diff --git a/nfapi/oai_integration/.vscode/launch.json b/nfapi/oai_integration/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e006584180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nfapi/oai_integration/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "gcc - Build and debug active file",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
+            "args": [],
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ],
+            "preLaunchTask": "gcc build active file",
+            "miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb"
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nfapi/oai_integration/.vscode/tasks.json b/nfapi/oai_integration/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..456946dcce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nfapi/oai_integration/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+	"version": "2.0.0",
+	"tasks": [
+		{
+			"type": "shell",
+			"label": "C/C++: gcc build active file",
+			"command": "/usr/bin/gcc",
+			"args": [
+				"-g",
+				"${file}",
+				"-o",
+				"${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
+			],
+			"options": {
+				"cwd": "/usr/bin"
+			},
+			"problemMatcher": [
+				"$gcc"
+			],
+			"group": "build"
+		}
+	]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nfapi/oai_integration/nfapi_vnf.c b/nfapi/oai_integration/nfapi_vnf.c
index 2abac3cb67..e301f8ea1a 100644
--- a/nfapi/oai_integration/nfapi_vnf.c
+++ b/nfapi/oai_integration/nfapi_vnf.c
@@ -1320,6 +1320,23 @@ int oai_nfapi_nr_dl_config_req(nfapi_nr_dl_tti_request_t *dl_config_req)
   return retval;
 }
 
+int oai_nfapi_tx_data_req(nfapi_nr_tx_data_request_t *tx_data_req)
+{
+  nfapi_vnf_p7_config_t *p7_config = vnf.p7_vnfs[0].config;
+  tx_data_req->header.phy_id = 1; // DJP HACK TODO FIXME - need to pass this around!!!!
+  tx_data_req->header.message_id = NFAPI_NR_PHY_MSG_TYPE_TX_DATA_REQUEST;
+  //LOG_D(PHY, "[VNF] %s() TX_REQ sfn_sf:%d number_of_pdus:%d\n", __FUNCTION__, NFAPI_SFNSF2DEC(tx_req->sfn_sf), tx_req->tx_request_body.number_of_pdus);
+  int retval = nfapi_vnf_p7_tx_data_req(p7_config, tx_data_req);
+
+  if (retval!=0) {
+    LOG_E(PHY, "%s() Problem sending retval:%d\n", __FUNCTION__, retval);
+  } else {
+    tx_data_req->Number_of_PDUs = 0;
+  }
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
 int oai_nfapi_tx_req(nfapi_tx_request_t *tx_req)
 {
   nfapi_vnf_p7_config_t *p7_config = vnf.p7_vnfs[0].config;
diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/public_inc/nfapi_nr_interface_scf.h b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/public_inc/nfapi_nr_interface_scf.h
index 2721c098d5..e8e0ea31d1 100644
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/public_inc/nfapi_nr_interface_scf.h
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/public_inc/nfapi_nr_interface_scf.h
@@ -1414,6 +1414,7 @@ typedef struct
 #define NFAPI_NR_MAX_TX_REQUEST_PDUS 16
 typedef struct
 {
+  nfapi_p7_message_header_t header;
   uint16_t SFN;
   uint16_t Slot;
   uint16_t Number_of_PDUs;
diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p7.c b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p7.c
index 1b836081d7..82ed8617c4 100755
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p7.c
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p7.c
@@ -2094,6 +2094,55 @@ static uint8_t pack_hi_dci0_request(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8
 			 pack_p7_vendor_extension_tlv(pNfapiMsg->vendor_extension, ppWritePackedMsg, end, config));
 }
 
+//pack_tx_data_pdu_list_value
+static uint8_t pack_tx_data_pdu_list_value(void* tlv, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end)
+{
+	nfapi_nr_pdu_t* value = (nfapi_nr_pdu_t*)tlv;
+	
+	if(!(push32(value->num_TLV, ppWritePackedMsg, end) &&
+	    push16(value->PDU_index, ppWritePackedMsg, end) &&
+		push16(value->PDU_length, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
+	 ))
+		return 0;
+
+	uint16_t i = 0;
+	uint16_t total_number_of_tlvs = value->num_TLV;
+	for(; i < total_number_of_tlvs; ++i)
+	{
+		
+		if (!(push16(value->TLVs[i].length, ppWritePackedMsg, end) &&
+			push16(value->TLVs[i].tag, ppWritePackedMsg, end)))
+			return 0;
+
+		switch(value->TLVs[i].tag){
+			case 0:
+			{
+				if(!pusharray32(value->TLVs[i].value.direct, 16384, value->TLVs[i].length, ppWritePackedMsg, end))
+					return 0;
+				break;
+
+			}
+
+				
+			case 1:
+			{
+				if(!pusharray32(value->TLVs[i].value.ptr, value->TLVs[i].length , value->TLVs[i].length, ppWritePackedMsg, end))
+					return 0;
+				break;
+
+			}
+				
+			default:
+			{
+				// NFAPI_TRACE
+				break;
+			}
+				
+		}		
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static uint8_t pack_tx_request_body_value(void* tlv, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end)
 {
 	nfapi_tx_request_body_t* value = (nfapi_tx_request_body_t*)tlv;
@@ -2139,6 +2188,26 @@ static uint8_t pack_tx_request_body_value(void* tlv, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static uint8_t pack_tx_data_request(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end, nfapi_p7_codec_config_t* config)
+{
+	nfapi_nr_tx_data_request_t *pNfapiMsg = (nfapi_nr_tx_data_request_t*)msg;
+	
+	if (!(
+	 push16(pNfapiMsg->SFN, ppWritePackedMsg, end) &&
+	 push16(pNfapiMsg->Slot, ppWritePackedMsg, end) &&
+	 push16(pNfapiMsg->Number_of_PDUs, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
+	))
+	return 0;
+
+	for(int i=0; i<pNfapiMsg->Number_of_PDUs; i++)
+	{
+		if(!pack_tx_data_pdu_list_value(&pNfapiMsg->pdu_list[i], ppWritePackedMsg, end))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
 static uint8_t pack_tx_request(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end, nfapi_p7_codec_config_t* config)
 {
 	nfapi_tx_request_t *pNfapiMsg = (nfapi_tx_request_t*)msg;
@@ -3265,6 +3334,9 @@ int nfapi_p7_message_pack(void *pMessageBuf, void *pPackedBuf, uint32_t packedBu
 		case NFAPI_NR_PHY_MSG_TYPE_UL_TTI_REQUEST:
 			result = pack_ul_tti_request(pMessageHeader, &pWritePackedMessage, end, config);
 			break;
+		case NFAPI_NR_PHY_MSG_TYPE_TX_DATA_REQUEST:
+			result = pack_tx_data_request(pMessageHeader, &pWritePackedMessage, end, config);
+			break;
 #if 0
 		case NFAPI_DL_CONFIG_REQUEST:
                   //NFAPI_TRACE(NFAPI_TRACE_INFO, "%s() NFAPI_DL_CONFIG_REQUEST\n", __FUNCTION__);
@@ -3274,15 +3346,16 @@ int nfapi_p7_message_pack(void *pMessageBuf, void *pPackedBuf, uint32_t packedBu
 		case NFAPI_UL_CONFIG_REQUEST:
 			result = pack_ul_config_request(pMessageHeader, &pWritePackedMessage, end, config);
 			break;
+        case NFAPI_TX_REQUEST:
+            //NFAPI_TRACE(NFAPI_TRACE_INFO, "%s() NFAPI_TX_REQUEST\n", __FUNCTION__);
+			result = pack_tx_request(pMessageHeader, &pWritePackedMessage, end, config);
+			break;
 #endif
 		case NFAPI_HI_DCI0_REQUEST:
 			result = pack_hi_dci0_request(pMessageHeader, &pWritePackedMessage, end, config);
 			break;
 
-		case NFAPI_TX_REQUEST:
-                        //NFAPI_TRACE(NFAPI_TRACE_INFO, "%s() NFAPI_TX_REQUEST\n", __FUNCTION__);
-			result = pack_tx_request(pMessageHeader, &pWritePackedMessage, end, config);
-			break;
+		
 
 		case NFAPI_UE_RELEASE_REQUEST:
 			result =pack_ue_release_request(pMessageHeader, &pWritePackedMessage, end, config);
diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/vnf/src/vnf_p7_interface.c b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/vnf/src/vnf_p7_interface.c
index 64d112b383..7522d50550 100644
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/vnf/src/vnf_p7_interface.c
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/vnf/src/vnf_p7_interface.c
@@ -518,6 +518,14 @@ int nfapi_vnf_p7_hi_dci0_req(nfapi_vnf_p7_config_t* config, nfapi_hi_dci0_reques
 	vnf_p7_t* vnf_p7 = (vnf_p7_t*)config;
 	return vnf_p7_pack_and_send_p7_msg(vnf_p7, &req->header);
 }
+int nfapi_vnf_p7_tx_data_req(nfapi_vnf_p7_config_t* config, nfapi_nr_tx_data_request_t* req)
+{
+	if(config == 0 || req == 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	vnf_p7_t* vnf_p7 = (vnf_p7_t*)config;
+	return vnf_p7_pack_and_send_p7_msg(vnf_p7, &req->header);
+}
 int nfapi_vnf_p7_tx_req(nfapi_vnf_p7_config_t* config, nfapi_tx_request_t* req)
 {
 	if(config == 0 || req == 0)