diff --git a/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPChannelHandler.java b/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPChannelHandler.java
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.bgp.controller.impl;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.timeout.IdleStateAwareChannelHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Channel handler deals with the bgp peer connection and dispatches messages from peer to the appropriate locations.
+ */
+class BGPChannelHandler extends IdleStateAwareChannelHandler {
+
+    // TODO: implement FSM and session handling mechanism
+    /**
+     * Create a new unconnected BGPChannelHandler.
+     *
+     * @param bgpCtrlImpl bgp controller implementation object
+     */
+    BGPChannelHandler(BGPControllerImpl bgpCtrlImpl) {
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPControllerImpl.java b/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPControllerImpl.java
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.bgp.controller.impl;
+
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.onosproject.bgp.controller.BGPCfg;
+import org.onosproject.bgp.controller.BGPController;
+import org.onosproject.bgp.controller.BGPId;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BGPMessage;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service
+public class BGPControllerImpl implements BGPController {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BGPControllerImpl.class);
+
+    private final ExecutorService executorMsgs = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(32,
+                                                                              groupedThreads("onos/bgp",
+                                                                                      "event-stats-%d"));
+
+    private final ExecutorService executorBarrier = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4,
+                                                                                 groupedThreads("onos/bgp",
+                                                                                         "event-barrier-%d"));
+
+    final Controller ctrl = new Controller(this);
+
+    private BGPConfig bgpconfig = new BGPConfig();
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        this.ctrl.start();
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        // Close all connected peers
+        this.ctrl.stop();
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeMsg(BGPId bgpId, BGPMessage msg) {
+        // TODO: Send message
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void processBGPPacket(BGPId bgpId, BGPMessage msg) {
+
+        switch (msg.getType()) {
+        case OPEN:
+            // TODO: Process Open message
+            break;
+        case KEEP_ALIVE:
+            // TODO: Process keepalive message
+            break;
+        case NOTIFICATION:
+            // TODO: Process notificatoin message
+            break;
+        case UPDATE:
+            // TODO: Process update message
+            break;
+        default:
+            // TODO: Process other message
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get controller instance.
+     *
+     * @return ctrl the controller.
+     */
+    public Controller getController() {
+        return ctrl;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BGPCfg getConfig() {
+        return this.bgpconfig;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPMessageDecoder.java b/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPMessageDecoder.java
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.bgp.controller.impl;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BGPMessage;
+import org.onlab.util.HexDump;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Decode an bgp message from a Channel, for use in a netty pipeline.
+ */
+public class BGPMessageDecoder extends FrameDecoder {
+
+    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BGPMessageDecoder.class);
+
+    @Override
+    protected Object decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Channel channel, ChannelBuffer buffer) throws Exception {
+
+        List<BGPMessage> msgList = new LinkedList<BGPMessage>();
+
+        log.debug("MESSAGE IS RECEIVED.");
+        if (!channel.isConnected()) {
+            log.info("Channel is not connected.");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        HexDump.dump(buffer);
+
+        // TODO: decode bgp messages
+        return msgList;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPMessageEncoder.java b/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPMessageEncoder.java
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.bgp.controller.impl;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.oneone.OneToOneEncoder;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BGPMessage;
+import org.onlab.util.HexDump;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Encode an bgp message for output into a ChannelBuffer, for use in a
+ * netty pipeline.
+ */
+public class BGPMessageEncoder extends OneToOneEncoder {
+    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BGPMessageEncoder.class);
+
+    @Override
+    protected Object encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Channel channel, Object msg) throws Exception {
+        log.debug("BGPMessageEncoder::encode");
+        if (!(msg instanceof List)) {
+            log.debug("Invalid msg.");
+            return msg;
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        List<BGPMessage> msglist = (List<BGPMessage>) msg;
+
+        ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+
+        log.debug("SENDING MESSAGE");
+        for (BGPMessage pm : msglist) {
+            pm.writeTo(buf);
+        }
+
+        HexDump.dump(buf);
+
+        return buf;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPPacketStatsImpl.java b/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPPacketStatsImpl.java
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--- /dev/null
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.bgp.controller.impl;
+
+import org.onosproject.bgp.controller.BGPPacketStats;
+
+/**
+ * A representation of a packet context which allows any provider
+ * to view a packet in event, but may block the response to the
+ * event if blocked has been called. This packet context can be used
+ * to react to the packet in event with a packet out.
+ */
+public class BGPPacketStatsImpl implements BGPPacketStats {
+
+    private int inPacketCount;
+    private int outPacketCount;
+    private int wrongPacketCount;
+    private long time;
+
+    /**
+     * Resets parameter.
+     */
+    public BGPPacketStatsImpl() {
+        this.inPacketCount = 0;
+        this.outPacketCount = 0;
+        this.wrongPacketCount = 0;
+        this.time = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the outgoing packet count number.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *          packet count
+     */
+    public int outPacketCount() {
+        return outPacketCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the incoming packet count number.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *          packet count
+     */
+    public int inPacketCount() {
+        return inPacketCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the wrong packet count number.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *          packet count
+     */
+    public int wrongPacketCount() {
+        return wrongPacketCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Increments the received packet counter.
+     */
+    public void addInPacket() {
+        this.inPacketCount++;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Increments the sent packet counter.
+     */
+    public void addOutPacket() {
+        this.outPacketCount++;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Increments the sent packet counter by specified value.
+     *
+     * @param value of no of packets sent
+     */
+    public void addOutPacket(int value) {
+        this.outPacketCount = this.outPacketCount + value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Increments the wrong packet counter.
+     */
+    public void addWrongPacket() {
+        this.wrongPacketCount++;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resets wrong packet count.
+     */
+    public void resetWrongPacket() {
+        this.wrongPacketCount = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the time.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *          time
+     */
+    public long getTime() {
+        return this.time;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the time.
+     *
+     * @param time value to set
+     */
+    public void setTime(long time) {
+        this.time = time;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPPipelineFactory.java b/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BGPPipelineFactory.java
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--- /dev/null
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.bgp.controller.impl;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.ExternalResourceReleasable;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.Timer;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a ChannelPipeline for a server-side bgp channel.
+ */
+public class BGPPipelineFactory
+    implements ChannelPipelineFactory, ExternalResourceReleasable {
+
+    static final Timer TIMER = new HashedWheelTimer();
+    protected ReadTimeoutHandler readTimeoutHandler;
+    BGPControllerImpl bgpCtrlImpl;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor to initialize the values.
+     *
+     * @param ctrlImpl parent ctrlImpl
+     * @param isServBgp if it is a server or not
+     */
+    public BGPPipelineFactory(BGPControllerImpl ctrlImpl, boolean isServBgp) {
+        super();
+        bgpCtrlImpl = ctrlImpl;
+        /* hold time*/
+        readTimeoutHandler = new ReadTimeoutHandler(TIMER, bgpCtrlImpl.getConfig().getHoldTime());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPipeline getPipeline() throws Exception {
+        BGPChannelHandler handler = new BGPChannelHandler(bgpCtrlImpl);
+
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = Channels.pipeline();
+        pipeline.addLast("bgpmessagedecoder", new BGPMessageDecoder());
+        pipeline.addLast("bgpmessageencoder", new BGPMessageEncoder());
+        pipeline.addLast("holdTime", readTimeoutHandler);
+        pipeline.addLast("PassiveHandler", handler);
+
+        return pipeline;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void releaseExternalResources() {
+        TIMER.stop();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/Controller.java b/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/Controller.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/Controller.java
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.bgp.controller.impl;
+
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
+
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.group.ChannelGroup;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.group.DefaultChannelGroup;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannelFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * The main controller class. Handles all setup and network listeners - Distributed ownership control of bgp peer
+ * through IControllerRegistryService
+ */
+public class Controller {
+
+    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Controller.class);
+
+    private ChannelGroup cg;
+
+    // Configuration options
+    private static final short BGP_PORT_NUM = 179;
+    private int workerThreads = 16;
+
+    // Start time of the controller
+    protected long systemStartTime;
+
+    private NioServerSocketChannelFactory serverExecFactory;
+
+    // Perf. related configuration
+    protected static final int SEND_BUFFER_SIZE = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+    BGPControllerImpl bgpCtrlImpl;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor to initialize parameter.
+     *
+     * @param bgpCtrlImpl BGP controller Impl instance
+     */
+    public Controller(BGPControllerImpl bgpCtrlImpl) {
+        this.bgpCtrlImpl = bgpCtrlImpl;
+    }
+
+    // ***************
+    // Getters/Setters
+    // ***************
+
+    /**
+     * To get system start time.
+     *
+     * @return system start time in milliseconds
+     */
+    public long getSystemStartTime() {
+        return (this.systemStartTime);
+    }
+
+    // **************
+    // Initialization
+    // **************
+
+    /**
+     * Tell controller that we're ready to accept bgp peer connections.
+     */
+    public void run() {
+
+        try {
+            final ServerBootstrap bootstrap = createServerBootStrap();
+
+            bootstrap.setOption("reuseAddr", true);
+            bootstrap.setOption("child.keepAlive", true);
+            bootstrap.setOption("child.tcpNoDelay", true);
+            bootstrap.setOption("child.sendBufferSize", Controller.SEND_BUFFER_SIZE);
+
+            ChannelPipelineFactory pfact = new BGPPipelineFactory(bgpCtrlImpl, true);
+
+            bootstrap.setPipelineFactory(pfact);
+            InetSocketAddress sa = new InetSocketAddress(getBgpPortNum());
+            cg = new DefaultChannelGroup();
+            cg.add(bootstrap.bind(sa));
+            log.info("Listening for Peer connection on {}", sa);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates server boot strap.
+     *
+     * @return ServerBootStrap
+     */
+    private ServerBootstrap createServerBootStrap() {
+
+        if (workerThreads == 0) {
+            serverExecFactory = new NioServerSocketChannelFactory(
+                                    Executors.newCachedThreadPool(groupedThreads("onos/bgp", "boss-%d")),
+                                    Executors.newCachedThreadPool(groupedThreads("onos/bgp", "worker-%d")));
+            return new ServerBootstrap(serverExecFactory);
+        } else {
+            serverExecFactory = new NioServerSocketChannelFactory(
+                                    Executors.newCachedThreadPool(groupedThreads("onos/bgp", "boss-%d")),
+                                    Executors.newCachedThreadPool(groupedThreads("onos/bgp", "worker-%d")),
+                                                                  workerThreads);
+            return new ServerBootstrap(serverExecFactory);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize internal data structures.
+     */
+    public void init() {
+        // These data structures are initialized here because other
+        // module's startUp() might be called before ours
+        this.systemStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    }
+
+    // **************
+    // Utility methods
+    // **************
+
+    public Map<String, Long> getMemory() {
+        Map<String, Long> m = new HashMap<>();
+        Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
+        m.put("total", runtime.totalMemory());
+        m.put("free", runtime.freeMemory());
+        return m;
+    }
+
+    public Long getUptime() {
+        RuntimeMXBean rb = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean();
+        return rb.getUptime();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Starts the BGP controller.
+     */
+    public void start() {
+        log.info("Started");
+        this.init();
+        this.run();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stops the BGP controller.
+     */
+    public void stop() {
+        log.info("Stopped");
+        serverExecFactory.shutdown();
+        cg.close();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns port number.
+     *
+     * @return port number
+     */
+    public static short getBgpPortNum() {
+        return BGP_PORT_NUM;
+    }
+}
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