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+/* (C) 2017 by Sysmocom s.f.m.c. GmbH
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * Author: Philipp Maier
+ *
+ * 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/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <openbsc/gsm_data.h>
+#include <openbsc/bsc_msc_data.h>
+
+/* Allocate resources to make a new connection oriented sigtran connection
+ * (not the connection ittself!) */
+enum bsc_con osmo_bsc_sigtran_new_conn(struct gsm_subscriber_connection *conn, struct bsc_msc_data *msc);
+
+/* Open a new connection oriented sigtran connection */
+int osmo_bsc_sigtran_open_conn(const struct osmo_bsc_sccp_con *conn, struct msgb *msg);
+
+/* Send data to MSC */
+int osmo_bsc_sigtran_send(const struct osmo_bsc_sccp_con *conn, struct msgb *msg);
+
+/* Delete a connection from the list with open connections
+ * (called by osmo_bsc_api.c on failing open connections and
+ * locally, when a connection is closed by the MSC */
+int osmo_bsc_sigtran_del_conn(struct osmo_bsc_sccp_con *sccp);
+
+/* Initalize osmo sigtran backhaul */
+int osmo_bsc_sigtran_init(struct llist_head *mscs);
+
+/* Close all open sigtran connections and channels */
+void osmo_bsc_sigtran_reset(const struct bsc_msc_data *msc);
+
+/* Send reset-ack to MSC */
+void osmo_bsc_sigtran_tx_reset_ack(const struct bsc_msc_data *msc);