diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/behaviour/trafficcontrol/PolicerConfigurable.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/behaviour/trafficcontrol/PolicerConfigurable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..189bf60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/behaviour/trafficcontrol/PolicerConfigurable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.net.behaviour.trafficcontrol;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.HandlerBehaviour;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Behaviour for handling various drivers for policer configurations.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface PolicerConfigurable extends HandlerBehaviour {
+
+    /**
+     * Allocates a new policer id. There may not be any correspondence with the identifiers
+     * of the technology implementing the Policer in the device. Mapping (if necessary) is left
+     * to the specific implementation.
+     *
+     * @return the policer id or {@link PolicerId#NONE} if there is a failure
+     */
+    PolicerId allocatePolicerId();
+
+    /**
+     * Free a policer id. There may not be any correspondence with the identifiers
+     * of the technology implementing the Policer in the device. Mapping (if necessary) is left
+     * to the specific implementation.
+     *
+     * @param id the policer id
+     */
+    void freePolicerId(PolicerId id);
+
+    // Still WIP, throws NotImplementedException
+    void addPolicer(Policer policer);
+
+    // Still WIP, throws NotImplementedException
+    void deletePolicer(PolicerId id);
+
+    // Still WIP, throws NotImplementedException
+    Policer getPolicer(PolicerId policerId);
+
+    // Still WIP, throws NotImplementedException
+    Collection<Policer> getPolicers();
+
+}
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/MeterService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/MeterService.java
index c0a8671..560d94e 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/MeterService.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/MeterService.java
@@ -67,4 +67,21 @@
      * @return a collection of meters
      */
     Collection<Meter> getMeters(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Allocates a new meter id in the system.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId the device id
+     * @return the allocated meter id, null if there is an internal error
+     * or there are no meter ids available
+     */
+    MeterId allocateMeterId(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Frees the given meter id.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId the device id
+     * @param meterId the id to be freed
+     */
+    void freeMeterId(DeviceId deviceId, MeterId meterId);
 }
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/MeterServiceAdapter.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/MeterServiceAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26def99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/MeterServiceAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.net.meter;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Testing adapter for the meter service interface.
+ */
+public class MeterServiceAdapter implements MeterService {
+    @Override
+    public Meter submit(MeterRequest meter) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void withdraw(MeterRequest meter, MeterId meterId) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Meter getMeter(DeviceId deviceId, MeterId id) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Meter> getAllMeters() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Meter> getMeters(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MeterId allocateMeterId(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void freeMeterId(DeviceId deviceId, MeterId meterId) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addListener(MeterListener listener) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeListener(MeterListener listener) {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/impl/MeterManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/impl/MeterManager.java
index 2bd9746..5d7965b 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/impl/MeterManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/meter/impl/MeterManager.java
@@ -243,11 +243,18 @@
         return store.getAllMeters();
     }
 
-    private MeterId allocateMeterId(DeviceId deviceId) {
+    @Override
+    public MeterId allocateMeterId(DeviceId deviceId) {
         // We delegate direclty to the store
         return store.allocateMeterId(deviceId);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void freeMeterId(DeviceId deviceId, MeterId meterId) {
+        // We delegate direclty to the store
+        store.freeMeterId(deviceId, meterId);
+    }
+
     private class InternalMeterProviderService
             extends AbstractProviderService<MeterProvider>
             implements MeterProviderService {