diff --git a/include/osmocore/rxlev_stat.h b/include/osmocore/rxlev_stat.h
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+#ifndef _OSMOCORE_RXLEV_STATS_H
+#define _OSMOCORE_RXLEV_STATS_H
+
+#define NUM_RXLEVS 32
+#define NUM_ARFCNS 1024
+
+struct rxlev_stats {
+	/* the maximum number of ARFCN's is 1024, and there are 32 RxLevels,
+	 * so in we keep one 1024bit-bitvec for each RxLev */
+	uint8_t rxlev_buckets[NUM_RXLEVS][NUM_ARFCNS/8];
+};
+
+void rxlev_stat_input(struct rxlev_stats *st, uint16_t arfcn, uint8_t rxlev);
+
+/* get the next ARFCN that has the specified Rxlev */
+int16_t rxlev_stat_get_next(const struct rxlev_stats *st, uint8_t rxlev, int16_t arfcn);
+
+void rxlev_stat_reset(struct rxlev_stats *st);
+
+void rxlev_stat_dump(const struct rxlev_stats *st);
+
+#endif /* _OSMOCORE_RXLEV_STATS_H */