diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/CodecManager.java b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/CodecManager.java
index 7c19202..99030ca 100644
--- a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/CodecManager.java
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/CodecManager.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.intent.PointToPointIntent;
 import org.onosproject.net.meter.Band;
 import org.onosproject.net.meter.Meter;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.MeterRequest;
 import org.onosproject.net.statistic.Load;
 import org.onosproject.net.topology.Topology;
 import org.onosproject.net.topology.TopologyCluster;
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@
         registerCodec(Driver.class, new DriverCodec());
         registerCodec(GroupBucket.class, new GroupBucketCodec());
         registerCodec(Load.class, new LoadCodec());
+        registerCodec(MeterRequest.class, new MeterRequestCodec());
         registerCodec(Meter.class, new MeterCodec());
         registerCodec(Band.class, new MeterBandCodec());
         registerCodec(TableStatisticsEntry.class, new TableStatisticsEntryCodec());
diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterCodec.java b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterCodec.java
index 468d237..a7879e5 100644
--- a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterCodec.java
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterCodec.java
@@ -15,26 +15,15 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.codec.impl;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
 import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
-import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
-import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
-import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 import org.onosproject.net.meter.Band;
-import org.onosproject.net.meter.DefaultMeter;
 import org.onosproject.net.meter.Meter;
-import org.onosproject.net.meter.MeterId;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.stream.IntStream;
-
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
 
@@ -57,7 +46,6 @@
     private static final String UNIT = "unit";
     private static final String BANDS = "bands";
     public static final String REST_APP_ID = "org.onosproject.rest";
-    private static final String MISSING_MEMBER_MESSAGE = " member is required in Meter";
 
     @Override
     public ObjectNode encode(Meter meter, CodecContext context) {
@@ -88,79 +76,4 @@
         result.set(BANDS, bands);
         return result;
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public Meter decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
-        if (json == null || !json.isObject()) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        final JsonCodec<Band> meterBandCodec = context.codec(Band.class);
-        CoreService coreService = context.getService(CoreService.class);
-
-        // parse meter id
-        int meterIdInt = nullIsIllegal(json.get(ID), ID + MISSING_MEMBER_MESSAGE).asInt();
-        MeterId meterId = MeterId.meterId(meterIdInt);
-
-        // parse device id
-        DeviceId deviceId = DeviceId.deviceId(nullIsIllegal(json.get(DEVICE_ID),
-                DEVICE_ID + MISSING_MEMBER_MESSAGE).asText());
-
-        // application id
-        ApplicationId appId = coreService.registerApplication(REST_APP_ID);
-
-        // parse burst
-        boolean burst = false;
-        JsonNode burstJson = json.get("burst");
-        if (burstJson != null) {
-            burst = burstJson.asBoolean();
-        }
-
-        // parse unit type
-        String unit = nullIsIllegal(json.get(UNIT), UNIT + MISSING_MEMBER_MESSAGE).asText();
-        Meter.Unit meterUnit;
-
-        switch (unit) {
-            case "KB_PER_SEC":
-                meterUnit = Meter.Unit.KB_PER_SEC;
-                break;
-            case "PKTS_PER_SEC":
-                meterUnit = Meter.Unit.PKTS_PER_SEC;
-                break;
-            default:
-                log.warn("The requested unit {} is not defined for meter.", unit);
-                return null;
-        }
-
-        // parse meter bands
-        List<Band> bandList = new ArrayList<>();
-        JsonNode bandsJson = json.get(BANDS);
-        checkNotNull(bandsJson);
-        if (bandsJson != null) {
-            IntStream.range(0, bandsJson.size()).forEach(i -> {
-                ObjectNode bandJson = get(bandsJson, i);
-                bandList.add(meterBandCodec.decode(bandJson, context));
-            });
-        }
-
-        Meter meter;
-        if (burst) {
-            meter = DefaultMeter.builder()
-                    .withId(meterId)
-                    .fromApp(appId)
-                    .forDevice(deviceId)
-                    .withUnit(meterUnit)
-                    .withBands(bandList)
-                    .burst().build();
-        } else {
-            meter = DefaultMeter.builder()
-                    .withId(meterId)
-                    .fromApp(appId)
-                    .forDevice(deviceId)
-                    .withUnit(meterUnit)
-                    .withBands(bandList).build();
-        }
-
-        return meter;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterRequestCodec.java b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterRequestCodec.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1517acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterRequestCodec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ * 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.codec.impl;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.Band;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.DefaultMeterRequest;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.Meter;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.MeterRequest;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * MeterRequest JSON codec.
+ */
+public final class MeterRequestCodec extends JsonCodec<MeterRequest> {
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    // JSON field names
+    private static final String DEVICE_ID = "deviceId";
+    private static final String UNIT = "unit";
+    private static final String BANDS = "bands";
+    public static final String REST_APP_ID = "org.onosproject.rest";
+    private static final String MISSING_MEMBER_MESSAGE = " member is required in MeterRequest";
+
+    @Override
+    public MeterRequest decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
+        if (json == null || !json.isObject()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        final JsonCodec<Band> meterBandCodec = context.codec(Band.class);
+        CoreService coreService = context.getService(CoreService.class);
+
+        // parse device id
+        DeviceId deviceId = DeviceId.deviceId(nullIsIllegal(json.get(DEVICE_ID),
+                DEVICE_ID + MISSING_MEMBER_MESSAGE).asText());
+
+        // application id
+        ApplicationId appId = coreService.registerApplication(REST_APP_ID);
+
+        // parse burst
+        boolean burst = false;
+        JsonNode burstJson = json.get("burst");
+        if (burstJson != null) {
+            burst = burstJson.asBoolean();
+        }
+
+        // parse unit type
+        String unit = nullIsIllegal(json.get(UNIT), UNIT + MISSING_MEMBER_MESSAGE).asText();
+        Meter.Unit meterUnit;
+
+        switch (unit) {
+            case "KB_PER_SEC":
+                meterUnit = Meter.Unit.KB_PER_SEC;
+                break;
+            case "PKTS_PER_SEC":
+                meterUnit = Meter.Unit.PKTS_PER_SEC;
+                break;
+            default:
+                log.warn("The requested unit {} is not defined for meter.", unit);
+                return null;
+        }
+
+        // parse meter bands
+        List<Band> bandList = new ArrayList<>();
+        JsonNode bandsJson = json.get(BANDS);
+        checkNotNull(bandsJson);
+        if (bandsJson != null) {
+            IntStream.range(0, bandsJson.size()).forEach(i -> {
+                ObjectNode bandJson = get(bandsJson, i);
+                bandList.add(meterBandCodec.decode(bandJson, context));
+            });
+        }
+
+        MeterRequest meterRequest;
+        if (burst) {
+            meterRequest = DefaultMeterRequest.builder()
+                    .fromApp(appId)
+                    .forDevice(deviceId)
+                    .withUnit(meterUnit)
+                    .withBands(bandList)
+                    .burst().add();
+        } else {
+            meterRequest = DefaultMeterRequest.builder()
+                    .fromApp(appId)
+                    .forDevice(deviceId)
+                    .withUnit(meterUnit)
+                    .withBands(bandList).add();
+        }
+
+        return meterRequest;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterCodecTest.java b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterCodecTest.java
index 476785d..0d1ac59 100644
--- a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterCodecTest.java
+++ b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterCodecTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ * Copyright 2015-2016 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.
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.codec.impl;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -29,14 +28,10 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.meter.Meter;
 import org.onosproject.net.meter.MeterId;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.onosproject.codec.impl.MeterJsonMatcher.matchesMeter;
 import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.APP_ID;
@@ -91,48 +86,4 @@
         ObjectNode meterJson = meterCodec.encode(meter, context);
         assertThat(meterJson, matchesMeter(meter));
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Test decoding of a Meter object.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testMeterDecode() throws IOException  {
-        Meter meter = getMeter("simple-meter.json");
-        checkCommonData(meter);
-
-        assertThat(meter.bands().size(), is(1));
-        Band band = meter.bands().iterator().next();
-        assertThat(band.type().toString(), is("REMARK"));
-        assertThat(band.rate(), is(10L));
-        assertThat(band.dropPrecedence(), is((short) 20));
-        assertThat(band.burst(), is(30L));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks that the data shared by all the resource is correct for a given meter.
-     *
-     * @param meter meter to check
-     */
-    private void checkCommonData(Meter meter) {
-        assertThat(meter.id().id(), is(1L));
-        assertThat(meter.deviceId().toString(), is("of:0000000000000001"));
-        assertThat(meter.appId(), is(APP_ID));
-        assertThat(meter.unit().toString(), is("KB_PER_SEC"));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads in a meter from the given resource and decodes it.
-     *
-     * @param resourceName resource to use to read the JSON for the rule
-     * @return decoded meter
-     * @throws IOException if processing the resource fails
-     */
-    private Meter getMeter(String resourceName) throws IOException {
-        InputStream jsonStream = MeterCodecTest.class.getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
-        JsonNode json = context.mapper().readTree(jsonStream);
-        assertThat(json, notNullValue());
-        Meter meter = meterCodec.decode((ObjectNode) json, context);
-        assertThat(meter, notNullValue());
-        return meter;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterRequestCodecTest.java b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterRequestCodecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94e3b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/MeterRequestCodecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+ * 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.codec.impl;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.Band;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.MeterRequest;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.APP_ID;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for MeterRequest codec.
+ */
+public class MeterRequestCodecTest {
+    MockCodecContext context;
+    JsonCodec<MeterRequest> meterRequestCodec;
+    final CoreService mockCoreService = createMock(CoreService.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up for each test.  Creates a context and fetches the meterRequest
+     * codec.
+     */
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        context = new MockCodecContext();
+        meterRequestCodec = context.codec(MeterRequest.class);
+        assertThat(meterRequestCodec, notNullValue());
+
+        expect(mockCoreService.registerApplication(MeterCodec.REST_APP_ID))
+                .andReturn(APP_ID).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockCoreService);
+        context.registerService(CoreService.class, mockCoreService);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test decoding of a MeterRequest object.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testMeterRequestDecode() throws IOException {
+        MeterRequest meterRequest = getMeterRequest("simple-meter-request.json");
+        checkCommonData(meterRequest);
+
+        assertThat(meterRequest.bands().size(), is(1));
+        Band band = meterRequest.bands().iterator().next();
+        assertThat(band.type().toString(), is("REMARK"));
+        assertThat(band.rate(), is(10L));
+        assertThat(band.dropPrecedence(), is((short) 20));
+        assertThat(band.burst(), is(30L));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that the data shared by all the resource is correct for a given meterRequest.
+     *
+     * @param meterRequest meterRequest to check
+     */
+    private void checkCommonData(MeterRequest meterRequest) {
+        assertThat(meterRequest.deviceId().toString(), is("of:0000000000000001"));
+        assertThat(meterRequest.appId(), is(APP_ID));
+        assertThat(meterRequest.unit().toString(), is("KB_PER_SEC"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads in a meter from the given resource and decodes it.
+     *
+     * @param resourceName resource to use to read the JSON for the rule
+     * @return decoded meterRequest
+     * @throws IOException if processing the resource fails
+     */
+    private MeterRequest getMeterRequest(String resourceName) throws IOException {
+        InputStream jsonStream = MeterRequestCodecTest.class.getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
+        JsonNode json = context.mapper().readTree(jsonStream);
+        assertThat(json, notNullValue());
+        MeterRequest meterRequest = meterRequestCodec.decode((ObjectNode) json, context);
+        assertThat(meterRequest, notNullValue());
+        return meterRequest;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/common/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/codec/impl/simple-meter.json b/core/common/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/codec/impl/simple-meter-request.json
similarity index 94%
rename from core/common/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/codec/impl/simple-meter.json
rename to core/common/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/codec/impl/simple-meter-request.json
index 21eb38a..9ef6b4d 100644
--- a/core/common/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/codec/impl/simple-meter.json
+++ b/core/common/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/codec/impl/simple-meter-request.json
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "id": 1,
   "deviceId": "of:0000000000000001",
   "unit": "KB_PER_SEC",
   "burst": true,
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MetersWebResource.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MetersWebResource.java
index 743fc25e..f42f9d4 100644
--- a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MetersWebResource.java
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MetersWebResource.java
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException(DEVICE_INVALID);
             }
             jsonTree.put("deviceId", deviceId);
-            final Meter tmpMeter = codec(Meter.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
-            final MeterRequest meterRequest = meterToMeterRequest(tmpMeter, "ADD");
+            final MeterRequest meterRequest = codec(MeterRequest.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
             final Meter meter = meterService.submit(meterRequest);
             location = new URI(Long.toString(meter.id().id()));
         } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException ex) {
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MeterPost.json b/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MeterPost.json
index 58ae9db..d572ccb 100644
--- a/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MeterPost.json
+++ b/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MeterPost.json
@@ -2,17 +2,12 @@
   "type": "object",
   "title": "meter",
   "required": [
-    "id",
     "deviceId",
     "unit",
     "burst",
     "bands"
   ],
   "properties": {
-    "id": {
-      "type": "string",
-      "example": "1"
-    },
     "deviceId": {
       "type": "string",
       "example": "of:0000000000000001"