diff --git a/rw_core/utils/id.go b/rw_core/utils/id.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-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 utils
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// CreateDeviceID produces a device ID. The device ID is a UUID
+func CreateDeviceID() string {
+	return uuid.New().String()
+}
+
+// CreateLogicalDeviceID produces a logical device ID. The logical device ID is a UUID
+func CreateLogicalDeviceID() string {
+	return uuid.New().String()
+}
+
+// CreateLogicalPortID produces a random port ID for a logical device.
+func CreateLogicalPortID() uint32 {
+	//	A logical port is a uint32
+	return rand.Uint32()
+}
+
+// CreateDataPathID creates uint64 pathid from string pathid
+func CreateDataPathID(idInHexString string) (uint64, error) {
+	if idInHexString == "" {
+		return 0, errors.New("id-empty")
+	}
+	// First prepend 0x to the string
+	newID := fmt.Sprintf("0x%s", idInHexString)
+	d, err := strconv.ParseUint(newID, 0, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return d, nil
+}