--- gprs_ns_before_patch.c	2014-05-23 10:36:09.041829000 +0200
+++ gprs_ns_patch.c	2014-05-23 10:34:17.101829001 +0200
@@ -1217,16 +1217,14 @@
 
 	switch (nsh->pdu_type) {
 	case NS_PDUT_ALIVE:
-		/* If we're dead and blocked and suddenly receive a
-		 * NS-ALIVE out of the blue, we might have been re-started
-		 * and should send a NS-RESET to make sure everything recovers
-		 * fine. */
-
-LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "Rx NS ALIVE\n");		
-if ((*nsvc)->state == NSE_S_BLOCKED)
-			rc = gprs_ns_tx_reset((*nsvc), NS_CAUSE_PDU_INCOMP_PSTATE);
-		else
-			rc = gprs_ns_tx_alive_ack(*nsvc);
+		LOGP(DNS, LOGL_INFO, "Rx NS ALIVE\n");
+		rc = gprs_ns_tx_alive_ack(*nsvc);
+		/*mark NS-VC as unblocked and active*/
+      		(*nsvc)->state = NSE_S_ALIVE;
+		(*nsvc)->remote_state = NSE_S_ALIVE;
+		/*Initiate TEST proc.: Send ALIVE_ACK and start timer*/
+		rc = gprs_ns_tx_simple((*nsvc), NS_PDUT_ALIVE_ACK);
+		nsvc_start_timer((*nsvc), NSVC_TIMER_TNS_TEST);
 		break;
 	case NS_PDUT_ALIVE_ACK:
 		/* stop Tns-alive and start Tns-test */