diff --git a/features/features.xml b/features/features.xml
index a4dfd75..cbf4352 100644
--- a/features/features.xml
+++ b/features/features.xml
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@
         <bundle>mvn:org.onosproject/onos-cli/@ONOS-VERSION</bundle>
     </feature>
 
+    <feature name="onos-null" version="@FEATURE-VERSION"
+            description="ONOS Null providers">
+        <feature>onos-api</feature>
+
+        <bundle>mvn:org.onosproject/onos-null-provider-device/@ONOS-VERSION</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.onosproject/onos-null-provider-link/@ONOS-VERSION</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.onosproject/onos-null-provider-host/@ONOS-VERSION</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.onosproject/onos-null-provider-packet/@ONOS-VERSION</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.onosproject/onos-null-provider-flow/@ONOS-VERSION</bundle>
+
+    </feature>
+
     <feature name="onos-openflow" version="@FEATURE-VERSION"
              description="ONOS OpenFlow API, Controller &amp; Providers">
         <feature>onos-api</feature>
diff --git a/providers/null/device/pom.xml b/providers/null/device/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18bfd3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/device/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-null-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-null-provider-device</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS Null protocol device provider</description>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/providers/null/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/device/impl/NullDeviceProvider.java b/providers/null/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/device/impl/NullDeviceProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb18f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/device/impl/NullDeviceProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.provider.nil.device.impl;
+
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.onlab.packet.ChassisId;
+import org.onosproject.net.Device;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.MastershipRole;
+import org.onosproject.net.Port;
+import org.onosproject.net.PortNumber;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DefaultDeviceDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DefaultPortDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProviderRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProviderService;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.PortDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.delay;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.namedThreads;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Provider which advertises fake/nonexistant devices to the core.
+ * To be used for benchmarking only.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class NullDeviceProvider extends AbstractProvider implements DeviceProvider {
+
+    private static final Logger log = getLogger(NullDeviceProvider.class);
+    private static final String SCHEME = "null";
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected DeviceProviderRegistry providerRegistry;
+
+    private DeviceProviderService providerService;
+
+    private ExecutorService deviceBuilder = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1,
+                                                     namedThreads("null-device-creator"));
+
+
+
+    //currently hardcoded. will be made configurable via rest/cli.
+    private static final int NUMDEVICES = 10;
+    private static final int NUMPORTSPERDEVICE = 10;
+
+    //Delay between events in ms.
+    private static final int EVENTINTERVAL = 5;
+
+    private final Map<Integer, DeviceDescription> descriptions = Maps.newHashMap();
+
+    private DeviceCreator creator;
+
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * Creates a provider with the supplier identifier.
+     *
+     */
+    public NullDeviceProvider() {
+        super(new ProviderId("null", "org.onosproject.provider.nil"));
+    }
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        providerService = providerRegistry.register(this);
+        deviceBuilder.submit(new DeviceCreator(true));
+        log.info("Started");
+
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        deviceBuilder.submit(new DeviceCreator(false));
+        try {
+            deviceBuilder.awaitTermination(1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            log.error("Device builder did not terminate");
+        }
+        deviceBuilder.shutdownNow();
+        providerRegistry.unregister(this);
+        providerService = null;
+
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void triggerProbe(DeviceId deviceId) {}
+
+    @Override
+    public void roleChanged(DeviceId deviceId, MastershipRole newRole) {}
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isReachable(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        return descriptions.values().stream()
+                .anyMatch(desc -> desc.deviceURI().equals(deviceId.uri()));
+    }
+
+
+    private class DeviceCreator implements Runnable {
+
+        private boolean setup;
+
+        public DeviceCreator(boolean setup) {
+            this.setup = setup;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            if (setup) {
+                advertiseDevices();
+            } else {
+                removeDevices();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void removeDevices() {
+            for (DeviceDescription desc : descriptions.values()) {
+                providerService.deviceDisconnected(
+                        DeviceId.deviceId(desc.deviceURI()));
+                delay(EVENTINTERVAL);
+            }
+            descriptions.clear();
+        }
+
+        private void advertiseDevices() {
+            DeviceId did;
+            ChassisId cid;
+            for (int i = 0; i < NUMDEVICES; i++) {
+                did = DeviceId.deviceId(String.format("%s:%d", SCHEME, i));
+                cid = new ChassisId(i);
+                DeviceDescription desc =
+                        new DefaultDeviceDescription(did.uri(), Device.Type.SWITCH,
+                                                     "ON.Lab", "0.0.1", "0.0.1", "1234",
+                                                     cid);
+                descriptions.put(i, desc);
+                providerService.deviceConnected(did, desc);
+                providerService.updatePorts(did, buildPorts());
+                delay(EVENTINTERVAL);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private List<PortDescription> buildPorts() {
+            List<PortDescription> ports = Lists.newArrayList();
+            for (int i = 0; i < NUMPORTSPERDEVICE; i++) {
+                ports.add(new DefaultPortDescription(PortNumber.portNumber(i), true,
+                                                     Port.Type.COPPER,
+                                                     (long) 0));
+            }
+            return ports;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/providers/null/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/device/impl/package-info.java b/providers/null/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/device/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03a1250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/device/impl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Null Provider that advertises fake devices.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.nil.device.impl;
diff --git a/providers/null/flow/pom.xml b/providers/null/flow/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60be970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/flow/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-null-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-null-provider-flow</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS Null protocol flow provider</description>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/providers/null/flow/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/flow/impl/package-info.java b/providers/null/flow/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/flow/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd26203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/flow/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/flow/impl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Null provider that will accept any flow.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.nil.flow.impl;
diff --git a/providers/null/host/pom.xml b/providers/null/host/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9b3642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/host/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-null-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-null-provider-host</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS Null host provider</description>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/providers/null/host/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/host/impl/package-info.java b/providers/null/host/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/host/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16ff2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/host/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/host/impl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Null Provider that advertises fake hosts.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.nil.host.impl;
diff --git a/providers/null/link/pom.xml b/providers/null/link/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97e0117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/link/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-null-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-null-provider-link</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS Null link provider</description>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/providers/null/link/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/link/impl/package-info.java b/providers/null/link/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/link/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..316d51b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/link/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/link/impl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provider that advertises fake links.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.nil.link.impl;
diff --git a/providers/null/packet/pom.xml b/providers/null/packet/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a271b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/packet/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-null-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-null-provider-packet</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS Null packet provider</description>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/providers/null/packet/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/packet/impl/package-info.java b/providers/null/packet/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/packet/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f29e200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/packet/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/packet/impl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provider that takes and brings to/from oblivion.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.nil.packet.impl;
diff --git a/providers/null/pom.xml b/providers/null/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82de369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/null/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-null-providers</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS null protocol adapters</description>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>device</module>
+        <module>link</module>
+        <module>host</module>
+        <module>packet</module>
+        <module>flow</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/providers/pom.xml b/providers/pom.xml
index 584b9e8..4ca6f93 100644
--- a/providers/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         <module>openflow</module>
         <module>lldp</module>
         <module>host</module>
+        <module>null</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>