diff --git a/docs/external.xml b/docs/external.xml
index 15b0897..60d72b7 100644
--- a/docs/external.xml
+++ b/docs/external.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
                                 org.onlab.*
                             </packages>
                         </group>
+                        <group>
+                            <title>Incubator for Network Model &amp; Services</title>
+                            <packages>
+                                org.onosproject.incubator:org.onosproject.exp.*
+                            </packages>
+                        </group>
                     </groups>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 771e189..b8b1bd2 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
                             </packages>
                         </group>
                         <group>
+                            <title>Incubator for Network Model &amp; Services</title>
+                            <packages>
+                                org.onosproject.incubator:org.onosproject.exp.*
+                            </packages>
+                        </group>
+                        <group>
                             <title>Core Subsystems</title>
                             <packages>
                                 org.onosproject.impl:org.onosproject.core.impl:org.onosproject.cluster.impl:org.onosproject.net.device.impl:org.onosproject.net.link.impl:org.onosproject.net.host.impl:org.onosproject.net.topology.impl:org.onosproject.net.packet.impl:org.onosproject.net.flow.impl:org.onosproject.net.*.impl:org.onosproject.event.impl:org.onosproject.net.intent.impl*:org.onosproject.net.proxyarp.impl:org.onosproject.mastership.impl:org.onosproject.net.resource.impl:org.onosproject.json:org.onosproject.json.*:org.onosproject.provider.host.impl:org.onosproject.provider.lldp.impl:org.onosproject.net.statistic.impl:org.onosproject.app.impl:org.onosproject.common.*:org.onosproject.net.group.impl:org.onosproject.cfg.impl:org.onosproject.net.driver.impl:org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.impl:org.onosproject.net.flowext.impl:org.onosproject.net.tunnel.impl
@@ -71,6 +77,12 @@
                             </packages>
                         </group>
                         <group>
+                            <title>Incubator for Core Subsystems &amp; Distributed Stores</title>
+                            <packages>
+                                org.onosproject.exp.net.impl:org.onosproject.exp.store.impl
+                            </packages>
+                        </group>
+                        <group>
                             <title>OpenFlow Providers &amp; Controller</title>
                             <packages>
                                 org.onosproject.provider.of.*:org.onosproject.openflow.*
diff --git a/exp/api/pom.xml b/exp/api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9279b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 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.
+  -->
+<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-exp</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-exp-api</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS Incubator API</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+            <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/exp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/net/package-info.java b/exp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/net/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b705cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/net/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Experimental network model abstractions and APIs.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.exp.net;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/exp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/package-info.java b/exp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc37829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Experimental abstractions and APIs.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.exp;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/exp/net/pom.xml b/exp/net/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..350a5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/net/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 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.
+  -->
+<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-exp</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-exp-net</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS network control core incubator subsystems</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-exp-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-exp-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-core-trivial</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- FIXME remove when we figure out the trivial store -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-core-dist</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-core-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+            <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.features.core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.karaf.system</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.system.core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/exp/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/net/impl/package-info.java b/exp/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/net/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28d61c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/net/impl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Implementations of experimental core subsystems.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.exp.net.impl;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/exp/pom.xml b/exp/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d3859f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 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</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-exp</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS Incubator root project</description>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>api</module>
+        <module>net</module>
+        <module>store</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onlab-misc</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onlab-junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+                <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/exp/store/pom.xml b/exp/store/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db02068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/store/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 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.
+  -->
+<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-exp</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-exp-store</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS distributed store incubator subsystems</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-core-dist</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+          <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+          <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+          <classifier>tests</classifier>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
+          <classifier>tests</classifier>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/exp/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/store/impl/package-info.java b/exp/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/store/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..822e4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/exp/store/impl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Experimental distributed store implementations.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.exp.store.impl;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0349386..7645fa6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         <module>drivers</module>
         <module>openflow</module>
         <module>apps</module>
+        <module>exp</module>
         <module>features</module>
         <module>tools/package/branding</module>
     </modules>