diff --git a/drivers/ciena/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/ciena/CienaRestDevice.java b/drivers/ciena/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/ciena/CienaRestDevice.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.drivers.ciena;
+
+import org.onlab.util.Frequency;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.OchSignal;
+import org.onosproject.net.PortNumber;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.DriverHandler;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBController;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+public class CienaRestDevice {
+    private DeviceId deviceId;
+    private RestSBController controller;
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+    private static final String ENABLED = "enabled";
+    private static final String DISABLED = "disabled";
+    private static final Frequency BASE_FREQUENCY = Frequency.ofGHz(193_950);
+    private static final int MULTIPLIER_OFFSET = 80;
+
+    //URIs
+    private static final String PORT_URI = "ws-ptps/ptps/%s";
+    private static final String TRANSMITTER_URI = PORT_URI + "/properties/transmitter";
+    private static final String PORT_STATE_URI = PORT_URI  + "/state";
+    private static final String WAVELENGTH_URI = TRANSMITTER_URI + "/wavelength";
+    private static final String FREQUENCY_URI = TRANSMITTER_URI + "/ciena-ws-ptp-modem:frequency";
+    private static final String CHANNEL_URI = TRANSMITTER_URI + "/ciena-ws-ptp-modem:line-system-channel-number";
+
+    public CienaRestDevice(DriverHandler handler) throws NullPointerException {
+        deviceId = handler.data().deviceId();
+        controller = checkNotNull(handler.get(RestSBController.class));
+    }
+
+    private final String genPortStateRequest(String state) {
+        String request = "{\n" +
+                "\"state\": {\n" +
+                "\"admin-state\": \"" + state + "\"\n}\n}";
+        log.debug("generated request: \n{}", request);
+        return request;
+    }
+
+    private String genWavelengthChangeRequest(String wavelength) {
+        String request = "{\n" +
+                "\"wavelength\": {\n" +
+                "\"value\": " + wavelength + "\n" +
+                "}\n" +
+                "}";
+        log.debug("request:\n{}", request);
+        return request;
+
+    }
+
+    private String genFrequencyChangeRequest(long wavelength) {
+        String request = "{\n" +
+                "\"ciena-ws-ptp-modem:frequency\": {\n" +
+                "\"value\": " + Long.toString(wavelength) + "\n" +
+                "}\n" +
+                "}";
+        log.debug("request:\n{}", request);
+        return request;
+
+    }
+
+    private String genChannelChangeRequest(int channel) {
+        String request = "{\n" +
+                "\"ciena-ws-ptp-modem:line-system-channel-number\": " +
+                Integer.toString(channel) + "\n}";
+        log.debug("request:\n{}", request);
+        return request;
+
+    }
+
+
+    private final String genUri(String uriFormat, PortNumber port) {
+        return String.format(uriFormat, port.name());
+    }
+
+    private boolean changePortState(PortNumber number, String state) {
+        log.debug("changing the port {} state to {}", number, state);
+        String uri = genUri(PORT_STATE_URI, number);
+        String request = genPortStateRequest(state);
+        return putNoReply(uri, request);
+    }
+
+    public boolean disablePort(PortNumber number) {
+        return changePortState(number, DISABLED);
+    }
+
+    public boolean enablePort(PortNumber number) {
+        return changePortState(number, ENABLED);
+    }
+
+    public final boolean changeFrequency(OchSignal signal, PortNumber outPort) {
+        String uri = genUri(FREQUENCY_URI, outPort);
+        long frequency = toFrequency(signal);
+        String request = genFrequencyChangeRequest(frequency);
+        return putNoReply(uri, request);
+    }
+
+    public final boolean changeChannel(OchSignal signal, PortNumber outPort) {
+        String uri = genUri(CHANNEL_URI, outPort);
+        int channel = signal.spacingMultiplier() + MULTIPLIER_OFFSET;
+        log.debug("channel is {} for port {} on device {}", channel, outPort.name(), deviceId);
+        String request = genChannelChangeRequest(channel);
+        return putNoReply(uri, request);
+    }
+
+    private final long toFrequency(OchSignal signal) {
+        double frequency = BASE_FREQUENCY.asGHz() +
+                (signal.channelSpacing().frequency().asGHz() * (double) signal.slotGranularity());
+        return Double.valueOf(frequency).longValue();
+    }
+
+    public static int getMultiplierOffset() {
+        return MULTIPLIER_OFFSET;
+    }
+
+    private int put(String uri, String request) {
+        InputStream payload = new ByteArrayInputStream(request.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        int response = controller.put(deviceId, uri, payload, MediaType.valueOf(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+        log.debug("response: {}", response);
+        return response;
+    }
+
+    private boolean putNoReply(String uri, String request) {
+        return put(uri, request) == Response.Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode();
+    }
+
+}