diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/tunnel/OpticalLogicId.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/tunnel/OpticalLogicId.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.net.tunnel;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedLongs;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of a label Id, a logical port identifier.
+ */
+public final class OpticalLogicId {
+        /**
+         * Represents a logical Id.
+        */
+        private final long logicId;
+
+        /**
+         * Constructor, public creation is prohibited.
+         */
+        private OpticalLogicId(long id) {
+            this.logicId = id;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the LabelId representing the specified long value.
+         *
+         * @param id identifier as long value
+         * @return LabelId
+         */
+        public static OpticalLogicId logicId(long id) {
+            return new OpticalLogicId(id);
+        }
+
+        public static OpticalLogicId logicId(String string) {
+            return new OpticalLogicId(UnsignedLongs.decode(string));
+        }
+
+        public long toLong() {
+            return logicId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return UnsignedLongs.toString(logicId);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(logicId);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (this == obj) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (obj instanceof OpticalLogicId) {
+                final OpticalLogicId other = (OpticalLogicId) obj;
+                return this.logicId == other.logicId;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+}