diff --git a/apps/routing-api/pom.xml b/apps/routing-api/pom.xml
index 48fc292..4c2d7d3 100644
--- a/apps/routing-api/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/routing-api/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-cli</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onlab-junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/apps/routing-api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/BgpConfig.java b/apps/routing-api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/BgpConfig.java
index 2f1ede7..6085c60 100644
--- a/apps/routing-api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/BgpConfig.java
+++ b/apps/routing-api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/BgpConfig.java
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@
 package org.onosproject.routing.config;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
 import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
 import org.onosproject.net.config.Config;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -49,6 +53,11 @@
         Set<BgpSpeakerConfig> speakers = Sets.newHashSet();
 
         JsonNode speakersNode = object.get(SPEAKERS);
+
+        if (speakersNode == null) {
+            return speakers;
+        }
+
         speakersNode.forEach(jsonNode -> {
             Set<IpAddress> listenAddresses = Sets.newHashSet();
             jsonNode.path(PEERS).forEach(addressNode ->
@@ -71,6 +80,130 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Examines whether a name of BGP speaker exists in configuration.
+     *
+     * @param name name of BGP speaker being search
+     * @return speaker
+     */
+    public BgpSpeakerConfig getSpeakerWithName(String name) {
+        for (BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig speaker : bgpSpeakers()) {
+            if (speaker.name().isPresent() && speaker.name().get().equals(name)) {
+                return speaker;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds BGP speaker to configuration.
+     *
+     * @param speaker BGP speaker configuration entry
+     */
+    public void addSpeaker(BgpSpeakerConfig speaker) {
+        ObjectNode speakerNode = JsonNodeFactory.instance.objectNode();
+
+        speakerNode.put(NAME, speaker.name().get());
+
+        speakerNode.put(CONNECT_POINT, speaker.connectPoint().elementId().toString()
+                + "/" + speaker.connectPoint().port().toString());
+
+        ArrayNode peersNode = speakerNode.putArray(PEERS);
+        for (IpAddress peerAddress: speaker.peers()) {
+            peersNode.add(peerAddress.toString());
+        }
+
+        ArrayNode speakersArray = bgpSpeakers().isEmpty() ?
+                initBgpConfiguration() : (ArrayNode) object.get(SPEAKERS);
+        speakersArray.add(speakerNode);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes BGP speaker from configuration.
+     *
+     * @param speakerName BGP speaker name
+     */
+    public void removeSpeaker(String speakerName) {
+        ArrayNode speakersArray = (ArrayNode) object.get(SPEAKERS);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < speakersArray.size(); i++) {
+            if (speakersArray.get(i).hasNonNull(NAME) &&
+                    speakersArray.get(i).get(NAME).asText().equals(speakerName)) {
+                speakersArray.remove(i);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds peering address to BGP speaker.
+     *
+     * @param speakerName name of BGP speaker
+     * @param peerAddress peering address to be added
+     */
+    public void addPeerToSpeaker(String speakerName, IpAddress peerAddress) {
+        JsonNode speakersNode = object.get(SPEAKERS);
+        speakersNode.forEach(jsonNode -> {
+            if (jsonNode.hasNonNull(NAME) &&
+                    jsonNode.get(NAME).asText().equals(speakerName)) {
+                ArrayNode peersNode = (ArrayNode) jsonNode.get(PEERS);
+                for (int i = 0; i < peersNode.size(); i++) {
+                    if (peersNode.get(i).asText().equals(peerAddress.toString())) {
+                        return; // Peer already exists.
+                    }
+                }
+                peersNode.add(peerAddress.toString());
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds BGP speaker peering with a given external peer.
+     *
+     * @param peerAddress peering address to be removed
+     * @return speaker
+     */
+    public BgpSpeakerConfig getSpeakerFromPeer(IpAddress peerAddress) {
+        for (BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig speaker : bgpSpeakers()) {
+            if (speaker.peers().contains(peerAddress)) {
+                return speaker;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes peering address from BGP speaker.
+     *
+     * @param speaker BGP speaker configuration entries
+     * @param peerAddress peering address to be removed
+     */
+    public void removePeerFromSpeaker(BgpSpeakerConfig speaker, IpAddress peerAddress) {
+        JsonNode speakersNode = object.get(SPEAKERS);
+        speakersNode.forEach(jsonNode -> {
+            if (jsonNode.hasNonNull(NAME) &&
+                    jsonNode.get(NAME).asText().equals(speaker.name().get())) {
+                ArrayNode peersNode = (ArrayNode) jsonNode.get(PEERS);
+                for (int i = 0; i < peersNode.size(); i++) {
+                    if (peersNode.get(i).asText().equals(peerAddress.toString())) {
+                        peersNode.remove(i);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates empty configuration for BGP speakers.
+     *
+     * @return empty array of BGP speakers
+     */
+    private ArrayNode initBgpConfiguration() {
+        return object.putArray(SPEAKERS);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
      * Configuration for a BGP speaker.
      */
     public static class BgpSpeakerConfig {
@@ -97,5 +230,39 @@
         public Set<IpAddress> peers() {
             return peers;
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Examines if BGP peer is connected.
+         *
+         * @param peer IP address of peer
+         * @return result of search
+         */
+        public boolean isConnectedToPeer(IpAddress peer) {
+            for (final IpAddress entry : peers()) {
+                if (entry.equals(peer)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (this == obj) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (obj instanceof BgpSpeakerConfig) {
+                final BgpSpeakerConfig that = (BgpSpeakerConfig) obj;
+                return Objects.equals(this.name, that.name) &&
+                        Objects.equals(this.connectPoint, that.connectPoint) &&
+                        Objects.equals(this.peers, that.peers);
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(name, connectPoint, peers);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/routing-api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/BgpConfigTest.java b/apps/routing-api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/BgpConfigTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28f52b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/routing-api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/BgpConfigTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2015 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.routing.config;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.TestApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.Config;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.ConfigApplyDelegate;
+import org.onosproject.routing.RoutingService;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertNull;
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class BgpConfigTest {
+
+    private static final ApplicationId APP_ID =
+            new TestApplicationId(RoutingService.ROUTER_APP_ID);
+
+    private static final IpAddress IP1 = IpAddress.valueOf("10.0.1.1");
+    private static final IpAddress IP2 = IpAddress.valueOf("10.0.2.1");
+    private static final IpAddress IP3 = IpAddress.valueOf("10.0.3.1");
+    private static final IpAddress IP4 = IpAddress.valueOf("10.0.101.1");
+    private static final IpAddress IP5 = IpAddress.valueOf("10.0.201.1");
+    public static final IpAddress IP_NON_EXIST = IpAddress.valueOf("10.101.1.1");
+
+    public static final ConnectPoint CONNECT_POINT1 = ConnectPoint.
+            deviceConnectPoint("of:0000000000000001/1");
+    public static final ConnectPoint CONNECT_POINT2 = ConnectPoint.
+            deviceConnectPoint("of:00000000000000a3/1");
+
+    private static final String JSON_TREE = "{\"" + BgpConfig.SPEAKERS +
+            "\" : [{\"" + BgpConfig.NAME + "\" : \"bgp1\"," +
+            "\"" + BgpConfig.CONNECT_POINT +
+            "\" : \"of:0000000000000001/1\"," +
+            "\"" + BgpConfig.PEERS + "\" : [" +
+            "\"10.0.1.1\",\"10.0.2.1\",\"10.0.3.1\"]}]}";
+    private static final String EMPTY_JSON_TREE = "{}";
+
+    private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    private final ConfigApplyDelegate delegate = new MockCfgDelegate();
+    private final BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig initialSpeaker = createInitialSpeaker();
+
+    private Set<BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig> speakers = new HashSet<>();
+    private BgpConfig bgpConfig = new BgpConfig();
+    private BgpConfig emptyBgpConfig = new BgpConfig();
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        JsonNode tree = new ObjectMapper().readTree(JSON_TREE);
+        bgpConfig.init(APP_ID, "bgp-test", tree, mapper, delegate);
+        JsonNode emptyTree = new ObjectMapper().readTree(EMPTY_JSON_TREE);
+        emptyBgpConfig.init(APP_ID, "bgp-test", emptyTree, mapper, delegate);
+        speakers.add(initialSpeaker);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests if speakers can be retrieved from JSON.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testBgpSpeakers() throws Exception {
+        assertEquals(speakers, bgpConfig.bgpSpeakers());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests if speakers can be retrieved from empty JSON.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyBgpSpeakers() throws Exception {
+        assertTrue(emptyBgpConfig.bgpSpeakers().isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests if speaker can be found by name.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetSpeakerWithName() throws Exception {
+        assertNotNull(bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp1"));
+        assertNull(bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp2"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests addition of new speaker.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testAddSpeaker() throws Exception {
+        int initialSize = bgpConfig.bgpSpeakers().size();
+        BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig newSpeaker = createNewSpeaker();
+        bgpConfig.addSpeaker(newSpeaker);
+        assertEquals(initialSize + 1, bgpConfig.bgpSpeakers().size());
+        speakers.add(newSpeaker);
+        assertEquals(speakers, bgpConfig.bgpSpeakers());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests addition of new speaker to empty configuration.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testAddSpeakerToEmpty() throws Exception {
+        BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig newSpeaker = createNewSpeaker();
+        emptyBgpConfig.addSpeaker(newSpeaker);
+
+        assertFalse(emptyBgpConfig.bgpSpeakers().isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests removal of existing speaker.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testRemoveExistingSpeaker() throws Exception {
+        int initialSize = bgpConfig.bgpSpeakers().size();
+        bgpConfig.removeSpeaker("bgp1");
+
+        assertEquals(initialSize - 1, bgpConfig.bgpSpeakers().size());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests removal of non-existing speaker.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testRemoveInexistingSpeaker() throws Exception {
+        int initialSize = bgpConfig.bgpSpeakers().size();
+        bgpConfig.removeSpeaker("bgp2");
+
+        assertEquals(initialSize, bgpConfig.bgpSpeakers().size());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests addition of new speaker.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testAddPeerToSpeaker() throws Exception {
+        int initialSize = bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp1").peers().size();
+        bgpConfig.addPeerToSpeaker("bgp1", IP4);
+
+        assertEquals(initialSize + 1, bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp1").peers().size());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests addition of new speaker when peer already exists.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testAddExistingPeerToSpeaker() throws Exception {
+        int initialSize = bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp1").peers().size();
+        bgpConfig.addPeerToSpeaker("bgp1", IP1);
+
+        assertEquals(initialSize, bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp1").peers().size());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests retrieval of speaker based on peering address.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetSpeakerFromPeer() throws Exception {
+        assertNotNull(bgpConfig.getSpeakerFromPeer(IP1));
+        assertNull(bgpConfig.getSpeakerFromPeer(IP_NON_EXIST));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests removal of peer.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testRemoveExistingPeerFromSpeaker() throws Exception {
+        int initialSize = bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp1").peers().size();
+        bgpConfig.removePeerFromSpeaker(initialSpeaker, IP1);
+
+        assertEquals(initialSize - 1, bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp1").peers().size());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests peer removal when peer does not exist.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testRemoveNonExistingPeerFromSpeaker() throws Exception {
+        int initialSize = bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp1").peers().size();
+        bgpConfig.removePeerFromSpeaker(initialSpeaker, IP_NON_EXIST);
+
+        assertEquals(initialSize, bgpConfig.getSpeakerWithName("bgp1").peers().size());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests if connections to peers are found.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testIsConnectedToPeer() {
+        BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig speaker = createNewSpeaker();
+
+        assertTrue(speaker.isConnectedToPeer(IP4));
+        assertFalse(speaker.isConnectedToPeer(IP_NON_EXIST));
+    }
+
+    private class MockCfgDelegate implements ConfigApplyDelegate {
+
+        @Override
+        public void onApply(@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") Config config) {
+            config.apply();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig createInitialSpeaker() {
+        Optional<String> speakerName = Optional.of("bgp1");
+        ConnectPoint connectPoint = CONNECT_POINT1;
+        Set<IpAddress> connectedPeers = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(IP1, IP2, IP3));
+
+        return new BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig(speakerName, connectPoint, connectedPeers);
+    }
+
+    private BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig createNewSpeaker() {
+        Optional<String> speakerName = Optional.of("newSpeaker");
+        ConnectPoint connectPoint = CONNECT_POINT2;
+        Set<IpAddress> connectedPeers = new HashSet<>(
+                Arrays.asList(IP4, IP5));
+
+        return new BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig(speakerName, connectPoint, connectedPeers);
+    }
+}