diff --git a/include/osmocore/gsmtap.h b/include/osmocore/gsmtap.h
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+#ifndef _GSMTAP_H
+#define _GSMTAP_H
+
+/* gsmtap header, pseudo-header in front of the actua GSM payload*/
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#define GSMTAP_VERSION		0x01
+
+#define GSMTAP_TYPE_UM		0x01
+#define GSMTAP_TYPE_ABIS	0x02
+#define GSMTAP_TYPE_UM_BURST	0x03	/* raw burst bits */
+
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_UNKNOWN		0x00
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_FCCH		0x01
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_PARTIAL_SCH	0x02
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_SCH		0x03
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_CTS_SCH		0x04
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_COMPACT_SCH	0x05
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_NORMAL		0x06
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_DUMMY		0x07
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_ACCESS		0x08
+#define GSMTAP_BURST_NONE		0x09
+
+#define GSMTAP_UDP_PORT                 4729
+
+struct gsmtap_hdr {
+	uint8_t version;		/* version, set to 0x01 currently */
+	uint8_t hdr_len;		/* length in number of 32bit words */
+	uint8_t type;			/* see GSMTAP_TYPE_* */
+	uint8_t timeslot;		/* timeslot (0..7 on Um) */
+
+	uint16_t arfcn;			/* ARFCN (frequency) */
+	uint8_t noise_db;		/* noise figure in dB */
+	uint8_t signal_db;		/* signal level in dB */
+
+	uint32_t frame_number;		/* GSM Frame Number (FN) */
+
+	uint8_t burst_type;		/* Type of burst, see above */
+	uint8_t antenna_nr;		/* Antenna Number */
+	uint16_t res;			/* reserved for future use (RFU) */
+
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+
+/* PCAP related definitions */
+#define TCPDUMP_MAGIC   0xa1b2c3d4
+#ifndef LINKTYPE_GSMTAP
+#define LINKTYPE_GSMTAP	2342
+#endif
+struct pcap_timeval {
+	int32_t tv_sec;
+	int32_t tv_usec;
+};
+
+struct pcap_sf_pkthdr {
+	struct pcap_timeval ts;		/* time stamp */
+	uint32_t caplen;		/* lenght of portion present */
+	uint32_t len;			/* length of this packet */
+};
+
+#endif /* _GSMTAP_H */