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+/* Paging helper and manager.... */
+/* (C) 2009 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef PAGING_H
+#define PAGING_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/linuxlist.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/timer.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/msc/gsm_data.h>
+
+/**
+ * A pending paging request
+ */
+struct gsm_paging_request {
+	/* list_head for list of all paging requests */
+	struct llist_head entry;
+	/* the subscriber which we're paging. Later gsm_paging_request
+	 * should probably become a part of the bsc_subsrc struct? */
+	struct bsc_subscr *bsub;
+	/* back-pointer to the BTS on which we are paging */
+	struct gsm_bts *bts;
+	/* what kind of channel type do we ask the MS to establish */
+	int chan_type;
+
+	/* Timer 3113: how long do we try to page? */
+	struct osmo_timer_list T3113;
+
+	/* How often did we ask the BTS to page? */
+	int attempts;
+
+	/* callback to be called in case paging completes */
+	gsm_cbfn *cbfn;
+	void *cbfn_param;
+};
+
+/* schedule paging request */
+int paging_request(struct gsm_network *network, struct bsc_subscr *bsub,
+		   int type, gsm_cbfn *cbfn, void *data);
+int paging_request_bts(struct gsm_bts *bts, struct bsc_subscr *bsub,
+		       int type, gsm_cbfn *cbfn, void *data);
+
+/* stop paging requests */
+void paging_request_stop(struct llist_head *bts_list,
+			 struct gsm_bts *_bts, struct bsc_subscr *bsub,
+			 struct gsm_subscriber_connection *conn,
+			 struct msgb *msg);
+
+/* update paging load */
+void paging_update_buffer_space(struct gsm_bts *bts, uint16_t);
+
+/* pending paging requests */
+unsigned int paging_pending_requests_nr(struct gsm_bts *bts);
+
+void *paging_get_data(struct gsm_bts *bts, struct bsc_subscr *bsub);
+
+#endif