diff --git a/providers/isis/device/pom.xml b/providers/isis/device/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016-present 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-isis-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-isis-provider-device</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS ISIS Providers</description>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/providers/isis/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/isis/device/impl/IsisTopologyProvider.java b/providers/isis/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/isis/device/impl/IsisTopologyProvider.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.isis.device.impl;
+
+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.onosproject.isis.controller.IsisController;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Provider which advertises device descriptions to the core.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class IsisTopologyProvider extends AbstractProvider {
+
+    private static final Logger log = getLogger(IsisTopologyProvider.class);
+    final InternalDeviceProvider listener = new InternalDeviceProvider();
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    private IsisController isisController;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an ISIS device provider.
+     */
+    public IsisTopologyProvider() {
+        super(new ProviderId("isis", "org.onosproject.provider.isis"));
+    }
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        log.debug("Activate...!!!");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        log.debug("Deactivate...!!!");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Internal device provider implementation.
+     */
+    private class InternalDeviceProvider {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/providers/isis/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/isis/device/impl/package-info.java b/providers/isis/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/isis/device/impl/package-info.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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 uses ISIS request as a means of infrastructure device discovery.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.isis.device.impl;
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