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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Infosys Ltd.
+ *
+ * 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 <pthread.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "ProtocolIE-Container.h"
+#include "ProtocolIE-ID.h"
+#include "ProtocolIE-Field.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "err_codes.h"
+#include "message_queues.h"
+#include "ipc_api.h"
+#include "s1ap.h"
+#include "s1ap_config.h"
+#include "main.h"
+#include "msgType.h"
+#include "common_proc_info.h"
+
+
+/*Stage specific message processing.
+*/
+static int
+paging_processing(struct paging_req_Q_msg *g_paging)
+{
+	log_msg(LOG_DEBUG,"Process paging.");
+	uint32_t length = 0;
+    	uint8_t *buffer = NULL;
+	
+	Buffer g_paging_buffer;
+	struct s1ap_common_req_Q_msg req= {0};
+
+	req.IE_type = S1AP_PAGING_REQ;
+        req.enb_fd = g_paging->enb_fd;
+        req.ue_idx = g_paging->ue_idx;
+        req.enb_s1ap_ue_id = g_paging->enb_s1ap_ue_id;
+	req.cn_domain = g_paging->cn_domain;
+	memcpy(req.imsi, g_paging->IMSI, BINARY_IMSI_LEN);
+	memcpy(&req.tai, &g_paging->tai, sizeof(struct TAI));
+
+	
+
+	int ret = s1ap_mme_encode_initiating(&req, &buffer, &length);
+
+    	if(ret == -1)
+    	{
+	        log_msg(LOG_ERROR, "Encoding paging request failed.\n");
+        	return E_FAIL;
+   	}
+
+
+	buffer_copy(&g_paging_buffer, buffer, length);
+	send_sctp_msg(g_paging->enb_fd, g_paging_buffer.buf, g_paging_buffer.pos,1);
+	log_msg(LOG_INFO, "\n-----Paging sent to UE.---\n");
+	return SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+/**
+* Thread function for stage.
+*/
+void*
+paging_handler(void *data)
+{
+
+	log_msg(LOG_INFO, "paging handler ready.\n");
+	
+	paging_processing((struct paging_req_Q_msg*)data);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+