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+/* (C) 2008-2010 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.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/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/linuxlist.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/talloc.h>
+#include <osmocom/gsm/gsm_utils.h>
+#include <osmocom/gsm/abis_nm.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/statistics.h>
+
+#include <openbsc/gsm_data_shared.h>
+
+static const struct value_string pchan_names[] = {
+	{ GSM_PCHAN_NONE,	"NONE" },
+	{ GSM_PCHAN_CCCH,	"CCCH" },
+	{ GSM_PCHAN_CCCH_SDCCH4,"CCCH+SDCCH4" },
+	{ GSM_PCHAN_TCH_F,	"TCH/F" },
+	{ GSM_PCHAN_TCH_H,	"TCH/H" },
+	{ GSM_PCHAN_SDCCH8_SACCH8C, "SDCCH8" },
+	{ GSM_PCHAN_PDCH,	"PDCH" },
+	{ GSM_PCHAN_TCH_F_PDCH,	"TCH/F_PDCH" },
+	{ GSM_PCHAN_UNKNOWN,	"UNKNOWN" },
+	{ 0,			NULL }
+};
+
+const char *gsm_pchan_name(enum gsm_phys_chan_config c)
+{
+	return get_value_string(pchan_names, c);
+}
+
+enum gsm_phys_chan_config gsm_pchan_parse(const char *name)
+{
+	return get_string_value(pchan_names, name);
+}
+
+static const struct value_string lchant_names[] = {
+	{ GSM_LCHAN_NONE,	"NONE" },
+	{ GSM_LCHAN_SDCCH,	"SDCCH" },
+	{ GSM_LCHAN_TCH_F,	"TCH/F" },
+	{ GSM_LCHAN_TCH_H,	"TCH/H" },
+	{ GSM_LCHAN_UNKNOWN,	"UNKNOWN" },
+	{ 0,			NULL }
+};
+
+const char *gsm_lchant_name(enum gsm_chan_t c)
+{
+	return get_value_string(lchant_names, c);
+}
+
+static const struct value_string lchan_s_names[] = {
+	{ LCHAN_S_NONE,		"NONE" },
+	{ LCHAN_S_ACT_REQ,	"ACTIVATION REQUESTED" },
+	{ LCHAN_S_ACTIVE,	"ACTIVE" },
+	{ LCHAN_S_INACTIVE,	"INACTIVE" },
+	{ LCHAN_S_REL_REQ,	"RELEASE REQUESTED" },
+	{ LCHAN_S_REL_ERR,	"RELEASE DUE ERROR" },
+	{ 0,			NULL }
+};
+
+const char *gsm_lchans_name(enum gsm_lchan_state s)
+{
+	return get_value_string(lchan_s_names, s);
+}
+
+static const struct value_string chreq_names[] = {
+	{ GSM_CHREQ_REASON_EMERG,	"EMERGENCY" },
+	{ GSM_CHREQ_REASON_PAG,		"PAGING" },
+	{ GSM_CHREQ_REASON_CALL,	"CALL" },
+	{ GSM_CHREQ_REASON_LOCATION_UPD,"LOCATION_UPDATE" },
+	{ GSM_CHREQ_REASON_OTHER,	"OTHER" },
+	{ 0,				NULL }
+};
+
+const char *gsm_chreq_name(enum gsm_chreq_reason_t c)
+{
+	return get_value_string(chreq_names, c);
+}
+
+struct gsm_bts_trx *gsm_bts_trx_alloc(struct gsm_bts *bts)
+{
+	struct gsm_bts_trx *trx = talloc_zero(bts, struct gsm_bts_trx);
+	int k;
+
+	if (!trx)
+		return NULL;
+
+	trx->bts = bts;
+	trx->nr = bts->num_trx++;
+	trx->mo.nm_state.administrative = NM_STATE_UNLOCKED;
+
+	for (k = 0; k < TRX_NR_TS; k++) {
+		struct gsm_bts_trx_ts *ts = &trx->ts[k];
+		int l;
+
+		ts->trx = trx;
+		ts->nr = k;
+		ts->pchan = GSM_PCHAN_NONE;
+		ts->tsc = -1;
+
+		ts->hopping.arfcns.data_len = sizeof(ts->hopping.arfcns_data);
+		ts->hopping.arfcns.data = ts->hopping.arfcns_data;
+		ts->hopping.ma.data_len = sizeof(ts->hopping.ma_data);
+		ts->hopping.ma.data = ts->hopping.ma_data;
+
+		for (l = 0; l < TS_MAX_LCHAN; l++) {
+			struct gsm_lchan *lchan;
+			lchan = &ts->lchan[l];
+
+			lchan->ts = ts;
+			lchan->nr = l;
+			lchan->type = GSM_LCHAN_NONE;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (trx->nr != 0)
+		trx->nominal_power = bts->c0->nominal_power;
+
+	llist_add_tail(&trx->list, &bts->trx_list);
+
+	return trx;
+}
+
+static const uint8_t bts_nse_timer_default[] = { 3, 3, 3, 3, 30, 3, 10 };
+static const uint8_t bts_cell_timer_default[] =
+				{ 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 10, 3, 10, 3, 10, 3 };
+
+struct gsm_bts *gsm_bts_alloc(void *ctx)
+{
+	struct gsm_bts *bts = talloc_zero(ctx, struct gsm_bts);
+	int i;
+
+	if (!bts)
+		return NULL;
+
+	bts->num_trx = 0;
+	INIT_LLIST_HEAD(&bts->trx_list);
+	bts->ms_max_power = 15;	/* dBm */
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(bts->gprs.nsvc); i++) {
+		bts->gprs.nsvc[i].bts = bts;
+		bts->gprs.nsvc[i].id = i;
+	}
+	memcpy(&bts->gprs.nse.timer, bts_nse_timer_default,
+		sizeof(bts->gprs.nse.timer));
+	memcpy(&bts->gprs.cell.timer, bts_cell_timer_default,
+		sizeof(bts->gprs.cell.timer));
+
+	/* create our primary TRX */
+	bts->c0 = gsm_bts_trx_alloc(bts);
+	if (!bts->c0) {
+		talloc_free(bts);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	bts->c0->ts[0].pchan = GSM_PCHAN_CCCH_SDCCH4;
+
+	bts->rach_b_thresh = -1;
+	bts->rach_ldavg_slots = -1;
+	bts->paging.free_chans_need = -1;
+
+	return bts;
+}
+
+struct gsm_bts_trx *gsm_bts_trx_num(struct gsm_bts *bts, int num)
+{
+	struct gsm_bts_trx *trx;
+
+	if (num >= bts->num_trx)
+		return NULL;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(trx, &bts->trx_list, list) {
+		if (trx->nr == num)
+			return trx;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static char ts2str[255];
+
+char *gsm_trx_name(struct gsm_bts_trx *trx)
+{
+	snprintf(ts2str, sizeof(ts2str), "(bts=%d,trx=%d)",
+		 trx->bts->nr, trx->nr);
+
+	return ts2str;
+}
+
+
+char *gsm_ts_name(struct gsm_bts_trx_ts *ts)
+{
+	snprintf(ts2str, sizeof(ts2str), "(bts=%d,trx=%d,ts=%d)",
+		 ts->trx->bts->nr, ts->trx->nr, ts->nr);
+
+	return ts2str;
+}
+
+char *gsm_lchan_name(struct gsm_lchan *lchan)
+{
+	struct gsm_bts_trx_ts *ts = lchan->ts;
+
+	snprintf(ts2str, sizeof(ts2str), "(bts=%d,trx=%d,ts=%d,ss=%d)",
+		 ts->trx->bts->nr, ts->trx->nr, ts->nr, lchan->nr);
+
+	return ts2str;
+}