diff --git a/protocols/ospf/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ospf/controller/impl/OspfPipelineFactory.java b/protocols/ospf/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ospf/controller/impl/OspfPipelineFactory.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.ospf.controller.impl;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.ExternalResourceReleasable;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.Timer;
+import org.onosproject.ospf.controller.OspfArea;
+import org.onosproject.ospf.controller.OspfInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a ChannelPipeline for a server-side OSPF channel.
+ */
+public class OspfPipelineFactory implements ChannelPipelineFactory, ExternalResourceReleasable {
+
+    private static final Timer TIMER = new HashedWheelTimer();
+    private Controller controller;
+    private ReadTimeoutHandler readTimeoutHandler;
+    private OspfArea ospfArea;
+    private OspfInterface ospfInterface;
+    private int holdTime = 120 * 1000;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an instance of OSPF pipeline factory.
+     *
+     * @param controller    controller instance.
+     * @param ospfArea      OSPF area instance.
+     * @param ospfInterface OSPF interface instance.
+     */
+    public OspfPipelineFactory(Controller controller, OspfArea ospfArea, OspfInterface ospfInterface) {
+        super();
+        this.controller = controller;
+        this.ospfArea = ospfArea;
+        this.ospfInterface = ospfInterface;
+        readTimeoutHandler = new ReadTimeoutHandler(TIMER, holdTime);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPipeline getPipeline() throws Exception {
+        OspfInterfaceChannelHandler interfaceHandler = new OspfInterfaceChannelHandler(
+                controller, ospfArea, ospfInterface);
+
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = Channels.pipeline();
+        pipeline.addLast("encoder", new OspfMessageEncoder(ospfInterface));
+        pipeline.addLast("decoder", new OspfMessageDecoder());
+        pipeline.addLast("holdTime", readTimeoutHandler);
+        pipeline.addLast("interfacehandler", interfaceHandler);
+
+        return pipeline;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void releaseExternalResources() {
+        TIMER.stop();
+    }
+
+}
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