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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup    net_ng_netbase  Network Stack Pseudo Header
+ * @ingroup     net
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Pseudo header that includes all network stack base modules
+ *
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef NG_NETBASE_H_
+#define NG_NETBASE_H_
+
+#include "net/ng_netdev.h"
+#include "net/ng_netapi.h"
+#include "net/ng_netconf.h"
+#include "net/ng_netreg.h"
+#include "net/ng_nettype.h"
+#include "net/ng_netif.h"
+#include "net/ng_pktbuf.h"
+#include "net/ng_pkt.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* this file does not provide anything on it's own */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* NG_NETBASE_H_ */
+/** @} */