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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2018, Great Software Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "err_codes.h"
+#include "options.h"
+#include "ipc_api.h"
+#include "main.h"
+#include "s1ap.h"
+#include "s1ap_config.h"
+#include "sctp_conn.h"
+#include "s1ap_structs.h"
+#include "s1ap_msg_codes.h"
+#include "msgType.h"
+
+extern int g_enb_fd;
+extern ipc_handle ipc_S1ap_Hndl;
+
+int
+s1_esm_resp_handler(struct proto_IE *s1_esm_resp_ies)
+{
+	struct s1_incoming_msg_data_t esm_resp= {0};
+	esm_resp.msg_type = esm_info_response;
+
+	/*****Message structure***
+	*/
+	log_msg(LOG_INFO, "Parse s1ap ESM response message:--\n");
+
+	/*Validate all eNB info*/
+
+	/*Add eNB info to hash*/
+
+	/*Create Q structure for stage 1 to MME.
+	  contains init UE information.*/
+    for(int i = 0; i < s1_esm_resp_ies->no_of_IEs; i++)
+    {
+        switch(s1_esm_resp_ies->data[i].IE_type)
+        {
+            case S1AP_IE_MME_UE_ID:
+                {
+	                esm_resp.ue_idx = s1_esm_resp_ies->data[i].val.mme_ue_s1ap_id;
+                }break;
+            case S1AP_IE_NAS_PDU:
+                {
+                    if(s1_esm_resp_ies->data[i].val.nas.header.message_type != NAS_ESM_RESP)
+                    {
+                        esm_resp.msg_data.esm_resp_Q_msg_m.status = S1AP_SECMODE_FAILED;//Error in authentication
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        esm_resp.msg_data.esm_resp_Q_msg_m.status = SUCCESS;
+	                    memcpy(&(esm_resp.msg_data.esm_resp_Q_msg_m.apn), &(s1_esm_resp_ies->data[i].val.nas.elements[0].pduElement.apn),
+		                       sizeof(struct apn_name));
+                    }
+
+                }break;
+            default:
+                log_msg(LOG_WARNING,"Unhandled IE");
+        }
+    }
+
+
+        esm_resp.destInstAddr = htonl(mmeAppInstanceNum_c);
+        esm_resp.srcInstAddr = htonl(s1apAppInstanceNum_c);
+
+        //STIMER_GET_CURRENT_TP(g_attach_stats[s1_auth_resp_ies->data[1].enb_ue_s1ap_id].auth_to_mme);
+        send_tipc_message(ipc_S1ap_Hndl, mmeAppInstanceNum_c, (char *)&esm_resp, S1_READ_MSG_BUF_SIZE);
+
+        /*Send S1Setup response*/
+        log_msg(LOG_INFO, "ESM Info resp send to mme-app\n");
+
+	//TODO: free IEs
+	return SUCCESS;
+}
+