diff --git a/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/flow/impl/FlowStatsCollector.java b/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/flow/impl/FlowStatsCollector.java
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+package org.onlab.onos.provider.of.flow.impl;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.Timeout;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.TimerTask;
+import org.onlab.onos.openflow.controller.OpenFlowSwitch;
+import org.onlab.util.Timer;
+import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFFlowStatsRequest;
+import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.types.OFPort;
+import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.types.TableId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+public class FlowStatsCollector implements TimerTask {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private final HashedWheelTimer timer = Timer.getTimer();
+    private final OpenFlowSwitch sw;
+    private final int refreshInterval;
+
+    private Timeout timeout;
+
+    private boolean stopTimer = false;;
+
+    public FlowStatsCollector(OpenFlowSwitch sw, int refreshInterval) {
+        this.sw = sw;
+        this.refreshInterval = refreshInterval;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run(Timeout timeout) throws Exception {
+        log.debug("Collecting stats for {}", this.sw.getStringId());
+
+        sendFlowStatistics();
+
+        if (!this.stopTimer) {
+            log.debug("Scheduling stats collection in {} seconds for {}",
+                    this.refreshInterval, this.sw.getStringId());
+            timeout.getTimer().newTimeout(this, refreshInterval,
+                    TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+    private void sendFlowStatistics() {
+        OFFlowStatsRequest request = sw.factory().buildFlowStatsRequest()
+                .setMatch(sw.factory().matchWildcardAll())
+                .setTableId(TableId.ALL)
+                .setOutPort(OFPort.NO_MASK)
+                .build();
+
+        this.sw.sendMsg(request);
+
+    }
+
+    public void start() {
+
+        /*
+         * Initially start polling quickly. Then drop down to configured value
+         */
+        log.info("Starting Stats collection thread for {}",
+                this.sw.getStringId());
+        timeout = timer.newTimeout(this, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    }
+
+    public void stop() {
+        log.info("Stopping Stats collection thread for {}",
+                this.sw.getStringId());
+        this.stopTimer = true;
+        timeout.cancel();
+    }
+
+}