Hello All, This mail is to highlight the necessity of the "[PATCH] Fix encoding of padding bits to start with 0 bit" In the latest master osmo-pcu 0.2.752-173e, the identified bug in encoding of padding bits is generating incorrect Control message.

Example of an incorrect Packet Downlink Assignment message from the current TbfTest.err log is @ line number 3433 Sending data request: trx=0 ts=4 sapi=5 arfcn=0 fn=0 block=0 data=4f 08 20 00 44 02 00 02 08 04 00 c0 0b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b Incorrect encoding has resulted in the analyzer interpreting PFI present with value 21.

Whereas with the fix for encoding padding bits result is Sending data request: trx=0 ts=4 sapi=5 arfcn=0 fn=0 block=0 data=4f 08 20 00 44 02 00 02 08 04 00 c0 03 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b

Output of the message analyzer(http://www.3gpp-message-analyser.com/) is attached in the mail.

Please review the patch and let us know procedure for a merge to master.

Regards Saurabh