x20;
+	return msg;
+}
+
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_clear_complete(void)
+{
+	struct msgb *msg = msgb_alloc_headroom(BSSMAP_MSG_SIZE, BSSMAP_MSG_HEADROOM,
+					       "bssmap: clear complete");
+	if (!msg)
+		return NULL;
+
+	msg->l3h = msgb_put(msg, 3);
+	msg->l3h[0] = BSSAP_MSG_BSS_MANAGEMENT;
+	msg->l3h[1] = 1;
+	msg->l3h[2] = BSS_MAP_MSG_CLEAR_COMPLETE;
+
+	return msg;
+}
+
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_cipher_reject(uint8_t cause)
+{
+	struct msgb *msg = msgb_alloc_headroom(BSSMAP_MSG_SIZE, BSSMAP_MSG_HEADROOM,
+					       "bssmap: clear complete");
+	if (!msg)
+		return NULL;
+
+	msg->l3h = msgb_put(msg, 3);
+	msg->l3h[0] = BSSAP_MSG_BSS_MANAGEMENT;
+	msg->l3h[1] = 2;
+	msg->l3h[2] = BSS_MAP_MSG_CIPHER_MODE_REJECT;
+	msg->l3h[3] = cause;
+
+	return msg;
+}
+
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_classmark_update(const uint8_t *classmark_data, u_int8_t length)
+{
+	struct msgb *msg = msgb_alloc_headroom(BSSMAP_MSG_SIZE, BSSMAP_MSG_HEADROOM,
+					       "classmark-update");
+	if (!msg)
+		return NULL;
+
+	msg->l3h = msgb_put(msg, 3);
+	msg->l3h[0] = BSSAP_MSG_BSS_MANAGEMENT;
+	msg->l3h[1] = 0xff;
+	msg->l3h[2] = BSS_MAP_MSG_CLASSMARK_UPDATE;
+
+	msg->l4h = msgb_put(msg, length);
+	memcpy(msg->l4h, classmark_data, length);
+
+	/* update the size */
+	msg->l3h[1] = msgb_l3len(msg) - 2;
+	return msg;
+}
+
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_sapi_reject(uint8_t link_id)
+{
+	struct msgb *msg = msgb_alloc_headroom(BSSMAP_MSG_SIZE, BSSMAP_MSG_HEADROOM,
+					       "bssmap: sapi 'n' reject");
+	if (!msg)
+		return NULL;
+
+	msg->l3h = msgb_put(msg, 5);
+	msg->l3h[0] = BSSAP_MSG_BSS_MANAGEMENT;
+	msg->l3h[1] = 3;
+	msg->l3h[2] = BSS_MAP_MSG_SAPI_N_REJECT;
+	msg->l3h[3] = link_id;
+	msg->l3h[4] = GSM0808_CAUSE_BSS_NOT_EQUIPPED;
+
+	return msg;
+}
+
+struct msgb *gsm0808_create_assignment_failure(uint8_t cause, uint8_t *rr_cause)
+{
+	uint8_t *data;
+	struct msgb *msg = msgb_alloc_headroom(BSSMAP_MSG_SIZE, BSSMAP_MSG_HEADROOM,
+					       "bssmap: ass fail");
+	if (!msg)
+		return NULL;
+
+	msg->l3h = msgb_put(msg, 6);
+	msg->l3h[0] = BSSAP_MSG_BSS_MANAGEMENT;
+	msg->l3h[1] = 0xff;
+	msg->l3h[2] = BSS_MAP_MSG_ASSIGMENT_FAILURE;
+	msg->l3h[3] = GSM0808_IE_CAUSE;
+	msg->l3h[4] = 1;
+	msg->l3h[5] = cause;
+
+	/* RR cause 3.2.2.22 */
+	if (rr_cause) {
+		data = msgb_put(msg, 2);
+		data[0] = GSM0808_IE_RR_CAUSE;
+		data[1] = *rr_cause;
+	}
+
+	/* Circuit pool 3.22.45 */
+	/* Circuit pool list 3.2.2.46 */
+
+	/* update the size */
+	msg->l3h[1] = msgb_l3len(msg) - 2;
+	return msg;
+}