diff --git a/checks/UsageCheckUtils.hs b/checks/UsageCheckUtils.hs
index 0b29002..9afa4c2 100644
--- a/checks/UsageCheckUtils.hs
+++ b/checks/UsageCheckUtils.hs
@@ -216,11 +216,13 @@ annotateVars :: A.ExpressionList -> [A.Variable] -> [(A.Variable, Maybe A.Expres
 annotateVars (A.FunctionCallList {}) vs = zip vs (repeat Nothing)
 annotateVars (A.IntrinsicFunctionCallList {}) vs = zip vs (repeat Nothing)
 annotateVars (A.ExpressionList _ es) vs = zip vs (map Just es ++ repeat Nothing)
+annotateVars (A.AllocChannelBundle {}) vs = zip vs (repeat Nothing)
 
 getVarExpList :: A.ExpressionList -> Vars
 getVarExpList (A.ExpressionList _ es) = foldUnionVars $ map getVarExp es
 getVarExpList (A.FunctionCallList _ _ es) = foldUnionVars $ map getVarExp es --TODO record stuff in passed as well?
 getVarExpList (A.IntrinsicFunctionCallList _ _ es) = foldUnionVars $ map getVarExp es --TODO record stuff in passed as well?
+getVarExpList (A.AllocChannelBundle {}) = emptyVars
 
 getVarExp :: A.Expression -> Vars
 getVarExp = everything unionVars (emptyVars `mkQ` getVarExp')
diff --git a/data/AST.hs b/data/AST.hs
index 828fad1..ab6855e 100644
--- a/data/AST.hs
+++ b/data/AST.hs
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ data ExpressionList =
   | IntrinsicFunctionCallList Meta String [Expression]
   -- | A list of expressions resulting from, well, a list of expressions.
   | ExpressionList Meta [Expression]
+  -- | A pair of expressions resulting from allocating a mobile channel bundle.
+  | AllocChannelBundle Meta Name
   deriving (Show, Eq, Typeable, Data)
 
 -- | A monadic (unary) operator.
diff --git a/frontends/OccamTypes.hs b/frontends/OccamTypes.hs
index 739f27a..6ff53d7 100644
--- a/frontends/OccamTypes.hs
+++ b/frontends/OccamTypes.hs
@@ -520,6 +520,18 @@ checkExpressionList ets el
               sequence_ [do rt <- astTypeOf e
                             checkType (findMeta e) et rt
                          | (e, et) <- zip es ets]
+        A.AllocChannelBundle m n
+              -> case ets of
+                   [A.ChanDataType A.DirInput shA nA
+                     ,A.ChanDataType A.DirOutput shB nB]
+                     | A.nameName nA == A.nameName nB && A.nameName nA == A.nameName n
+                     -> return ()
+                   [A.ChanDataType A.DirOutput shA nA
+                     ,A.ChanDataType A.DirInput shB nB]
+                     | A.nameName nA == A.nameName nB && A.nameName nA == A.nameName n
+                     -> return ()
+                   _ -> dieP m $ "Wrong number of arguments, mismatched directions, or mismatched bundle types"
+
 
 -- | Check a set of names are distinct.
 checkNamesDistinct :: Meta -> [A.Name] -> PassM ()
@@ -801,6 +813,7 @@ inferTypes = occamOnlyPass "Infer types"
                                    | (t, e) <- zip ts es]
                   es'' <- mapM (uncurry $ inferAllocMobile m) $ zip ts es'
                   return $ A.ExpressionList m es''
+            A.AllocChannelBundle {} -> return el
 
     doReplicator :: Transform A.Replicator
     doReplicator rep
@@ -1358,6 +1371,8 @@ checkSpecTypes = checkDepthM doSpecType
                 _ -> dieP m "Expected 1D channel array type"
     doSpecType (A.DataType m t)
         = checkDataType m t
+    doSpecType (A.ChanBundleType m _ fts)
+       = when (null fts) $ dieP m "Channel bundles cannot be empty"
     doSpecType (A.RecordType m _ nts)
         =  do sequence_ [checkDataType (findMeta n) t
                          | (n, t) <- nts]
diff --git a/frontends/ParseOccam.hs b/frontends/ParseOccam.hs
index 5438a25..a9d0996 100644
--- a/frontends/ParseOccam.hs
+++ b/frontends/ParseOccam.hs
@@ -709,6 +709,9 @@ expressionList
            es <- sepBy1 expression sComma
            return $ A.ExpressionList m es
 -- XXX: Value processes are not supported (because nobody uses them and they're hard to parse)
+    <|> do m <- md
+           n <- tryXV sMOBILE chanBundleName
+           return $ A.AllocChannelBundle m n
     <?> "expression list"
 
 expression :: OccParser A.Expression
@@ -721,8 +724,6 @@ expression
     <|> do { m <- md; sMOSTNEG; t <- dataType; return $ A.MostNeg m t }
     <|> do { m <- md; sCLONE; e <- expression; return $ A.CloneMobile m e }
     <|> do { m <- md; t <- tryXV sMOBILE dataType ; return $ A.AllocMobile m (A.Mobile t) Nothing }
-    <|> do { m <- md; n <- tryXV sMOBILE chanBundleName ;
-             return $ A.AllocMobile m (A.Mobile $ A.ChanDataType A.DirInput A.Unshared n) Nothing }
     <|> do { m <- md; sDEFINED; e <- expression; return $ A.IsDefined m e }
     <|> sizeExpr
     <|> do m <- md