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+/* GPRS BSSGP protocol implementation as per 3GPP TS 08.18 */
+
+/* (C) 2009-2010 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 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 <errno.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+
+#include <osmocore/msgb.h>
+#include <osmocore/tlv.h>
+#include <osmocore/talloc.h>
+
+#include <openbsc/debug.h>
+#include <openbsc/gsm_data.h>
+#include <openbsc/gprs_bssgp.h>
+#include <openbsc/gprs_ns.h>
+
+struct gprs_ns_inst *bssgp_nsi;
+
+/* BSSGP Protocol specific, not implementation specific */
+/* FIXME: This needs to go into libosmocore after finished */
+
+/* Chapter 11.3.9 / Table 11.10: Cause coding */
+static const struct value_string bssgp_cause_strings[] = {
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_PROC_OVERLOAD,	"Processor overload" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_EQUIP_FAIL,	"Equipment Failure" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_TRASIT_NET_FAIL,	"Transit netowkr service failure" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_CAPA_GREATER_0KPBS,"Transmission capacity modified" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_UNKNOWN_MS,	"Unknown MS" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_UNKNOWN_BVCI,	"Unknown BVCI" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_CELL_TRAF_CONG,	"Cell traffic congestion" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_SGSN_CONG,	"SGSN congestion" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_OML_INTERV,	"O&M intervention" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_BVCI_BLOCKED,	"BVCI blocked" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_PFC_CREATE_FAIL,	"PFC create failure" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_SEM_INCORR_PDU,	"Semantically incorrect PDU" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_INV_MAND_INF,	"Invalid mandatory information" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_MISSING_MAND_IE,	"Missing mandatory IE" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_MISSING_COND_IE,	"Missing conditional IE" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_UNEXP_COND_IE,	"Unexpected conditional IE" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_COND_IE_ERR,	"Conditional IE error" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_PDU_INCOMP_STATE,	"PDU incompatible with protocol state" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_PROTO_ERR_UNSPEC,	"Protocol error - unspecified" },
+	{ BSSGP_CAUSE_PDU_INCOMP_FEAT, 	"PDU not compatible with feature set" },
+	{ 0, NULL },
+};
+
+const char *bssgp_cause_str(enum gprs_bssgp_cause cause)
+{
+	return get_value_string(bssgp_cause_strings, cause);
+}
+
+
+struct msgb *bssgp_msgb_alloc(void)
+{
+	return msgb_alloc_headroom(4096, 128, "BSSGP");
+}
+
+/* Transmit a simple response such as BLOCK/UNBLOCK/RESET ACK/NACK */
+int bssgp_tx_simple_bvci(uint8_t pdu_type, uint16_t nsei,
+			 uint16_t bvci, uint16_t ns_bvci)
+{
+	struct msgb *msg = bssgp_msgb_alloc();
+	struct bssgp_normal_hdr *bgph =
+			(struct bssgp_normal_hdr *) msgb_put(msg, sizeof(*bgph));
+	uint16_t _bvci;
+
+	msgb_nsei(msg) = nsei;
+	msgb_bvci(msg) = ns_bvci;
+
+	bgph->pdu_type = pdu_type;
+	_bvci = htons(bvci);
+	msgb_tvlv_put(msg, BSSGP_IE_BVCI, 2, (uint8_t *) &_bvci);
+
+	return gprs_ns_sendmsg(bssgp_nsi, msg);
+}
+
+/* Chapter 10.4.14: Status */
+int bssgp_tx_status(uint8_t cause, uint16_t *bvci, struct msgb *orig_msg)
+{
+	struct msgb *msg = bssgp_msgb_alloc();
+	struct bssgp_normal_hdr *bgph =
+			(struct bssgp_normal_hdr *) msgb_put(msg, sizeof(*bgph));
+
+	DEBUGPC(DBSSGP, "BSSGP: TX STATUS, cause=%s\n", bssgp_cause_str(cause));
+	msgb_nsei(msg) = msgb_nsei(orig_msg);
+	msgb_bvci(msg) = 0;
+
+	bgph->pdu_type = BSSGP_PDUT_STATUS;
+	msgb_tvlv_put(msg, BSSGP_IE_CAUSE, 1, &cause);
+	if (bvci) {
+		uint16_t _bvci = htons(*bvci);
+		msgb_tvlv_put(msg, BSSGP_IE_BVCI, 2, (uint8_t *) &_bvci);
+	}
+	if (orig_msg)
+		msgb_tvlv_put(msg, BSSGP_IE_PDU_IN_ERROR,
+			      msgb_bssgp_len(orig_msg), msgb_bssgph(orig_msg));
+
+	return gprs_ns_sendmsg(bssgp_nsi, msg);
+}