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+#pragma once
+
+/* A humble attempt of reading the Iu messages (RUA/RANAP/HNBAP) without an asn.1 parser.
+ * Not actually used anywhere (yet?) */
+
+struct iu_common_hdr {
+	uint8_t	msg_type;
+	uint8_t procedure_code;
+	uint8_t criticality;
+	uint8_t len;		/* first byte of length field */
+	uint8_t payload[0];	/* possible further length field + payload */
+	/* extension? */
+	/* ? */
+	/* number of ProtocolIEs */
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+struct iu_common_ie {
+	uint16_t iei;
+	uint8_t criticality;
+	uint8_t len;		/* first byte of length field */
+	uint8_t payload[0];	/* possible further length field + payload */
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+