diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index 3b35b7b..7484e9e 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                        osmocom/gsm/gsm48.h \
                        osmocom/gsm/gsm48_ie.h \
                        osmocom/gsm/gsm_utils.h \
-                       osmocom/gsm/ipaccess.h \
+                       osmocom/gsm/ipa.h \
                        osmocom/gsm/lapd_core.h \
                        osmocom/gsm/lapdm.h \
                        osmocom/gsm/meas_rep.h \
diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/ipaccess.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/ipa.h
similarity index 64%
rename from include/osmocom/gsm/ipaccess.h
rename to include/osmocom/gsm/ipa.h
index dd56069..2878676 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/ipaccess.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/ipa.h
@@ -20,41 +20,41 @@
 };
 
 /* obtain the human-readable name of an IPA CCM ID TAG */
-const char *ipaccess_idtag_name(uint8_t tag);
+const char *ipa_ccm_idtag_name(uint8_t tag);
 
 /* parse a buffer of ID tags into a osmocom TLV style representation */
-int ipaccess_idtag_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, unsigned char *buf, int len);
+int ipa_ccm_idtag_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, unsigned char *buf, int len);
 
 /* parse an Unit ID in string format into the 'ipaccess_unit' data structure */
-int ipaccess_parse_unitid(const char *str, struct ipaccess_unit *unit_data);
+int ipa_parse_unitid(const char *str, struct ipaccess_unit *unit_data);
 
 /* fill a 'struct ipaccess_unit' based on a parsed IDTAG TLV */
-int ipaccess_tlv_to_unitdata(struct ipaccess_unit *ud,
+int ipa_ccm_tlv_to_unitdata(struct ipaccess_unit *ud,
 			     const struct tlv_parsed *tp);
 
 /* Send an IPA message to the given FD */
-int ipaccess_send(int fd, const void *msg, size_t msglen);
+int ipa_send(int fd, const void *msg, size_t msglen);
 
 /* Send an IPA CCM PONG via the given FD */
-int ipaccess_send_pong(int fd);
+int ipa_ccm_send_pong(int fd);
 
 /* Send an IPA CCM ID_ACK via the given FD */
-int ipaccess_send_id_ack(int fd);
+int ipa_ccm_send_id_ack(int fd);
 
 /* Send an IPA CCM ID_REQ via the given FD */
-int ipaccess_send_id_req(int fd);
+int ipa_ccm_send_id_req(int fd);
 
 /* Common handling of IPA CCM, BSC side */
-int ipaccess_rcvmsg_base(struct msgb *msg, struct osmo_fd *bfd);
+int ipa_ccm_rcvmsg_base(struct msgb *msg, struct osmo_fd *bfd);
 
 /* Common handling of IPA CCM, BTS side */
-int ipaccess_rcvmsg_bts_base(struct msgb *msg, struct osmo_fd *bfd);
+int ipa_ccm_rcvmsg_bts_base(struct msgb *msg, struct osmo_fd *bfd);
 
 /* prepend (push) an ipaccess_head_ext to the msgb */
-void ipaccess_prepend_header_ext(struct msgb *msg, int proto);
+void ipa_prepend_header_ext(struct msgb *msg, int proto);
 
 /* prepend (push) an ipaccess_head to the msgb */
-void ipaccess_prepend_header(struct msgb *msg, int proto);
+void ipa_prepend_header(struct msgb *msg, int proto);
 
 struct msgb *ipa_msg_alloc(int headroom);
 
diff --git a/src/gsm/Makefile.am b/src/gsm/Makefile.am
index 06b1f18..b8009ac 100644
--- a/src/gsm/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gsm/Makefile.am
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 			auth_core.c auth_comp128v1.c auth_comp128v23.c \
 			auth_milenage.c milenage/aes-encblock.c \
 			milenage/aes-internal.c milenage/aes-internal-enc.c \
-			milenage/milenage.c gan.c ipaccess.c
+			milenage/milenage.c gan.c ipa.c
 
 libosmogsm_la_LDFLAGS = $(LTLDFLAGS_OSMOGSM) -version-info $(LIBVERSION) -no-undefined
 libosmogsm_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libosmocore.la
diff --git a/src/gsm/ipaccess.c b/src/gsm/ipa.c
similarity index 87%
rename from src/gsm/ipaccess.c
rename to src/gsm/ipa.c
index cddbd53..35a0775 100644
--- a/src/gsm/ipaccess.c
+++ b/src/gsm/ipa.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <osmocom/gsm/tlv.h>
 #include <osmocom/gsm/protocol/ipaccess.h>
-#include <osmocom/gsm/ipaccess.h>
+#include <osmocom/gsm/ipa.h>
 
 #define IPA_ALLOC_SIZE 1200
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 	[IPAC_IDTAG_UNIT]	= "Unit_ID",
 };
 
-const char *ipaccess_idtag_name(uint8_t tag)
+const char *ipa_ccm_idtag_name(uint8_t tag)
 {
 	if (tag >= ARRAY_SIZE(idtag_names))
 		return "unknown";
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 	return idtag_names[tag];
 }
 
-int ipaccess_idtag_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, unsigned char *buf, int len)
+int ipa_ccm_idtag_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, unsigned char *buf, int len)
 {
 	uint8_t t_len;
 	uint8_t t_tag;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		DEBUGPC(DLMI, "%s='%s' ", ipaccess_idtag_name(t_tag), cur);
+		DEBUGPC(DLMI, "%s='%s' ", ipa_ccm_idtag_name(t_tag), cur);
 
 		dec->lv[t_tag].len = t_len;
 		dec->lv[t_tag].val = cur;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ipaccess_parse_unitid(const char *str, struct ipaccess_unit *unit_data)
+int ipa_parse_unitid(const char *str, struct ipaccess_unit *unit_data)
 {
 	unsigned long ul;
 	char *endptr;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ipaccess_tlv_to_unitdata(struct ipaccess_unit *ud,
+int ipa_ccm_tlv_to_unitdata(struct ipaccess_unit *ud,
 			     const struct tlv_parsed *tp)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -186,14 +186,14 @@
 	}
 
 	if (TLVP_PRES_LEN(tp, IPAC_IDTAG_UNIT, 1))
-		rc = ipaccess_parse_unitid((char *)
+		rc = ipa_parse_unitid((char *)
 					TLVP_VAL(tp, IPAC_IDTAG_UNIT), ud);
 
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int ipaccess_send(int fd, const void *msg, size_t msglen)
+int ipa_send(int fd, const void *msg, size_t msglen)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -201,36 +201,36 @@
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	if (ret < msglen) {
-		LOGP(DLINP, LOGL_ERROR, "ipaccess_send: short write\n");
+		LOGP(DLINP, LOGL_ERROR, "ipa_send: short write\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int ipaccess_send_pong(int fd)
+int ipa_ccm_send_pong(int fd)
 {
-	return ipaccess_send(fd, ipa_pong_msg, sizeof(ipa_pong_msg));
+	return ipa_send(fd, ipa_pong_msg, sizeof(ipa_pong_msg));
 }
 
-int ipaccess_send_id_ack(int fd)
+int ipa_ccm_send_id_ack(int fd)
 {
-	return ipaccess_send(fd, ipa_id_ack_msg, sizeof(ipa_id_ack_msg));
+	return ipa_send(fd, ipa_id_ack_msg, sizeof(ipa_id_ack_msg));
 }
 
-int ipaccess_send_id_req(int fd)
+int ipa_ccm_send_id_req(int fd)
 {
-	return ipaccess_send(fd, ipa_id_req_msg, sizeof(ipa_id_req_msg));
+	return ipa_send(fd, ipa_id_req_msg, sizeof(ipa_id_req_msg));
 }
 
 /* base handling of the ip.access protocol */
-int ipaccess_rcvmsg_base(struct msgb *msg, struct osmo_fd *bfd)
+int ipa_ccm_rcvmsg_base(struct msgb *msg, struct osmo_fd *bfd)
 {
 	uint8_t msg_type = *(msg->l2h);
 	int ret;
 
 	switch (msg_type) {
 	case IPAC_MSGT_PING:
-		ret = ipaccess_send_pong(bfd->fd);
+		ret = ipa_ccm_send_pong(bfd->fd);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			LOGP(DLINP, LOGL_ERROR, "Cannot send PING "
 			     "message. Reason: %s\n", strerror(errno));
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
 		break;
 	case IPAC_MSGT_ID_ACK:
 		DEBUGP(DLMI, "ID_ACK? -> ACK!\n");
-		ret = ipaccess_send_id_ack(bfd->fd);
+		ret = ipa_ccm_send_id_ack(bfd->fd);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			LOGP(DLINP, LOGL_ERROR, "Cannot send ID_ACK "
 			     "message. Reason: %s\n", strerror(errno));
@@ -261,15 +261,14 @@
 }
 
 /* base handling of the ip.access protocol */
-int ipaccess_rcvmsg_bts_base(struct msgb *msg,
-			     struct osmo_fd *bfd)
+int ipa_ccm_rcvmsg_bts_base(struct msgb *msg, struct osmo_fd *bfd)
 {
 	uint8_t msg_type = *(msg->l2h);
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	switch (msg_type) {
 	case IPAC_MSGT_PING:
-		ret = ipaccess_send_pong(bfd->fd);
+		ret = ipa_ccm_send_pong(bfd->fd);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			LOGP(DLINP, LOGL_ERROR, "Cannot send PONG "
 			     "message. Reason: %s\n", strerror(errno));
@@ -286,7 +285,7 @@
 }
 
 
-void ipaccess_prepend_header_ext(struct msgb *msg, int proto)
+void ipa_prepend_header_ext(struct msgb *msg, int proto)
 {
 	struct ipaccess_head_ext *hh_ext;
 
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@
 	hh_ext->proto = proto;
 }
 
-void ipaccess_prepend_header(struct msgb *msg, int proto)
+void ipa_prepend_header(struct msgb *msg, int proto)
 {
 	struct ipaccess_head *hh;
 
diff --git a/src/gsm/libosmogsm.map b/src/gsm/libosmogsm.map
index 50f5913..d82c8a0 100644
--- a/src/gsm/libosmogsm.map
+++ b/src/gsm/libosmogsm.map
@@ -246,5 +246,21 @@
 gan_msgt_vals;
 gan_pdisc_vals;
 
+ipa_ccm_rcvmsg_base;
+ipa_ccm_rcvmsg_bts_base;
+ipa_ccm_send_id_ack;
+ipa_ccm_send_id_req;
+ipa_ccm_send_pong;
+ipa_ccm_tlv_to_unitdata;
+ipa_ccm_idtag_name;
+ipa_ccm_idtag_parse;
+ipa_msg_alloc;
+ipa_msg_recv;
+ipa_msg_recv_buffered;
+ipa_parse_unitid;
+ipa_prepend_header;
+ipa_prepend_header_ext;
+ipa_send;
+
 local: *;
 };