diff --git a/include/osmocore/Makefile.am b/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
index 8754295..b45d023 100644
--- a/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 osmocore_HEADERS = signal.h linuxlist.h timer.h talloc.h msgb.h select.h \
 		   tlv.h bitvec.h comp128.h statistics.h gsm_utils.h utils.h \
-		   gsmtap.h write_queue.h rsl.h
+		   gsmtap.h write_queue.h rsl.h gsm48.h
 
 osmocoredir = $(includedir)/osmocore
 
diff --git a/include/osmocore/gsm48.h b/include/osmocore/gsm48.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0cf09d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osmocore/gsm48.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef _OSMOCORE_GSM48_H
+
+#include <osmocore/tlv.h>
+
+extern const struct tlv_definition gsm48_att_tlvdef;
+extern const char *cc_state_names[];
+const char *rr_cause_name(uint8_t cause);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 65415ee..b6826ea 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 
 libosmocore_la_SOURCES = msgb.c timer.c talloc.c select.c signal.c \
 			 tlv_parser.c bitvec.c comp128.c gsm_utils.c statistics.c \
-			 write_queue.c utils.c rsl.c
+			 write_queue.c utils.c rsl.c gsm48.c
diff --git a/src/gsm48.c b/src/gsm48.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ded209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gsm48.c
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/* GSM Mobile Radio Interface Layer 3 messages
+ * 3GPP TS 04.08 version 7.21.0 Release 1998 / ETSI TS 100 940 V7.21.0 */
+
+/* (C) 2008-2009 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * (C) 2008, 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 General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <osmocore/utils.h>
+#include <osmocore/tlv.h>
+#include <osmocore/gsm48.h>
+
+#include <osmocore/protocol/gsm_04_08.h>
+
+const struct tlv_definition gsm48_att_tlvdef = {
+	.def = {
+		[GSM48_IE_MOBILE_ID]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_NAME_LONG]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_NAME_SHORT]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_UTC]		= { TLV_TYPE_TV },
+		[GSM48_IE_NET_TIME_TZ]	= { TLV_TYPE_FIXED, 7 },
+		[GSM48_IE_LSA_IDENT]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+
+		[GSM48_IE_BEARER_CAP]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_CAUSE]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_CC_CAP]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_ALERT]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_FACILITY]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_PROGR_IND]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_AUX_STATUS]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_NOTIFY]	= { TLV_TYPE_TV },
+		[GSM48_IE_KPD_FACILITY]	= { TLV_TYPE_TV },
+		[GSM48_IE_SIGNAL]	= { TLV_TYPE_TV },
+		[GSM48_IE_CONN_BCD]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_CONN_SUB]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_CALLING_BCD]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_CALLING_SUB]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_CALLED_BCD]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_CALLED_SUB]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_REDIR_BCD]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_REDIR_SUB]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_LOWL_COMPAT]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_HIGHL_COMPAT]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_USER_USER]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_SS_VERS]	= { TLV_TYPE_TLV },
+		[GSM48_IE_MORE_DATA]	= { TLV_TYPE_T },
+		[GSM48_IE_CLIR_SUPP]	= { TLV_TYPE_T },
+		[GSM48_IE_CLIR_INVOC]	= { TLV_TYPE_T },
+		[GSM48_IE_REV_C_SETUP]	= { TLV_TYPE_T },
+		[GSM48_IE_REPEAT_CIR]   = { TLV_TYPE_T },
+		[GSM48_IE_REPEAT_SEQ]   = { TLV_TYPE_T },
+		/* FIXME: more elements */
+	},
+};
+
+static const char *rr_cause_names[] = {
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_NORMAL]			= "Normal event",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_ABNORMAL_UNSPEC]	= "Abnormal release, unspecified",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_ABNORMAL_UNACCT]	= "Abnormal release, channel unacceptable",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_ABNORMAL_TIMER]		= "Abnormal release, timer expired",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_ABNORMAL_NOACT]		= "Abnormal release, no activity on radio path",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_PREMPTIVE_REL]		= "Preemptive release",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_HNDOVER_IMP]		= "Handover impossible, timing advance out of range",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_CHAN_MODE_UNACCT]	= "Channel mode unacceptable",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_FREQ_NOT_IMPL]		= "Frequency not implemented",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_CALL_CLEARED]		= "Call already cleared",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_SEMANT_INCORR]		= "Semantically incorrect message",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_INVALID_MAND_INF]	= "Invalid mandatory information",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_MSG_TYPE_N]		= "Message type non-existant or not implemented",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_MSG_TYPE_N_COMPAT]	= "Message type not compatible with protocol state",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_COND_IE_ERROR]		= "Conditional IE error",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_NO_CELL_ALLOC_A]	= "No cell allocation available",
+	[GSM48_RR_CAUSE_PROT_ERROR_UNSPC]	= "Protocol error unspecified",
+};
+
+const char *cc_state_names[] = {
+	"NULL",
+	"INITIATED",
+	"illegal state 2",
+	"MO_CALL_PROC",
+	"CALL_DELIVERED",
+	"illegal state 5",
+	"CALL_PRESENT",
+	"CALL_RECEIVED",
+	"CONNECT_REQUEST",
+	"MO_TERM_CALL_CONF",
+	"ACTIVE",
+	"DISCONNECT_REQ",
+	"DISCONNECT_IND",
+	"illegal state 13",
+	"illegal state 14",
+	"illegal state 15",
+	"illegal state 16",
+	"illegal state 17",
+	"illegal state 18",
+	"RELEASE_REQ",
+	"illegal state 20",
+	"illegal state 21",
+	"illegal state 22",
+	"illegal state 23",
+	"illegal state 24",
+	"illegal state 25",
+	"MO_ORIG_MODIFY",
+	"MO_TERM_MODIFY",
+	"CONNECT_IND",
+	"illegal state 29",
+	"illegal state 30",
+	"illegal state 31",
+};
+
+static char strbuf[64];
+
+const char *rr_cause_name(uint8_t cause)
+{
+	if (cause < ARRAY_SIZE(rr_cause_names) &&
+	    rr_cause_names[cause])
+		return rr_cause_names[cause];
+
+	snprintf(strbuf, sizeof(strbuf), "0x%02x", cause);
+	return strbuf;
+}
+
+