diff --git a/openbsc/include/osmocom/Makefile.am b/openbsc/include/osmocom/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..596ce23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbsc/include/osmocom/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SUBDIRS = gprs
diff --git a/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/Makefile.am b/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe5714e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+libgb_HEADERS = gprs_bssgp.h gprs_ns.h gprs_ns_frgre.h
+
+libgbdir = $(includedir)/osmocom/gprs
diff --git a/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/gprs_bssgp.h b/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/gprs_bssgp.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfc7d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/gprs_bssgp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+#ifndef _GPRS_BSSGP_H
+#define _GPRS_BSSGP_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/*! \brief Fixed BVCI definitions (Section 5.4.1) */
+#define BVCI_SIGNALLING	0x0000
+#define BVCI_PTM	0x0001
+
+/*! \brief BSSGP PDU types (Section 11.3.26 / Table 11.27) */
+enum bssgp_pdu_type {
+	/* PDUs between RL and BSSGP SAPs */
+	BSSGP_PDUT_DL_UNITDATA		= 0x00,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_UL_UNITDATA		= 0x01,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_RA_CAPABILITY	= 0x02,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_PTM_UNITDATA		= 0x03,
+	/* PDUs between GMM SAPs */
+	BSSGP_PDUT_PAGING_PS		= 0x06,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_PAGING_CS		= 0x07,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_RA_CAPA_UDPATE	= 0x08,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_RA_CAPA_UPDATE_ACK	= 0x09,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_RADIO_STATUS		= 0x0a,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_SUSPEND		= 0x0b,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_SUSPEND_ACK		= 0x0c,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_SUSPEND_NACK		= 0x0d,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_RESUME		= 0x0e,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_RESUME_ACK		= 0x0f,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_RESUME_NACK		= 0x10,
+	/* PDus between NM SAPs */
+	BSSGP_PDUT_BVC_BLOCK		= 0x20,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_BVC_BLOCK_ACK	= 0x21,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_BVC_RESET		= 0x22,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_BVC_RESET_ACK	= 0x23,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_BVC_UNBLOCK		= 0x24,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_BVC_UNBLOCK_ACK	= 0x25,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_FLOW_CONTROL_BVC	= 0x26,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_FLOW_CONTROL_BVC_ACK	= 0x27,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_FLOW_CONTROL_MS	= 0x28,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_FLOW_CONTROL_MS_ACK	= 0x29,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_FLUSH_LL		= 0x2a,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_FLUSH_LL_ACK		= 0x2b,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_LLC_DISCARD		= 0x2c,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_SGSN_INVOKE_TRACE	= 0x40,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_STATUS		= 0x41,
+	/* PDUs between PFM SAP's */
+	BSSGP_PDUT_DOWNLOAD_BSS_PFC	= 0x50,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_CREATE_BSS_PFC	= 0x51,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_CREATE_BSS_PFC_ACK	= 0x52,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_CREATE_BSS_PFC_NACK	= 0x53,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_MODIFY_BSS_PFC	= 0x54,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_MODIFY_BSS_PFC_ACK	= 0x55,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_DELETE_BSS_PFC	= 0x56,
+	BSSGP_PDUT_DELETE_BSS_PFC_ACK	= 0x57,
+};
+
+/*! \brief BSSGP User-Data header (Section 10.2.1 and 10.2.2) */
+struct bssgp_ud_hdr {
+	uint8_t pdu_type;	/*!< BSSGP PDU type */
+	uint32_t tlli;		/*!< Temporary Link-Local Identifier */
+	uint8_t qos_profile[3];	/*!< QoS profile */
+	uint8_t data[0];	/* optional/conditional IEs as TLVs */
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+/*! \brief BSSGP normal header */
+struct bssgp_normal_hdr {
+	uint8_t pdu_type;	/*!< BSSGP PDU type */
+	uint8_t data[0];	/*!< optional/conditional IEs as TLVs */
+};
+
+/*! \brief BSSGP Information Element Identifiers */
+enum bssgp_iei_type {
+	BSSGP_IE_ALIGNMENT		= 0x00,
+	BSSGP_IE_BMAX_DEFAULT_MS	= 0x01,
+	BSSGP_IE_BSS_AREA_ID		= 0x02,
+	BSSGP_IE_BUCKET_LEAK_RATE	= 0x03,
+	BSSGP_IE_BVCI			= 0x04,
+	BSSGP_IE_BVC_BUCKET_SIZE	= 0x05,
+	BSSGP_IE_BVC_MEASUREMENT	= 0x06,
+	BSSGP_IE_CAUSE			= 0x07,
+	BSSGP_IE_CELL_ID		= 0x08,
+	BSSGP_IE_CHAN_NEEDED		= 0x09,
+	BSSGP_IE_DRX_PARAMS		= 0x0a,
+	BSSGP_IE_EMLPP_PRIO		= 0x0b,
+	BSSGP_IE_FLUSH_ACTION		= 0x0c,
+	BSSGP_IE_IMSI			= 0x0d,
+	BSSGP_IE_LLC_PDU		= 0x0e,
+	BSSGP_IE_LLC_FRAMES_DISCARDED	= 0x0f,
+	BSSGP_IE_LOCATION_AREA		= 0x10,
+	BSSGP_IE_MOBILE_ID		= 0x11,
+	BSSGP_IE_MS_BUCKET_SIZE		= 0x12,
+	BSSGP_IE_MS_RADIO_ACCESS_CAP	= 0x13,
+	BSSGP_IE_OMC_ID			= 0x14,
+	BSSGP_IE_PDU_IN_ERROR		= 0x15,
+	BSSGP_IE_PDU_LIFETIME		= 0x16,
+	BSSGP_IE_PRIORITY		= 0x17,
+	BSSGP_IE_QOS_PROFILE		= 0x18,
+	BSSGP_IE_RADIO_CAUSE		= 0x19,
+	BSSGP_IE_RA_CAP_UPD_CAUSE	= 0x1a,
+	BSSGP_IE_ROUTEING_AREA		= 0x1b,
+	BSSGP_IE_R_DEFAULT_MS		= 0x1c,
+	BSSGP_IE_SUSPEND_REF_NR		= 0x1d,
+	BSSGP_IE_TAG			= 0x1e,
+	BSSGP_IE_TLLI			= 0x1f,
+	BSSGP_IE_TMSI			= 0x20,
+	BSSGP_IE_TRACE_REFERENC		= 0x21,
+	BSSGP_IE_TRACE_TYPE		= 0x22,
+	BSSGP_IE_TRANSACTION_ID		= 0x23,
+	BSSGP_IE_TRIGGER_ID		= 0x24,
+	BSSGP_IE_NUM_OCT_AFF		= 0x25,
+	BSSGP_IE_LSA_ID_LIST		= 0x26,
+	BSSGP_IE_LSA_INFORMATION	= 0x27,
+	BSSGP_IE_PACKET_FLOW_ID		= 0x28,
+	BSSGP_IE_PACKET_FLOW_TIMER	= 0x29,
+	BSSGP_IE_AGG_BSS_QOS_PROFILE	= 0x3a,
+	BSSGP_IE_FEATURE_BITMAP		= 0x3b,
+	BSSGP_IE_BUCKET_FULL_RATIO	= 0x3c,
+	BSSGP_IE_SERVICE_UTRAN_CCO	= 0x3d,
+};
+
+/*! \brief Cause coding (Section 11.3.8 / Table 11.10) */
+enum gprs_bssgp_cause {
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_PROC_OVERLOAD	= 0x00,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_EQUIP_FAIL		= 0x01,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_TRASIT_NET_FAIL	= 0x02,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_CAPA_GREATER_0KPBS	= 0x03,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_UNKNOWN_MS		= 0x04,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_UNKNOWN_BVCI	= 0x05,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_CELL_TRAF_CONG	= 0x06,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_SGSN_CONG		= 0x07,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_OML_INTERV		= 0x08,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_BVCI_BLOCKED	= 0x09,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_PFC_CREATE_FAIL	= 0x0a,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_SEM_INCORR_PDU	= 0x20,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_INV_MAND_INF	= 0x21,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_MISSING_MAND_IE	= 0x22,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_MISSING_COND_IE	= 0x23,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_UNEXP_COND_IE	= 0x24,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_COND_IE_ERR		= 0x25,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_PDU_INCOMP_STATE	= 0x26,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_PROTO_ERR_UNSPEC	= 0x27,
+	BSSGP_CAUSE_PDU_INCOMP_FEAT	= 0x28,
+};
+
+/* Our implementation */
+
+#include <osmocom/gsm/gsm48.h>
+
+/* gprs_bssgp_util.c */
+extern struct gprs_ns_inst *bssgp_nsi;
+struct msgb *bssgp_msgb_alloc(void);
+const char *bssgp_cause_str(enum gprs_bssgp_cause cause);
+/* Transmit a simple response such as BLOCK/UNBLOCK/RESET ACK/NACK */
+int bssgp_tx_simple_bvci(uint8_t pdu_type, uint16_t nsei,
+			 uint16_t bvci, uint16_t ns_bvci);
+/* Chapter 10.4.14: Status */
+int bssgp_tx_status(uint8_t cause, uint16_t *bvci, struct msgb *orig_msg);
+
+/* gprs_bssgp.c */
+
+#define BVC_S_BLOCKED	0x0001
+
+/* The per-BTS context that we keep on the SGSN side of the BSSGP link */
+struct bssgp_bvc_ctx {
+	struct llist_head list;
+
+	struct gprs_ra_id ra_id; /*!< parsed RA ID of the remote BTS */
+	uint16_t cell_id; /*!< Cell ID of the remote BTS */
+
+	/* NSEI and BVCI of underlying Gb link.  Together they
+	 * uniquely identify a link to a BTS (5.4.4) */
+	uint16_t bvci;
+	uint16_t nsei;
+
+	uint32_t state;
+
+	struct rate_ctr_group *ctrg;
+
+	/* we might want to add this as a shortcut later, avoiding the NSVC
+	 * lookup for every packet, similar to a routing cache */
+	//struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc;
+};
+extern struct llist_head bssgp_bvc_ctxts;
+/* Find a BTS Context based on parsed RA ID and Cell ID */
+struct bssgp_bvc_ctx *btsctx_by_raid_cid(const struct gprs_ra_id *raid, uint16_t cid);
+/* Find a BTS context based on BVCI+NSEI tuple */
+struct bssgp_bvc_ctx *btsctx_by_bvci_nsei(uint16_t bvci, uint16_t nsei);
+
+#define BVC_F_BLOCKED	0x0001
+
+enum bssgp_ctr {
+	BSSGP_CTR_PKTS_IN,
+	BSSGP_CTR_PKTS_OUT,
+	BSSGP_CTR_BYTES_IN,
+	BSSGP_CTR_BYTES_OUT,
+	BSSGP_CTR_BLOCKED,
+	BSSGP_CTR_DISCARDED,
+};
+
+
+#include <osmocom/gsm/tlv.h>
+
+/* BSSGP-UL-UNITDATA.ind */
+int gprs_bssgp_rcvmsg(struct msgb *msg);
+
+/* BSSGP-DL-UNITDATA.req */
+struct sgsn_mm_ctx;
+int gprs_bssgp_tx_dl_ud(struct msgb *msg, struct sgsn_mm_ctx *mmctx);
+
+uint16_t bssgp_parse_cell_id(struct gprs_ra_id *raid, const uint8_t *buf);
+int bssgp_create_cell_id(uint8_t *buf, const struct gprs_ra_id *raid,
+			 uint16_t cid);
+
+/* Wrapper around TLV parser to parse BSSGP IEs */
+static inline int bssgp_tlv_parse(struct tlv_parsed *tp, uint8_t *buf, int len)
+{
+	return tlv_parse(tp, &tvlv_att_def, buf, len, 0, 0);
+}
+
+/*! \brief BSSGP Paging mode */
+enum bssgp_paging_mode {
+	BSSGP_PAGING_PS,
+	BSSGP_PAGING_CS,
+};
+
+/*! \brief BSSGP Paging scope */
+enum bssgp_paging_scope {
+	BSSGP_PAGING_BSS_AREA,		/*!< all cells in BSS */
+	BSSGP_PAGING_LOCATION_AREA,	/*!< all cells in LA */
+	BSSGP_PAGING_ROUTEING_AREA,	/*!< all cells in RA */
+	BSSGP_PAGING_BVCI,		/*!< one cell */
+};
+
+/*! \brief BSSGP paging information */
+struct bssgp_paging_info {
+	enum bssgp_paging_mode mode;	/*!< CS or PS paging */
+	enum bssgp_paging_scope scope;	/*!< bssgp_paging_scope */
+	struct gprs_ra_id raid;		/*!< RA Identifier */
+	uint16_t bvci;			/*!< BVCI */
+	char *imsi;			/*!< IMSI, if any */
+	uint32_t *ptmsi;		/*!< P-TMSI, if any */
+	uint16_t drx_params;		/*!< DRX parameters */
+	uint8_t qos[3];			/*!< QoS parameters */
+};
+
+/* Send a single GMM-PAGING.req to a given NSEI/NS-BVCI */
+int gprs_bssgp_tx_paging(uint16_t nsei, uint16_t ns_bvci,
+			 struct bssgp_paging_info *pinfo);
+
+/* gprs_bssgp_vty.c */
+int gprs_bssgp_vty_init(void);
+
+#endif /* _GPRS_BSSGP_H */
diff --git a/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/gprs_ns.h b/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/gprs_ns.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7045d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/gprs_ns.h
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+#ifndef _GPRS_NS_H
+#define _GPRS_NS_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* GPRS Networks Service (NS) messages on the Gb interface
+ * 3GPP TS 08.16 version 8.0.1 Release 1999 / ETSI TS 101 299 V8.0.1 (2002-05)
+ * 3GPP TS 48.016 version 6.5.0 Release 6 / ETSI TS 148 016 V6.5.0 (2005-11) */
+
+/*! \addtogroup libgb
+ *  @{
+ */
+
+/*! \file gprs_ns.h */
+
+/*! \brief Common header of GPRS NS */
+struct gprs_ns_hdr {
+	uint8_t pdu_type;	/*!< NS PDU type */
+	uint8_t data[0];	/*!< variable-length payload */
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+/*! \brief NS PDU Type (TS 08.16, Section 10.3.7, Table 14) */
+enum ns_pdu_type {
+	NS_PDUT_UNITDATA	= 0x00,
+	NS_PDUT_RESET		= 0x02,
+	NS_PDUT_RESET_ACK	= 0x03,
+	NS_PDUT_BLOCK		= 0x04,
+	NS_PDUT_BLOCK_ACK	= 0x05,
+	NS_PDUT_UNBLOCK		= 0x06,
+	NS_PDUT_UNBLOCK_ACK	= 0x07,
+	NS_PDUT_STATUS		= 0x08,
+	NS_PDUT_ALIVE		= 0x0a,
+	NS_PDUT_ALIVE_ACK	= 0x0b,
+	/* TS 48.016 Section 10.3.7, Table 10.3.7.1 */
+	SNS_PDUT_ACK		= 0x0c,
+	SNS_PDUT_ADD		= 0x0d,
+	SNS_PDUT_CHANGE_WEIGHT	= 0x0e,
+	SNS_PDUT_CONFIG		= 0x0f,
+	SNS_PDUT_CONFIG_ACK	= 0x10,
+	SNS_PDUT_DELETE		= 0x11,
+	SNS_PDUT_SIZE		= 0x12,
+	SNS_PDUT_SIZE_ACK	= 0x13,
+};
+
+/*! \brief NS Control IE (TS 08.16, Section 10.3, Table 12) */
+enum ns_ctrl_ie {
+	NS_IE_CAUSE		= 0x00,
+	NS_IE_VCI		= 0x01,
+	NS_IE_PDU		= 0x02,
+	NS_IE_BVCI		= 0x03,
+	NS_IE_NSEI		= 0x04,
+	/* TS 48.016 Section 10.3, Table 10.3.1 */
+	NS_IE_IPv4_LIST		= 0x05,
+	NS_IE_IPv6_LIST		= 0x06,
+	NS_IE_MAX_NR_NSVC	= 0x07,
+	NS_IE_IPv4_EP_NR	= 0x08,
+	NS_IE_IPv6_EP_NR	= 0x09,
+	NS_IE_RESET_FLAG	= 0x0a,
+	NS_IE_IP_ADDR		= 0x0b,
+};
+
+/*! \brief NS Cause (TS 08.16, Section 10.3.2, Table 13) */
+enum ns_cause {
+	NS_CAUSE_TRANSIT_FAIL		= 0x00,
+	NS_CAUSE_OM_INTERVENTION	= 0x01,
+	NS_CAUSE_EQUIP_FAIL		= 0x02,
+	NS_CAUSE_NSVC_BLOCKED		= 0x03,
+	NS_CAUSE_NSVC_UNKNOWN		= 0x04,
+	NS_CAUSE_BVCI_UNKNOWN		= 0x05,
+	NS_CAUSE_SEM_INCORR_PDU		= 0x08,
+	NS_CAUSE_PDU_INCOMP_PSTATE	= 0x0a,
+	NS_CAUSE_PROTO_ERR_UNSPEC	= 0x0b,
+	NS_CAUSE_INVAL_ESSENT_IE	= 0x0c,
+	NS_CAUSE_MISSING_ESSENT_IE	= 0x0d,
+	/* TS 48.016 Section 10.3.2, Table 10.3.2.1 */
+	NS_CAUSE_INVAL_NR_IPv4_EP	= 0x0e,
+	NS_CAUSE_INVAL_NR_IPv6_EP	= 0x0f,
+	NS_CAUSE_INVAL_NR_NS_VC		= 0x10,
+	NS_CAUSE_INVAL_WEIGH		= 0x11,
+	NS_CAUSE_UNKN_IP_EP		= 0x12,
+	NS_CAUSE_UNKN_IP_ADDR		= 0x13,
+	NS_CAUSE_UNKN_IP_TEST_FAILED	= 0x14,
+};
+
+/* Our Implementation */
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/linuxlist.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/msgb.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/timer.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/select.h>
+
+#define NS_TIMERS_COUNT 7
+#define NS_TIMERS "(tns-block|tns-block-retries|tns-reset|tns-reset-retries|tns-test|tns-alive|tns-alive-retries)"
+#define NS_TIMERS_HELP	\
+	"(un)blocking Timer (Tns-block) timeout\n"		\
+	"(un)blocking Timer (Tns-block) number of retries\n"	\
+	"Reset Timer (Tns-reset) timeout\n"			\
+	"Reset Timer (Tns-reset) number of retries\n"		\
+	"Test Timer (Tns-test) timeout\n"			\
+	"Alive Timer (Tns-alive) timeout\n"			\
+	"Alive Timer (Tns-alive) number of retries\n"
+
+enum ns_timeout {
+	NS_TOUT_TNS_BLOCK,
+	NS_TOUT_TNS_BLOCK_RETRIES,
+	NS_TOUT_TNS_RESET,
+	NS_TOUT_TNS_RESET_RETRIES,
+	NS_TOUT_TNS_TEST,
+	NS_TOUT_TNS_ALIVE,
+	NS_TOUT_TNS_ALIVE_RETRIES,
+};
+
+#define NSE_S_BLOCKED	0x0001
+#define NSE_S_ALIVE	0x0002
+
+/*! \brief Osmocom NS link layer types */
+enum gprs_ns_ll {
+	GPRS_NS_LL_UDP,		/*!< NS/UDP/IP */
+	GPRS_NS_LL_E1,		/*!< NS/E1 */
+	GPRS_NS_LL_FR_GRE,	/*!< NS/FR/GRE/IP */
+};
+
+/*! \brief Osmoco NS events */
+enum gprs_ns_evt {
+	GPRS_NS_EVT_UNIT_DATA,
+};
+
+struct gprs_nsvc;
+/*! \brief Osmocom GPRS callback function type */
+typedef int gprs_ns_cb_t(enum gprs_ns_evt event, struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc,
+			 struct msgb *msg, uint16_t bvci);
+
+/*! \brief An instance of the NS protocol stack */
+struct gprs_ns_inst {
+	/*! \brief callback to the user for incoming UNIT DATA IND */
+	gprs_ns_cb_t *cb;
+
+	/*! \brief linked lists of all NSVC in this instance */
+	struct llist_head gprs_nsvcs;
+
+	/*! \brief a NSVC object that's needed to deal with packets for
+	 * 	   unknown NSVC */
+	struct gprs_nsvc *unknown_nsvc;
+
+	uint16_t timeout[NS_TIMERS_COUNT];
+
+	/*! \brief NS-over-IP specific bits */
+	struct {
+		struct osmo_fd fd;
+		uint32_t local_ip;
+		uint16_t local_port;
+	} nsip;
+	/*! \brief NS-over-FR-over-GRE-over-IP specific bits */
+	struct {
+		struct osmo_fd fd;
+		uint32_t local_ip;
+		unsigned int enabled:1;
+	} frgre;
+};
+
+enum nsvc_timer_mode {
+	/* standard timers */
+	NSVC_TIMER_TNS_TEST,
+	NSVC_TIMER_TNS_ALIVE,
+	NSVC_TIMER_TNS_RESET,
+	_NSVC_TIMER_NR,
+};
+
+/*! \brief Structure representing a single NS-VC */
+struct gprs_nsvc {
+	/*! \brief list of NS-VCs within NS Instance */
+	struct llist_head list;
+	/*! \brief pointer to NS Instance */
+	struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi;
+
+	uint16_t nsei;	/*! \brief end-to-end significance */
+	uint16_t nsvci;	/*! \brief uniquely identifies NS-VC at SGSN */
+
+	uint32_t state;
+	uint32_t remote_state;
+
+	struct osmo_timer_list timer;
+	enum nsvc_timer_mode timer_mode;
+	int alive_retries;
+
+	unsigned int remote_end_is_sgsn:1;
+	unsigned int persistent:1;
+
+	struct rate_ctr_group *ctrg;
+
+	/*! \brief which link-layer are we based on? */
+	enum gprs_ns_ll ll;
+
+	union {
+		struct {
+			struct sockaddr_in bts_addr;
+		} ip;
+		struct {
+			struct sockaddr_in bts_addr;
+		} frgre;
+	};
+};
+
+/* Create a new NS protocol instance */
+struct gprs_ns_inst *gprs_ns_instantiate(gprs_ns_cb_t *cb);
+
+/* Destroy a NS protocol instance */
+void gprs_ns_destroy(struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi);
+
+/* Listen for incoming GPRS packets via NS/UDP */
+int gprs_ns_nsip_listen(struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi);
+
+struct sockaddr_in;
+
+/* main function for higher layers (BSSGP) to send NS messages */
+int gprs_ns_sendmsg(struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi, struct msgb *msg);
+
+int gprs_ns_tx_reset(struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc, uint8_t cause);
+int gprs_ns_tx_block(struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc, uint8_t cause);
+int gprs_ns_tx_unblock(struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc);
+
+/* Listen for incoming GPRS packets via NS/FR/GRE */
+int gprs_ns_frgre_listen(struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi);
+
+/* Establish a connection (from the BSS) to the SGSN */
+struct gprs_nsvc *nsip_connect(struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi,
+				struct sockaddr_in *dest, uint16_t nsei,
+				uint16_t nsvci);
+
+struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc_create(struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi, uint16_t nsvci);
+void nsvc_delete(struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc);
+struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc_by_nsei(struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi, uint16_t nsei);
+struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc_by_nsvci(struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi, uint16_t nsvci);
+
+/* Initiate a RESET procedure (including timer start, ...)*/
+void gprs_nsvc_reset(struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc, uint8_t cause);
+
+/* Add NS-specific VTY stuff */
+int gprs_ns_vty_init(struct gprs_ns_inst *nsi);
+
+#define NS_ALLOC_SIZE	2048
+#define NS_ALLOC_HEADROOM 20
+static inline struct msgb *gprs_ns_msgb_alloc(void)
+{
+	return msgb_alloc_headroom(NS_ALLOC_SIZE, NS_ALLOC_HEADROOM, "GPRS/NS");
+}
+
+/*! }@ */
+
+#endif
diff --git a/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/gprs_ns_frgre.h b/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/gprs_ns_frgre.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abcd43f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbsc/include/osmocom/gprs/gprs_ns_frgre.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _GPRS_NS_FRGRE_H
+#define _GPRS_NS_FRGRE_H
+
+int gprs_ns_frgre_sendmsg(struct gprs_nsvc *nsvc, struct msgb *msg);
+
+#endif