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+package org.onlab.onos.net;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an end-station host on the network, essentially a NIC.
+ */
+public class Host {
+
+    // MAC, IP(s), optional VLAN ID
+
+    // Location (current, recent locations?
+
+}