diff --git a/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_ns.c b/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_ns.c
index 745a0b5..fdefa65 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_ns.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_ns.c
@@ -272,10 +272,11 @@
 		if (nsvc->alive_retries > NS_ALIVE_RETRIES) {
 			/* mark as dead and blocked */
 			nsvc->state = NSE_S_BLOCKED;
-			DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u Tns-alive expired more then "
+			LOGP(DNS, LOGL_NOTICE,
+				"NSEI=%u Tns-alive expired more then "
 				"%u times, blocking NS-VC\n", nsvc->nsei,
 				NS_ALIVE_RETRIES);
-			/* FIXME: inform higher layers */
+			ns_dispatch_signal(nsvc, S_NS_BLOCK, NS_CAUSE_NSVC_BLOCKED);
 			return;
 		}
 		nsvc_start_timer(nsvc, NSVC_TIMER_TNS_ALIVE);
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@
 
 	nsh->pdu_type = NS_PDUT_RESET_ACK;
 
-	DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u Tx NS RESET ACK (NSVCI=%u)\n",
+	LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "NSEI=%u Tx NS RESET ACK (NSVCI=%u)\n",
 		nsvc->nsei, nsvc->nsvci);
 
 	msgb_tvlv_put(msg, NS_IE_VCI, 2, (uint8_t *)&nsvci);
@@ -384,17 +385,17 @@
 	uint8_t cause;
 	int rc;
 
-	DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u NS STATUS ", nsvc->nsei);
+	LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "NSEI=%u NS STATUS ", nsvc->nsei);
 
 	rc = tlv_parse(&tp, &ns_att_tlvdef, nsh->data, msgb_l2len(msg), 0, 0);
 
 	if (!TLVP_PRESENT(&tp, NS_IE_CAUSE)) {
-		DEBUGPC(DNS, "missing cause IE\n");
+		LOGPC(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "missing cause IE\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	cause = *TLVP_VAL(&tp, NS_IE_CAUSE);
-	DEBUGPC(DNS, "cause=%s\n", gprs_ns_cause_str(cause));
+	LOGPC(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "cause=%s\n", gprs_ns_cause_str(cause));
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -422,7 +423,7 @@
 	nsvci = (uint16_t *) TLVP_VAL(&tp, NS_IE_VCI);
 	nsei = (uint16_t *) TLVP_VAL(&tp, NS_IE_NSEI);
 
-	DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u Rx NS RESET (NSVCI=%u, cause=%s)\n",
+	LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "NSEI=%u Rx NS RESET (NSVCI=%u, cause=%s)\n",
 		nsvc->nsvci, nsvc->nsei, gprs_ns_cause_str(*cause));
 
 	nsvc->state = NSE_S_BLOCKED | NSE_S_ALIVE;
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@
 	uint8_t *cause;
 	int rc;
 
-	DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u Rx NS BLOCK\n", nsvc->nsei);
+	LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "NSEI=%u Rx NS BLOCK\n", nsvc->nsei);
 
 	nsvc->state |= NSE_S_BLOCKED;
 
@@ -545,7 +546,7 @@
 		rc = gprs_ns_rx_reset(nsvc, msg);
 		break;
 	case NS_PDUT_RESET_ACK:
-		DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u Rx NS RESET ACK\n", nsvc->nsei);
+		LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "NSEI=%u Rx NS RESET ACK\n", nsvc->nsei);
 		/* mark remote NS-VC as blocked + active */
 		nsvc->remote_state = NSE_S_BLOCKED | NSE_S_ALIVE;
 		if (nsvc->remote_end_is_sgsn) {
@@ -560,13 +561,13 @@
 		break;
 	case NS_PDUT_UNBLOCK:
 		/* Section 7.2: unblocking procedure */
-		DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u Rx NS UNBLOCK\n", nsvc->nsei);
+		LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "NSEI=%u Rx NS UNBLOCK\n", nsvc->nsei);
 		nsvc->state &= ~NSE_S_BLOCKED;
 		ns_dispatch_signal(nsvc, S_NS_UNBLOCK, 0);
 		rc = gprs_ns_tx_simple(nsvc, NS_PDUT_UNBLOCK_ACK);
 		break;
 	case NS_PDUT_UNBLOCK_ACK:
-		DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u Rx NS UNBLOCK ACK\n", nsvc->nsei);
+		LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "NSEI=%u Rx NS UNBLOCK ACK\n", nsvc->nsei);
 		/* mark remote NS-VC as unblocked + active */
 		nsvc->remote_state = NSE_S_ALIVE;
 		if (nsvc->remote_end_is_sgsn)
@@ -576,12 +577,12 @@
 		rc = gprs_ns_rx_block(nsvc, msg);
 		break;
 	case NS_PDUT_BLOCK_ACK:
-		DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u Rx NS BLOCK ACK\n", nsvc->nsei);
+		LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "NSEI=%u Rx NS BLOCK ACK\n", nsvc->nsei);
 		/* mark remote NS-VC as blocked + active */
 		nsvc->remote_state = NSE_S_BLOCKED | NSE_S_ALIVE;
 		break;
 	default:
-		DEBUGP(DNS, "NSEI=%u Rx Unknown NS PDU type 0x%02x\n",
+		LOGP(DNS, LOGL_NOTICE, "NSEI=%u Rx Unknown NS PDU type 0x%02x\n",
 			nsvc->nsei, nsh->pdu_type);
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		break;