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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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 adaptercoreont provides the utility for onu devices, flows and statistics
+package adaptercoreont
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/adapters/adapterif"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/inter_container"
+	oop "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/openolt"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/voltha"
+)
+
+/*
+// Constants for number of retries and for timeout
+const (
+	MaxRetry       = 10
+	MaxTimeOutInMs = 500
+)
+*/
+
+//DeviceHandler will interact with the ONU ? device.
+type DeviceHandler struct {
+	deviceID         string
+	DeviceType       string
+	adminState       string
+	device           *voltha.Device
+	logicalDeviceID  string
+	ProxyAddressID   string
+	ProxyAddressType string
+
+	coreProxy     adapterif.CoreProxy
+	AdapterProxy  adapterif.AdapterProxy
+	EventProxy    adapterif.EventProxy
+	openOnuAc     *OpenONUAC
+	transitionMap *TransitionMap
+	omciAgent     *OpenOMCIAgent
+	ponPort       *voltha.Port
+	onuOmciDevice *OnuDeviceEntry
+	exitChannel   chan int
+	lockDevice    sync.RWMutex
+
+	//Client        oop.OpenoltClient
+	//clientCon     *grpc.ClientConn
+	//flowMgr       *OpenOltFlowMgr
+	//eventMgr      *OpenOltEventMgr
+	//resourceMgr   *rsrcMgr.OpenOltResourceMgr
+
+	//discOnus sync.Map
+	//onus     sync.Map
+	//portStats          *OpenOltStatisticsMgr
+	//metrics            *pmmetrics.PmMetrics
+	stopCollector      chan bool
+	stopHeartbeatCheck chan bool
+	activePorts        sync.Map
+}
+
+/*
+//OnuDevice represents ONU related info
+type OnuDevice struct {
+	deviceID      string
+	deviceType    string
+	serialNumber  string
+	onuID         uint32
+	intfID        uint32
+	proxyDeviceID string
+	uniPorts      map[uint32]struct{}
+}
+
+//NewOnuDevice creates a new Onu Device
+func NewOnuDevice(devID, deviceTp, serialNum string, onuID, intfID uint32, proxyDevID string) *OnuDevice {
+	var device OnuDevice
+	device.deviceID = devID
+	device.deviceType = deviceTp
+	device.serialNumber = serialNum
+	device.onuID = onuID
+	device.intfID = intfID
+	device.proxyDeviceID = proxyDevID
+	device.uniPorts = make(map[uint32]struct{})
+	return &device
+}
+*/
+
+//NewDeviceHandler creates a new device handler
+func NewDeviceHandler(cp adapterif.CoreProxy, ap adapterif.AdapterProxy, ep adapterif.EventProxy, device *voltha.Device, adapter *OpenONUAC) *DeviceHandler {
+	var dh DeviceHandler
+	dh.coreProxy = cp
+	dh.AdapterProxy = ap
+	dh.EventProxy = ep
+	cloned := (proto.Clone(device)).(*voltha.Device)
+	dh.deviceID = cloned.Id
+	dh.DeviceType = cloned.Type
+	dh.adminState = "up"
+	dh.device = cloned
+	dh.openOnuAc = adapter
+	dh.transitionMap = nil
+	dh.exitChannel = make(chan int, 1)
+	dh.lockDevice = sync.RWMutex{}
+	dh.stopCollector = make(chan bool, 2)
+	dh.stopHeartbeatCheck = make(chan bool, 2)
+	//dh.metrics = pmmetrics.NewPmMetrics(cloned.Id, pmmetrics.Frequency(150), pmmetrics.FrequencyOverride(false), pmmetrics.Grouped(false), pmmetrics.Metrics(pmNames))
+	dh.activePorts = sync.Map{}
+	//TODO initialize the support classes.
+	return &dh
+}
+
+// start save the device to the data model
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) Start(ctx context.Context) {
+	dh.lockDevice.Lock()
+	defer dh.lockDevice.Unlock()
+	log.Debugw("starting-device-handler", log.Fields{"device": dh.device, "deviceId": dh.deviceID})
+	// Add the initial device to the local model
+	log.Debug("device-handler-started")
+}
+
+// stop stops the device dh.  Not much to do for now
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) stop(ctx context.Context) {
+	dh.lockDevice.Lock()
+	defer dh.lockDevice.Unlock()
+	log.Debug("stopping-device-agent")
+	dh.exitChannel <- 1
+	log.Debug("device-agent-stopped")
+}
+
+// ##########################################################################################
+// DeviceHandler methods that implement the adapters interface requests ##### begin #########
+
+//AdoptDevice adopts the OLT device
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) AdoptDevice(ctx context.Context, device *voltha.Device) {
+	log.Debugw("Adopt_device", log.Fields{"deviceID": device.Id, "Address": device.GetHostAndPort()})
+
+	if dh.transitionMap == nil {
+		dh.transitionMap = NewTransitionMap(dh)
+		dh.transitionMap.Handle(ctx, DeviceInit)
+	} else {
+		log.Debug("AdoptDevice: Agent/device init already done")
+	}
+
+	/*
+		// Now, set the initial PM configuration for that device
+		if err := dh.coreProxy.DevicePMConfigUpdate(nil, dh.metrics.ToPmConfigs()); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("error-updating-PMs", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id, "error": err})
+		}
+
+		go startCollector(dh)
+		go startHeartbeatCheck(dh)
+	*/
+}
+
+//ProcessInterAdapterMessage sends the proxied messages to the target device
+// If the proxy address is not found in the unmarshalled message, it first fetches the onu device for which the message
+// is meant, and then send the unmarshalled omci message to this onu
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) ProcessInterAdapterMessage(msg *ic.InterAdapterMessage) error {
+	msgID := msg.Header.Id
+	msgType := msg.Header.Type
+	fromTopic := msg.Header.FromTopic
+	toTopic := msg.Header.ToTopic
+	toDeviceID := msg.Header.ToDeviceId
+	proxyDeviceID := msg.Header.ProxyDeviceId
+	log.Debugw("InterAdapter message header", log.Fields{"msgID": msgID, "msgType": msgType,
+		"fromTopic": fromTopic, "toTopic": toTopic, "toDeviceID": toDeviceID, "proxyDeviceID": proxyDeviceID})
+
+	switch msgType {
+	case ic.InterAdapterMessageType_OMCI_REQUEST:
+		{
+			/* TOBECHECKED: I assume, ONU Adapter receives the message hier already 'unmarshalled'? else: (howTo?)*/
+			msgBody := msg.GetBody()
+
+			omciMsg := &ic.InterAdapterOmciMessage{}
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(msgBody, omciMsg); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-omci-msg-body", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return err
+			}
+
+			//assuming omci message content is hex coded!
+			// with restricted output of 16(?) bytes would be ...omciMsg.Message[:16]
+			log.Debugw("inter-adapter-recv-omci",
+				log.Fields{"RxOmciMessage": hex.EncodeToString(omciMsg.Message)})
+			//receive_message(omci_msg.message)
+			return dh.onuOmciDevice.PDevOmciCC.ReceiveMessage(context.TODO(), omciMsg.Message)
+		}
+	case ic.InterAdapterMessageType_ONU_IND_REQUEST:
+		{
+			/* TOBECHECKED: I assume, ONU Adapter receives the message hier already 'unmarshalled'? else: see above omci block */
+			msgBody := msg.GetBody()
+
+			onu_indication := &oop.OnuIndication{}
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(msgBody, onu_indication); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-onu-indication-msg-body", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return err
+			}
+
+			onu_operstate := onu_indication.GetOperState()
+			log.Debugw("inter-adapter-recv-onu-ind", log.Fields{"OnuId": onu_indication.GetOnuId(),
+				"AdminState": onu_indication.GetAdminState(), "OperState": onu_operstate,
+				"SNR": onu_indication.GetSerialNumber()})
+
+			//interface related functioons might be error checked ....
+			if onu_operstate == "up" {
+				dh.create_interface(onu_indication)
+			} else if (onu_operstate == "down") || (onu_operstate == "unreachable") {
+				dh.update_interface(onu_indication)
+			} else {
+				log.Errorw("unknown-onu-indication operState", log.Fields{"OnuId": onu_indication.GetOnuId()})
+				return errors.New("InvalidOperState")
+			}
+		}
+	default:
+		{
+			log.Errorw("inter-adapter-unhandled-type", log.Fields{"msgType": msg.Header.Type})
+			return errors.New("unimplemented")
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* form py code:
+	   elif request.header.type == InterAdapterMessageType.TECH_PROFILE_DOWNLOAD_REQUEST:
+	       tech_msg = InterAdapterTechProfileDownloadMessage()
+	       request.body.Unpack(tech_msg)
+	       self.log.debug('inter-adapter-recv-tech-profile', tech_msg=tech_msg)
+
+	       self.load_and_configure_tech_profile(tech_msg.uni_id, tech_msg.path)
+
+	   elif request.header.type == InterAdapterMessageType.DELETE_GEM_PORT_REQUEST:
+	       del_gem_msg = InterAdapterDeleteGemPortMessage()
+	       request.body.Unpack(del_gem_msg)
+	       self.log.debug('inter-adapter-recv-del-gem', gem_del_msg=del_gem_msg)
+
+	       self.delete_tech_profile(uni_id=del_gem_msg.uni_id,
+	                                gem_port_id=del_gem_msg.gem_port_id,
+	                                tp_path=del_gem_msg.tp_path)
+
+	   elif request.header.type == InterAdapterMessageType.DELETE_TCONT_REQUEST:
+	       del_tcont_msg = InterAdapterDeleteTcontMessage()
+	       request.body.Unpack(del_tcont_msg)
+	       self.log.debug('inter-adapter-recv-del-tcont', del_tcont_msg=del_tcont_msg)
+
+	       self.delete_tech_profile(uni_id=del_tcont_msg.uni_id,
+	                                alloc_id=del_tcont_msg.alloc_id,
+	                                tp_path=del_tcont_msg.tp_path)
+	   else:
+	       self.log.error("inter-adapter-unhandled-type", request=request)
+	*/
+	return nil
+}
+
+//  DeviceHandler methods that implement the adapters interface requests## end #########
+// #####################################################################################
+
+// ################  to be updated acc. needs of ONU Device ########################
+// DeviceHandler StateMachine related state transition methods ##### begin #########
+
+// doStateInit provides the device update to the core
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) doStateInit(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Debug("doStateInit-started")
+	/*
+		var err error
+		dh.clientCon, err = grpc.Dial(dh.device.GetHostAndPort(), grpc.WithInsecure(), grpc.WithBlock())
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("Failed to dial device", log.Fields{"DeviceId": dh.deviceID, "HostAndPort": dh.device.GetHostAndPort(), "err": err})
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	*/
+	// populate what we know.  rest comes later after mib sync
+	dh.device.Root = false
+	dh.device.Vendor = "OpenONU"
+	dh.device.Model = "go"
+	dh.device.Reason = "activating-onu"
+	dh.logicalDeviceID = dh.deviceID
+
+	dh.coreProxy.DeviceUpdate(ctx, dh.device)
+
+	// store proxy parameters for later communication - assumption: invariant, else they have to be requested dynamically!!
+	dh.ProxyAddressID = dh.device.ProxyAddress.GetDeviceId()
+	dh.ProxyAddressType = dh.device.ProxyAddress.GetDeviceType()
+	log.Debugw("device-updated", log.Fields{"deviceID": dh.deviceID, "proxyAddressID": dh.ProxyAddressID,
+		"proxyAddressType": dh.ProxyAddressType, "SNR": dh.device.SerialNumber,
+		"ParentId": dh.device.ParentId, "ParentPortNo": dh.device.ParentPortNo})
+
+	/*
+		self._pon = PonPort.create(self, self._pon_port_number)
+		self._pon.add_peer(self.parent_id, self._pon_port_number)
+		self.log.debug('adding-pon-port-to-agent',
+				   type=self._pon.get_port().type,
+				   admin_state=self._pon.get_port().admin_state,
+				   oper_status=self._pon.get_port().oper_status,
+				   )
+	*/
+	log.Debug("adding-pon-port")
+	ponPortNo := uint32(1)
+	if dh.device.ParentPortNo != 0 {
+		ponPortNo = dh.device.ParentPortNo
+	}
+
+	ponPort := &voltha.Port{
+		PortNo:     ponPortNo,
+		Label:      fmt.Sprintf("pon-%d", ponPortNo),
+		Type:       voltha.Port_PON_ONU,
+		OperStatus: voltha.OperStatus_ACTIVE,
+		Peers: []*voltha.Port_PeerPort{{DeviceId: dh.device.ParentId, // Peer device  is OLT
+			PortNo: dh.device.ParentPortNo}}, // Peer port is parent's port number
+	}
+	var err error
+	if err = dh.coreProxy.PortCreated(context.TODO(), dh.deviceID, ponPort); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("PortCreated-failed-%s", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Debug("doStateInit-done")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// postInit setups the DeviceEntry for the conerned device
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) postInit(ctx context.Context) error {
+	/*
+		dh.Client = oop.NewOpenoltClient(dh.clientCon)
+		dh.transitionMap.Handle(ctx, GrpcConnected)
+		return nil
+	*/
+	//start the Agent object with no specific FSM setting
+	dh.omciAgent = NewOpenOMCIAgent(ctx, dh.coreProxy, dh.AdapterProxy)
+	dh.omciAgent.Start(ctx)
+	// might be updated with some error handling !!!
+	dh.onuOmciDevice, _ = dh.omciAgent.Add_device(ctx, dh.deviceID, dh)
+	//dh.transitionMap.Handle(ctx, GrpcConnected)
+
+	/*
+			############################################################################
+			# Setup Alarm handler
+			self.events = AdapterEvents(self.core_proxy, device.id, self.logical_device_id,
+										device.serial_number)
+			############################################################################
+			# Setup PM configuration for this device
+			# Pass in ONU specific options
+			kwargs = {
+				OnuPmMetrics.DEFAULT_FREQUENCY_KEY: OnuPmMetrics.DEFAULT_ONU_COLLECTION_FREQUENCY,
+				'heartbeat': self.heartbeat,
+				OnuOmciPmMetrics.OMCI_DEV_KEY: self._onu_omci_device
+			}
+			self.log.debug('create-pm-metrics', device_id=device.id, serial_number=device.serial_number)
+			self._pm_metrics = OnuPmMetrics(self.events, self.core_proxy, self.device_id,
+										   self.logical_device_id, device.serial_number,
+										   grouped=True, freq_override=False, **kwargs)
+			pm_config = self._pm_metrics.make_proto()
+			self._onu_omci_device.set_pm_config(self._pm_metrics.omci_pm.openomci_interval_pm)
+			self.log.info("initial-pm-config", device_id=device.id, serial_number=device.serial_number)
+			yield self.core_proxy.device_pm_config_update(pm_config, init=True)
+
+			# Note, ONU ID and UNI intf set in add_uni_port method
+			self._onu_omci_device.alarm_synchronizer.set_alarm_params(mgr=self.events,
+																	  ani_ports=[self._pon])
+
+			# Code to Run OMCI Test Action
+			kwargs_omci_test_action = {
+				OmciTestRequest.DEFAULT_FREQUENCY_KEY:
+					OmciTestRequest.DEFAULT_COLLECTION_FREQUENCY
+			}
+			serial_number = device.serial_number
+			self._test_request = OmciTestRequest(self.core_proxy,
+										   self.omci_agent, self.device_id,
+										   AniG, serial_number,
+										   self.logical_device_id,
+										   exclusive=False,
+										   **kwargs_omci_test_action)
+
+			self.enabled = True
+		else:
+			self.log.info('onu-already-activated')
+	*/
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// doStateUp handle the onu up indication and update to voltha core
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) doStateUp(ctx context.Context) error {
+	/*
+		// Synchronous call to update device state - this method is run in its own go routine
+		if err := dh.coreProxy.DeviceStateUpdate(ctx, dh.device.Id, voltha.ConnectStatus_REACHABLE,
+			voltha.OperStatus_ACTIVE); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("Failed to update device with OLT UP indication", log.Fields{"deviceID": dh.device.Id, "error": err})
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	*/
+	return errors.New("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// doStateDown handle the onu down indication
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) doStateDown(ctx context.Context) error {
+	dh.lockDevice.Lock()
+	defer dh.lockDevice.Unlock()
+	log.Debug("do-state-down-start")
+
+	device, err := dh.coreProxy.GetDevice(ctx, dh.device.Id, dh.device.Id)
+	if err != nil || device == nil {
+		/*TODO: needs to handle error scenarios */
+		log.Errorw("Failed to fetch device device", log.Fields{"err": err})
+		return errors.New("failed to fetch device device")
+	}
+
+	cloned := proto.Clone(device).(*voltha.Device)
+	log.Debugw("do-state-down", log.Fields{"ClonedDeviceID": cloned.Id})
+	/*
+		// Update the all ports state on that device to disable
+		if er := dh.coreProxy.PortsStateUpdate(ctx, cloned.Id, voltha.OperStatus_UNKNOWN); er != nil {
+			log.Errorw("updating-ports-failed", log.Fields{"deviceID": device.Id, "error": er})
+			return er
+		}
+
+		//Update the device oper state and connection status
+		cloned.OperStatus = voltha.OperStatus_UNKNOWN
+		cloned.ConnectStatus = common.ConnectStatus_UNREACHABLE
+		dh.device = cloned
+
+		if er := dh.coreProxy.DeviceStateUpdate(ctx, cloned.Id, cloned.ConnectStatus, cloned.OperStatus); er != nil {
+			log.Errorw("error-updating-device-state", log.Fields{"deviceID": device.Id, "error": er})
+			return er
+		}
+
+		//get the child device for the parent device
+		onuDevices, err := dh.coreProxy.GetChildDevices(ctx, dh.device.Id)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("failed to get child devices information", log.Fields{"deviceID": dh.device.Id, "error": err})
+			return err
+		}
+		for _, onuDevice := range onuDevices.Items {
+
+			// Update onu state as down in onu adapter
+			onuInd := oop.OnuIndication{}
+			onuInd.OperState = "down"
+			er := dh.AdapterProxy.SendInterAdapterMessage(ctx, &onuInd, ic.InterAdapterMessageType_ONU_IND_REQUEST,
+				"openolt", onuDevice.Type, onuDevice.Id, onuDevice.ProxyAddress.DeviceId, "")
+			if er != nil {
+				log.Errorw("Failed to send inter-adapter-message", log.Fields{"OnuInd": onuInd,
+					"From Adapter": "openolt", "DevieType": onuDevice.Type, "DeviceID": onuDevice.Id})
+				//Do not return here and continue to process other ONUs
+			}
+		}
+		// * Discovered ONUs entries need to be cleared , since after OLT
+		//   is up, it starts sending discovery indications again* /
+		dh.discOnus = sync.Map{}
+		log.Debugw("do-state-down-end", log.Fields{"deviceID": device.Id})
+		return nil
+	*/
+	return errors.New("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// doStateConnected get the device info and update to voltha core
+// for comparison of the original method (not that easy to uncomment): compare here:
+//  voltha-openolt-adapter/adaptercore/device_handler.go
+//  -> this one obviously initiates all communication interfaces of the device ...?
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) doStateConnected(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Debug("OLT device has been connected")
+	return errors.New("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// DeviceHandler StateMachine related state transition methods ##### end #########
+// #################################################################################
+
+// ###################################################
+// DeviceHandler utility methods ##### begin #########
+
+// doStateInit provides the device update to the core
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) create_interface(onuind *oop.OnuIndication) error {
+	log.Debug("create_interface-started - not yet fully implemented (only device state update)")
+
+	if err := dh.coreProxy.DeviceStateUpdate(context.TODO(), dh.deviceID, voltha.ConnectStatus_REACHABLE, voltha.OperStatus_ACTIVATING); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("error-updating-device-state", log.Fields{"deviceID": dh.deviceID, "error": err})
+	}
+
+	device, err := dh.coreProxy.GetDevice(context.TODO(), dh.device.Id, dh.device.Id)
+	if err != nil || device == nil {
+		/*TODO: needs to handle error scenarios */
+		log.Errorw("Failed to fetch device device at creating If", log.Fields{"err": err})
+		return errors.New("Voltha Device not found")
+	}
+
+	dh.onuOmciDevice.Start(context.TODO())
+	if err := dh.coreProxy.DeviceReasonUpdate(context.TODO(), dh.deviceID, "starting-openomci"); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("error-DeviceReasonUpdate to starting-openomci", log.Fields{"deviceID": dh.deviceID, "error": err})
+	}
+
+	/* this might be a good time for Omci Verify message?  */
+	verifyExec := make(chan bool)
+	omci_verify := NewOmciTestRequest(context.TODO(),
+		dh.device.Id, dh.onuOmciDevice.PDevOmciCC,
+		true, true) //eclusive and allowFailure (anyway not yet checked)
+	omci_verify.PerformOmciTest(context.TODO(), verifyExec)
+
+	/* 	give the handler some time here to wait for the OMCi verification result
+	after Timeout start and try MibUpload FSM anyway
+	(to prevent stopping on just not supported OMCI verification from ONU) */
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+		log.Warn("omci start-verification timed out (continue normal)")
+	case testresult := <-verifyExec:
+		log.Infow("Omci start verification done", log.Fields{"result": testresult})
+	}
+
+	/* In py code it looks earlier (on activate ..)
+			# Code to Run OMCI Test Action
+			kwargs_omci_test_action = {
+				OmciTestRequest.DEFAULT_FREQUENCY_KEY:
+					OmciTestRequest.DEFAULT_COLLECTION_FREQUENCY
+			}
+			serial_number = device.serial_number
+			self._test_request = OmciTestRequest(self.core_proxy,
+											self.omci_agent, self.device_id,
+											AniG, serial_number,
+											self.logical_device_id,
+											exclusive=False,
+											**kwargs_omci_test_action)
+	...
+	                    # Start test requests after a brief pause
+	                    if not self._test_request_started:
+	                        self._test_request_started = True
+	                        tststart = _STARTUP_RETRY_WAIT * (random.randint(1, 5))
+	                        reactor.callLater(tststart, self._test_request.start_collector)
+
+	*/
+	/* which is then: in omci_test_request.py : */
+	/*
+	   def start_collector(self, callback=None):
+	       """
+	               Start the collection loop for an adapter if the frequency > 0
+
+	               :param callback: (callable) Function to call to collect PM data
+	       """
+	       self.log.info("starting-pm-collection", device_name=self.name, default_freq=self.default_freq)
+	       if callback is None:
+	           callback = self.perform_test_omci
+
+	       if self.lc is None:
+	           self.lc = LoopingCall(callback)
+
+	       if self.default_freq > 0:
+	           self.lc.start(interval=self.default_freq / 10)
+
+	   def perform_test_omci(self):
+	       """
+	       Perform the initial test request
+	       """
+	       ani_g_entities = self._device.configuration.ani_g_entities
+	       ani_g_entities_ids = list(ani_g_entities.keys()) if ani_g_entities \
+	                                                     is not None else None
+	       self._entity_id = ani_g_entities_ids[0]
+	       self.log.info('perform-test', entity_class=self._entity_class,
+	                     entity_id=self._entity_id)
+	       try:
+	           frame = MEFrame(self._entity_class, self._entity_id, []).test()
+	           result = yield self._device.omci_cc.send(frame)
+	           if not result.fields['omci_message'].fields['success_code']:
+	               self.log.info('Self-Test Submitted Successfully',
+	                             code=result.fields[
+	                                 'omci_message'].fields['success_code'])
+	           else:
+	               raise TestFailure('Test Failure: {}'.format(
+	                   result.fields['omci_message'].fields['success_code']))
+	       except TimeoutError as e:
+	           self.deferred.errback(failure.Failure(e))
+
+	       except Exception as e:
+	           self.log.exception('perform-test-Error', e=e,
+	                              class_id=self._entity_class,
+	                              entity_id=self._entity_id)
+	           self.deferred.errback(failure.Failure(e))
+
+	*/
+
+	// PM related heartbeat??? !!!TODO....
+	//self._heartbeat.enabled = True
+
+	//example how to call FSM - transition up to state "uploading"
+	if dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Is("disabled") {
+
+		if err := dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Event("start"); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("MibSyncFsm: Can't go to state starting", log.Fields{"err": err})
+			return errors.New("Can't go to state starting")
+		} else {
+			log.Debug("MibSyncFsm", log.Fields{"state": string(dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Current())})
+			//Determine ONU status and start/re-start MIB Synchronization tasks
+			//Determine if this ONU has ever synchronized
+			if true { //TODO: insert valid check
+				if err := dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Event("load_mib_template"); err != nil {
+					log.Errorw("MibSyncFsm: Can't go to state loading_mib_template", log.Fields{"err": err})
+					return errors.New("Can't go to state loading_mib_template")
+				} else {
+					log.Debug("MibSyncFsm", log.Fields{"state": string(dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Current())})
+					//Find and load a mib template. If not found proceed with mib_upload
+					// callbacks to be handled:
+					// Event("success")
+					// Event("timeout")
+					//no mib template found
+					if true { //TODO: insert valid check
+						if err := dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Event("upload_mib"); err != nil {
+							log.Errorw("MibSyncFsm: Can't go to state uploading", log.Fields{"err": err})
+							return errors.New("Can't go to state uploading")
+						} else {
+							log.Debug("state of MibSyncFsm", log.Fields{"state": string(dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Current())})
+							//Begin full MIB data upload, starting with a MIB RESET
+							// callbacks to be handled:
+							// success: e.Event("success")
+							// failure: e.Event("timeout")
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Event("examine_mds")
+				log.Debug("state of MibSyncFsm", log.Fields{"state": string(dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Current())})
+				//Examine the MIB Data Sync
+				// callbacks to be handled:
+				// Event("success")
+				// Event("timeout")
+				// Event("mismatch")
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Errorw("wrong state of MibSyncFsm - want: disabled", log.Fields{"have": string(dh.onuOmciDevice.MibSyncFsm.Current())})
+		return errors.New("wrong state of MibSyncFsm")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) update_interface(onuind *oop.OnuIndication) error {
+	log.Debug("update_interface-started - not yet implemented")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) DeviceStateUpdate(dev_Event OnuDeviceEvent) {
+	if dev_Event == MibDatabaseSync {
+		log.Debug("MibInSync Event: update dev state to 'MibSync complete'")
+		//initiate DevStateUpdate
+		if err := dh.coreProxy.DeviceReasonUpdate(context.TODO(), dh.deviceID, "discovery-mibsync-complete"); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("error-DeviceReasonUpdate to mibsync-complete", log.Fields{"deviceID": dh.deviceID, "error": err})
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Warnw("unhandled-device-event", log.Fields{"event": dev_Event})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/adaptercoreont/messageTypes.go b/adaptercoreont/messageTypes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2261ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptercoreont/messageTypes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * 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 adaptercoreont provides the utility for onu devices, flows and statistics
+package adaptercoreont
+
+import (
+	gp "github.com/google/gopacket"
+	"github.com/opencord/omci-lib-go"
+)
+
+type MessageType int
+
+const (
+	TestMsg MessageType = 0
+	OMCI    MessageType = 1
+)
+
+func (m MessageType) String() string {
+	names := [...]string{
+		"TestMsg",
+		"OMCI",
+	}
+	return names[m]
+}
+
+type Message struct {
+	Type MessageType
+	Data interface{}
+}
+
+const (
+	AnyTriggerForMibSyncUploadMib = 0
+)
+
+//TODO: place holder to have a second interface variant - to be replaced by real variant later on
+type TestMessage struct {
+	TestMessageVal uint32
+}
+
+type OmciMessage struct {
+	//OnuSN   *openolt.SerialNumber
+	//OnuID   uint32
+	OmciMsg    *omci.OMCI
+	OmciPacket *gp.Packet
+}
diff --git a/adaptercoreont/mib_sync.go b/adaptercoreont/mib_sync.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16dc49f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptercoreont/mib_sync.go
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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 adaptercoreont provides the utility for onu devices, flows and statistics
+package adaptercoreont
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/looplab/fsm"
+
+	//"sync"
+	//"time"
+
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/omci-lib-go"
+	me "github.com/opencord/omci-lib-go/generated"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+	//ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/inter_container"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/openflow_13"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/voltha"
+)
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) logStateChange(e *fsm.Event) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync FSM", log.Fields{"event name": string(e.Event), "src state": string(e.Src), "dst state": string(e.Dst), "device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) enterStartingState(e *fsm.Event) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync FSM", log.Fields{"Start processing MibSync-msgs in State": e.FSM.Current(), "device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+
+	// create channel and start go routine for processing of MibSync messages
+	onuDeviceEntry.MibSyncChan = make(chan Message, 2048)
+	go onuDeviceEntry.ProcessMibSyncMessages()
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) enterLoadingMibTemplateState(e *fsm.Event) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync FSM", log.Fields{"Start MibTemplate processing in State": e.FSM.Current(), "device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+	log.Debug("function not implemented yet")
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) enterUploadingState(e *fsm.Event) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync FSM", log.Fields{"send mibReset in State": e.FSM.Current(), "device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+	onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.sendMibReset(context.TODO(), ConstDefaultOmciTimeout, true)
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) enterInSyncState(e *fsm.Event) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync FSM", log.Fields{"send notification to core in State": e.FSM.Current(), "device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+	onuDeviceEntry.transferSystemEvent(MibDatabaseSync)
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) enterExaminingMdsState(e *fsm.Event) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync FSM", log.Fields{"Start GetMds processing in State": e.FSM.Current(), "device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+	log.Debug("function not implemented yet")
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) enterResynchronizingState(e *fsm.Event) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync FSM", log.Fields{"Start MibResync processing in State": e.FSM.Current(), "device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+	log.Debug("function not implemented yet")
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) enterAuditingState(e *fsm.Event) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync FSM", log.Fields{"Start MibResync processing in State": e.FSM.Current(), "device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+	log.Debug("function not implemented yet")
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) enterOutOfSyncState(e *fsm.Event) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync FSM", log.Fields{"Start  MibReconcile processing in State": e.FSM.Current(), "device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+	log.Debug("function not implemented yet")
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) ProcessMibSyncMessages( /*ctx context.Context*/ ) {
+	log.Debugw("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"Start routine to process OMCI-messages for device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+loop:
+	for {
+		select {
+		// case <-ctx.Done():
+		// 	log.Info("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"Message handling canceled via context for device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+		// 	break loop
+		case message, ok := <-onuDeviceEntry.MibSyncChan:
+			if !ok {
+				log.Info("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"Message couldn't be read from channel for device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+				break loop
+			}
+			log.Debugw("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"Received message on ONU MibSyncChan for device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+
+			switch message.Type {
+			case TestMsg:
+				msg, _ := message.Data.(TestMessage)
+				onuDeviceEntry.handleTestMsg(msg)
+			case OMCI:
+				msg, _ := message.Data.(OmciMessage)
+				onuDeviceEntry.handleOmciMessage(msg)
+			default:
+				log.Warn("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"Unknown message type received for device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID, "message.Type": message.Type})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Info("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"Stopped handling of MibSyncChan for device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID})
+	// TODO: only this action?
+	onuDeviceEntry.MibSyncFsm.Event("stop")
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) handleTestMsg(msg TestMessage) {
+
+	log.Debugw("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"TestMessage received for device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID, "msg.TestMessageVal": msg.TestMessageVal})
+
+	switch msg.TestMessageVal {
+	case AnyTriggerForMibSyncUploadMib:
+		onuDeviceEntry.MibSyncFsm.Event("upload_mib")
+		log.Debugw("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"state": string(onuDeviceEntry.MibSyncFsm.Current())})
+	default:
+		log.Warn("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"Unknown message type received for device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID, "msg.TestMessageVal": msg.TestMessageVal})
+	}
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) handleOmciMessage(msg OmciMessage) {
+
+	log.Debugw("MibSync Msg", log.Fields{"OmciMessage received for device-id": onuDeviceEntry.deviceID,
+		"msgType": msg.OmciMsg.MessageType})
+
+	//further analysis could be done here based on msg.OmciMsg.Payload, e.g. verification of error code ...
+	switch msg.OmciMsg.MessageType {
+	case omci.MibResetResponseType:
+		msgLayer := (*msg.OmciPacket).Layer(omci.LayerTypeMibResetResponse)
+		if msgLayer == nil {
+			log.Error("Omci Msg layer could not be detected")
+			return
+		}
+		msgObj, msgOk := msgLayer.(*omci.MibResetResponse)
+		if !msgOk {
+			log.Error("Omci Msg layer could not be assigned")
+			return
+		}
+		log.Debugw("MibResetResponse Data", log.Fields{"data-fields": msgObj})
+		if msgObj.Result != me.Success {
+			log.Errorw("Omci MibResetResponse Error - strange - what to do?", log.Fields{"Error": msgObj.Result})
+			return
+		}
+		onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.sendMibUpload(context.TODO(), ConstDefaultOmciTimeout, true)
+	case omci.MibUploadResponseType:
+		msgLayer := (*msg.OmciPacket).Layer(omci.LayerTypeMibUploadResponse)
+		if msgLayer == nil {
+			log.Error("Omci Msg layer could not be detected")
+			return
+		}
+		msgObj, msgOk := msgLayer.(*omci.MibUploadResponse)
+		if !msgOk {
+			log.Error("Omci Msg layer could not be assigned")
+			return
+		}
+		log.Debugw("MibUploadResponse Data for:", log.Fields{"deviceId": onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.deviceID, "data-fields": msgObj})
+		/* to be verified / reworked !!! */
+		onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.uploadNoOfCmds = msgObj.NumberOfCommands
+		if onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.uploadSequNo < onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.uploadNoOfCmds {
+			onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.sendMibUploadNext(context.TODO(), ConstDefaultOmciTimeout, true)
+		} else {
+			log.Error("Invalid number of commands received for:", log.Fields{"deviceId": onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.deviceID, "uploadNoOfCmds": onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.uploadNoOfCmds})
+			//TODO right action?
+			onuDeviceEntry.MibSyncFsm.Event("timeout")
+		}
+	case omci.MibUploadNextResponseType:
+		msgLayer := (*msg.OmciPacket).Layer(omci.LayerTypeMibUploadNextResponse)
+		if msgLayer == nil {
+			log.Error("Omci Msg layer could not be detected")
+			return
+		}
+		msgObj, msgOk := msgLayer.(*omci.MibUploadNextResponse)
+		if !msgOk {
+			log.Error("Omci Msg layer could not be assigned")
+			return
+		}
+		log.Debugw("MibUploadNextResponse Data for:", log.Fields{"deviceId": onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.deviceID, "data-fields": msgObj})
+		// TODO !!! content evaluation ?????
+		if onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.uploadSequNo < onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.uploadNoOfCmds {
+			onuDeviceEntry.PDevOmciCC.sendMibUploadNext(context.TODO(), ConstDefaultOmciTimeout, true)
+		} else {
+			//TODO
+			onuDeviceEntry.MibSyncFsm.Event("success")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) MibDbVolatileDict() error {
+	log.Debug("MibVolatileDict- running")
+	return errors.New("not_implemented")
+}
+
+// func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) MibTemplateTask() error {
+// 	return errors.New("not_implemented")
+// }
+// func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) MibUploadTask() error {
+// 	return errors.New("not_implemented")
+// }
+// func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) GetMdsTask() error {
+// 	return errors.New("not_implemented")
+// }
+// func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) MibResyncTask() error {
+// 	return errors.New("not_implemented")
+// }
+// func (onuDeviceEntry *OnuDeviceEntry) MibReconcileTask() error {
+// 	return errors.New("not_implemented")
+// }
diff --git a/adaptercoreont/omci_agent.go b/adaptercoreont/omci_agent.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff462f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptercoreont/omci_agent.go
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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 adaptercoreont provides the utility for onu devices, flows and statistics
+package adaptercoreont
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	//"errors"
+	//"sync"
+	//"time"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/adapters/adapterif"
+
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+	//ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/inter_container"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/openflow_13"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/voltha"
+)
+
+/*
+OpenOmciAgentDefaults = {
+    'mib-synchronizer': {
+        'state-machine': MibSynchronizer,  # Implements the MIB synchronization state machine
+        'database': MibDbVolatileDict,     # Implements volatile ME MIB database
+        # 'database': MibDbExternal,         # Implements persistent ME MIB database
+        'advertise-events': True,          # Advertise events on OpenOMCI event bus
+        'audit-delay': 60,                 # Time to wait between MIB audits.  0 to disable audits.
+        'tasks': {
+            'mib-upload': MibUploadTask,
+            'mib-template': MibTemplateTask,
+            'get-mds': GetMdsTask,
+            'mib-audit': GetMdsTask,
+            'mib-resync': MibResyncTask,
+            'mib-reconcile': MibReconcileTask
+        }
+    },
+    'omci-capabilities': {
+        'state-machine': OnuOmciCapabilities,   # Implements OMCI capabilities state machine
+        'advertise-events': False,              # Advertise events on OpenOMCI event bus
+        'tasks': {
+            'get-capabilities': OnuCapabilitiesTask # Get supported ME and Commands
+        }
+    },
+    'performance-intervals': {
+        'state-machine': PerformanceIntervals,  # Implements PM Intervals State machine
+        'advertise-events': False,              # Advertise events on OpenOMCI event bus
+        'tasks': {
+            'sync-time': SyncTimeTask,
+            'collect-data': IntervalDataTask,
+            'create-pm': OmciCreatePMRequest,
+            'delete-pm': OmciDeletePMRequest,
+        },
+    },
+    'alarm-synchronizer': {
+        'state-machine': AlarmSynchronizer,    # Implements the Alarm sync state machine
+        'database': AlarmDbExternal,           # For any State storage needs
+        'advertise-events': True,              # Advertise events on OpenOMCI event bus
+        'tasks': {
+            'alarm-resync': AlarmResyncTask
+        }
+     },
+    'image_downloader': {
+        'state-machine': ImageDownloadeSTM,
+        'advertise-event': True,
+        'tasks': {
+            'download-file': FileDownloadTask
+        }
+    },
+    'image_upgrader': {
+        'state-machine': OmciSoftwareImageDownloadSTM,
+        'advertise-event': True,
+        'tasks': {
+            'omci_upgrade_task': OmciSwImageUpgradeTask
+        }
+    }
+    # 'image_activator': {
+    #     'state-machine': OmciSoftwareImageActivateSTM,
+    #     'advertise-event': True,
+    # }
+}
+*/
+
+//OpenOMCIAgent structure holds the ONU core information
+type OpenOMCIAgent struct {
+	coreProxy     adapterif.CoreProxy
+	adapterProxy  adapterif.AdapterProxy
+	started       bool
+	deviceEntries map[string]*OnuDeviceEntry
+	mibDbClass    func() error
+}
+
+//NewOpenOMCIAgent returns a new instance of OpenOMCIAgent
+func NewOpenOMCIAgent(ctx context.Context,
+	coreProxy adapterif.CoreProxy, adapterProxy adapterif.AdapterProxy) *OpenOMCIAgent {
+	log.Info("init-openOmciAgent")
+	var openomciagent OpenOMCIAgent
+	openomciagent.started = false
+	openomciagent.coreProxy = coreProxy
+	openomciagent.adapterProxy = adapterProxy
+	openomciagent.deviceEntries = make(map[string]*OnuDeviceEntry)
+	return &openomciagent
+}
+
+//Start starts (logs) the omci agent
+func (oo *OpenOMCIAgent) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Info("starting-openOmciAgent")
+	//TODO .....
+	//mib_db.start()
+	oo.started = true
+	log.Info("openOmciAgent-started")
+	return nil
+}
+
+//Stop terminates the session
+func (oo *OpenOMCIAgent) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Info("stopping-openOmciAgent")
+	oo.started = false
+	//oo.exitChannel <- 1
+	log.Info("openOmciAgent-stopped")
+	return nil
+}
+
+//
+//Add a new ONU to be managed.
+
+//To provide vendor-specific or custom Managed Entities, create your own Entity
+//  ID to class mapping dictionary.
+
+//Since ONU devices can be added at any time (even during Device Handler
+//  startup), the ONU device handler is responsible for calling start()/stop()
+//  for this object.
+
+//:param device_id: (str) Device ID of ONU to add
+//:param core_proxy: (CoreProxy) Remote API to VOLTHA core
+//:param adapter_proxy: (AdapterProxy) Remote API to other adapters via VOLTHA core
+//:param custom_me_map: (dict) Additional/updated ME to add to class map
+//:param support_classes: (dict) State machines and tasks for this ONU
+
+//:return: (OnuDeviceEntry) The ONU device
+//
+func (oo *OpenOMCIAgent) Add_device(ctx context.Context, device_id string,
+	dh *DeviceHandler) (*OnuDeviceEntry, error) {
+	log.Info("openOmciAgent-adding-deviceEntry")
+
+	deviceEntry := oo.GetDevice(device_id)
+	if deviceEntry == nil {
+		/* costum_me_map in python code seems always to be None,
+		   we omit that here first (declaration unclear) -> todo at Adapter specialization ...*/
+		/* also no 'clock' argument - usage open ...*/
+		/* and no alarm_db yet (oo.alarm_db)  */
+		deviceEntry = NewOnuDeviceEntry(ctx, device_id, dh, oo.coreProxy, oo.adapterProxy,
+			oo.mibDbClass, nil)
+		oo.deviceEntries[device_id] = deviceEntry
+		log.Infow("openOmciAgent-OnuDeviceEntry-added", log.Fields{"for deviceId": device_id})
+	} else {
+		log.Infow("openOmciAgent-OnuDeviceEntry-add: Device already exists", log.Fields{"for deviceId": device_id})
+	}
+	// might be updated with some error handling !!!
+	return deviceEntry, nil
+}
+
+// Get ONU device entry for a specific Id
+func (oo *OpenOMCIAgent) GetDevice(device_id string) *OnuDeviceEntry {
+	if _, exist := oo.deviceEntries[device_id]; !exist {
+		return nil
+	} else {
+		return oo.deviceEntries[device_id]
+	}
+}
diff --git a/adaptercoreont/omci_cc.go b/adaptercoreont/omci_cc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17e7e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptercoreont/omci_cc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,609 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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 adaptercoreont provides the utility for onu devices, flows and statistics
+package adaptercoreont
+
+import (
+	"container/list"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
+
+	//"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/gopacket"
+	// TODO!!! Some references could be resolved auto, but some need specific context ....
+	gp "github.com/google/gopacket"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/omci-lib-go"
+	me "github.com/opencord/omci-lib-go/generated"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/adapters/adapterif"
+
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/inter_container"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/openflow_13"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/voltha"
+)
+
+const ConstDefaultOmciTimeout = 10 // ( 3 ?) Seconds
+
+//CallbackPair to be used for ReceiveCallback init
+type CallbackPair struct {
+	cbKey      uint16
+	cbFunction func(*omci.OMCI, *gp.Packet) error
+}
+
+type omciTransferStructure struct {
+	txFrame  []byte
+	timeout  int
+	retry    int
+	highPrio bool
+}
+
+//OmciCC structure holds information needed for OMCI communication (to/from OLT Adapter)
+type OmciCC struct {
+	enabled            bool
+	pOnuDeviceEntry    *OnuDeviceEntry
+	deviceID           string
+	pBaseDeviceHandler *DeviceHandler
+	coreProxy          adapterif.CoreProxy
+	adapterProxy       adapterif.AdapterProxy
+	supportExtMsg      bool
+	//txRequest
+	//rxResponse
+	//pendingRequest
+	txFrames, txOnuFrames                uint32
+	rxFrames, rxOnuFrames, rxOnuDiscards uint32
+
+	// OMCI params
+	mutexTid       sync.Mutex
+	tid            uint16
+	mutexHpTid     sync.Mutex
+	hpTid          uint16
+	uploadSequNo   uint16
+	uploadNoOfCmds uint16
+
+	mutexTxQueue    sync.Mutex
+	txQueue         *list.List
+	mutexRxSchedMap sync.Mutex
+	rxSchedulerMap  map[uint16]func(*omci.OMCI, *gp.Packet) error
+}
+
+//NewOmciCC constructor returns a new instance of a OmciCC
+//mib_db (as well as not inluded alarm_db not really used in this code? VERIFY!!)
+func NewOmciCC(ctx context.Context, onu_device_entry *OnuDeviceEntry,
+	device_id string, device_handler *DeviceHandler,
+	core_proxy adapterif.CoreProxy, adapter_proxy adapterif.AdapterProxy) *OmciCC {
+	log.Infow("init-omciCC", log.Fields{"deviceId": device_id})
+	var omciCC OmciCC
+	omciCC.enabled = false
+	omciCC.pOnuDeviceEntry = onu_device_entry
+	omciCC.deviceID = device_id
+	omciCC.pBaseDeviceHandler = device_handler
+	omciCC.coreProxy = core_proxy
+	omciCC.adapterProxy = adapter_proxy
+	omciCC.supportExtMsg = false
+	omciCC.txFrames = 0
+	omciCC.txOnuFrames = 0
+	omciCC.rxFrames = 0
+	omciCC.rxOnuFrames = 0
+	omciCC.rxOnuDiscards = 0
+	omciCC.tid = 0x1
+	omciCC.hpTid = 0x8000
+	omciCC.uploadSequNo = 0
+	omciCC.uploadNoOfCmds = 0
+
+	omciCC.txQueue = list.New()
+	omciCC.rxSchedulerMap = make(map[uint16]func(*omci.OMCI, *gp.Packet) error)
+
+	return &omciCC
+}
+
+// Rx handler for omci messages
+func (oo *OmciCC) ReceiveOnuMessage(ctx context.Context, omciMsg *omci.OMCI) error {
+	log.Debugw("rx-onu-autonomous-message", log.Fields{"omciMsgType": omciMsg.MessageType,
+		"payload": hex.EncodeToString(omciMsg.Payload)})
+	/*
+			msgType = rxFrame.fields["message_type"] //assumed OmciOperationsValue
+			rxOnuFrames++
+
+			switch msgType {
+			case AlarmNotification:
+				{
+					log.Info("Unhandled: received-onu-alarm-message")
+					// python code was:
+					//if msg_type == EntityOperations.AlarmNotification.value:
+					//	topic = OMCI_CC.event_bus_topic(self._device_id, RxEvent.Alarm_Notification)
+					//	self.reactor.callLater(0,  self.event_bus.publish, topic, msg)
+					//
+					return errors.New("RxAlarmNotification unimplemented")
+				}
+			case AttributeValueChange:
+				{
+					log.Info("Unhandled: received-attribute-value-change")
+					// python code was:
+					//elif msg_type == EntityOperations.AttributeValueChange.value:
+					//	topic = OMCI_CC.event_bus_topic(self._device_id, RxEvent.AVC_Notification)
+					//	self.reactor.callLater(0,  self.event_bus.publish, topic, msg)
+					//
+					return errors.New("RxAttributeValueChange unimplemented")
+				}
+			case TestResult:
+				{
+					log.Info("Unhandled: received-test-result")
+					// python code was:
+					//elif msg_type == EntityOperations.TestResult.value:
+					//	topic = OMCI_CC.event_bus_topic(self._device_id, RxEvent.Test_Result)
+					//	self.reactor.callLater(0,  self.event_bus.publish, topic, msg)
+					//
+					return errors.New("RxTestResult unimplemented")
+				}
+			default:
+				{
+					log.Errorw("rx-onu-unsupported-autonomous-message", log.Fields{"msgType": msgType})
+					rxOnuDiscards++
+					return errors.New("RxOnuMsgType unimplemented")
+				}
+		    }
+	*/
+	return errors.New("ReceiveOnuMessage unimplemented")
+}
+
+// Rx handler for onu messages
+//    e.g. would call ReceiveOnuMessage() in case of TID=0 or Action=test ...
+func (oo *OmciCC) ReceiveMessage(ctx context.Context, rxMsg []byte) error {
+	//log.Debugw("cc-receive-omci-message", log.Fields{"RxOmciMessage-x2s": hex.EncodeToString(rxMsg)})
+	if len(rxMsg) >= 44 { // then it should normally include the BaseFormat trailer Len
+		// NOTE: autocorrection only valid for OmciBaseFormat, which is not specifically verified here!!!
+		//  (am extendedFormat message could be destroyed this way!)
+		trailerLenData := rxMsg[42:44]
+		trailerLen := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(trailerLenData)
+		log.Infow("omci-received-trailer-len", log.Fields{"Length": trailerLen})
+		if trailerLen != 40 { // invalid base Format entry -> autocorrect
+			binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(rxMsg[42:44], 40)
+			log.Debug("cc-corrected-omci-message: trailer len inserted")
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Errorw("received omci-message to small for OmciBaseFormat - abort", log.Fields{"Length": len(rxMsg)})
+		return errors.New("RxOmciMessage to small for BaseFormat")
+	}
+
+	packet := gopacket.NewPacket(rxMsg, omci.LayerTypeOMCI, gopacket.NoCopy)
+	if packet == nil {
+		log.Error("omci-message could not be decoded")
+		return errors.New("could not decode rxMsg as OMCI")
+	}
+	omciLayer := packet.Layer(omci.LayerTypeOMCI)
+	if omciLayer == nil {
+		log.Error("omci-message could not decode omci layer")
+		return errors.New("could not decode omci layer")
+	}
+	omciMsg, ok := omciLayer.(*omci.OMCI)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Error("omci-message could not assign omci layer")
+		return errors.New("could not assign omci layer")
+	}
+	log.Debugw("omci-message-decoded:", log.Fields{"omciMsgType": omciMsg.MessageType,
+		"transCorrId": omciMsg.TransactionID, "DeviceIdent": omciMsg.DeviceIdentifier})
+	if byte(omciMsg.MessageType) & ^me.AK == 0 {
+		// Not a response
+		log.Debug("RxMsg is no Omci Response Message")
+		if omciMsg.TransactionID == 0 {
+			return oo.ReceiveOnuMessage(ctx, omciMsg)
+		} else {
+			log.Errorw("Unexpected TransCorrId != 0  not accepted for autonomous messages",
+				log.Fields{"msgType": omciMsg.MessageType, "payload": hex.EncodeToString(omciMsg.Payload)})
+			return errors.New("Autonomous Omci Message with TranSCorrId != 0 not acccepted")
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Debug("RxMsg is a Omci Response Message: try to schedule it to the requester")
+		oo.mutexRxSchedMap.Lock()
+		rxCallback, ok := oo.rxSchedulerMap[omciMsg.TransactionID]
+		if ok && rxCallback != nil {
+			//disadvantage of decoupling: error verification made difficult, but anyway the question is
+			// how to react on erroneous frame reception, maybe can simply be ignored
+			go rxCallback(omciMsg, &packet)
+			// having posted the response the request is regarded as 'done'
+			delete(oo.rxSchedulerMap, omciMsg.TransactionID)
+			oo.mutexRxSchedMap.Unlock()
+		} else {
+			oo.mutexRxSchedMap.Unlock()
+			log.Error("omci-message-response for not registered transCorrId")
+			return errors.New("could not find registered response handler tor transCorrId")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+	/* py code was:
+	           Receive and OMCI message from the proxy channel to the OLT.
+
+	           Call this from your ONU Adapter on a new OMCI Rx on the proxy channel
+	           :param msg: (str) OMCI binary message (used as input to Scapy packet decoder)
+	           """
+	           if not self.enabled:
+	               return
+
+	           try:
+	               now = arrow.utcnow()
+	               d = None
+
+	               # NOTE: Since we may need to do an independent ME map on a per-ONU basis
+	               #       save the current value of the entity_id_to_class_map, then
+	               #       replace it with our custom one before decode, and then finally
+	               #       restore it later. Tried other ways but really made the code messy.
+	               saved_me_map = omci_entities.entity_id_to_class_map
+	               omci_entities.entity_id_to_class_map = self._me_map
+
+	               try:
+	                   rx_frame = msg if isinstance(msg, OmciFrame) else OmciFrame(msg)
+	                   self.log.debug('recv-omci-msg', omci_msg=hexlify(msg))
+	               except KeyError as e:
+	                   # Unknown, Unsupported, or vendor-specific ME. Key is the unknown classID
+	                   self.log.debug('frame-decode-key-error', omci_msg=hexlify(msg), e=e)
+	                   rx_frame = self._decode_unknown_me(msg)
+	                   self._rx_unknown_me += 1
+
+	               except Exception as e:
+	                   self.log.exception('frame-decode', omci_msg=hexlify(msg), e=e)
+	                   return
+
+	               finally:
+	                   omci_entities.entity_id_to_class_map = saved_me_map     # Always restore it.
+
+	               rx_tid = rx_frame.fields['transaction_id']
+	               msg_type = rx_frame.fields['message_type']
+	               self.log.debug('Received message for rx_tid', rx_tid = rx_tid, msg_type = msg_type)
+	               # Filter the Test Result frame and route through receive onu
+	               # message method.
+	               if rx_tid == 0 or msg_type == EntityOperations.TestResult.value:
+	                   self.log.debug('Receive ONU message', rx_tid=0)
+	                   return self._receive_onu_message(rx_frame)
+
+	               # Previously unreachable if this is the very first round-trip Rx or we
+	               # have been running consecutive errors
+	               if self._rx_frames == 0 or self._consecutive_errors != 0:
+	                   self.log.debug('Consecutive errors for rx', err = self._consecutive_errors)
+	                   self.reactor.callLater(0, self._publish_connectivity_event, True)
+
+	               self._rx_frames += 1
+	               self._consecutive_errors = 0
+
+	               try:
+	                   high_priority = self._tid_is_high_priority(rx_tid)
+	                   index = self._get_priority_index(high_priority)
+
+	                   # (timestamp, defer, frame, timeout, retry, delayedCall)
+	                   last_tx_tuple = self._tx_request[index]
+
+	                   if last_tx_tuple is None or \
+	                           last_tx_tuple[OMCI_CC.REQUEST_FRAME].fields.get('transaction_id') != rx_tid:
+	                       # Possible late Rx on a message that timed-out
+	                       if last_tx_tuple:
+	                           self.log.debug('Unknown message', rx_tid=rx_tid,
+	                                          tx_id=last_tx_tuple[OMCI_CC.REQUEST_FRAME].fields.get('transaction_id'))
+	                       self._rx_unknown_tid += 1
+	                       self._rx_late += 1
+	                       return
+
+	                   ts, d, tx_frame, timeout, retry, dc = last_tx_tuple
+	                   if dc is not None and not dc.cancelled and not dc.called:
+	                       dc.cancel()
+
+	                   _secs = self._update_rx_tx_stats(now, ts)
+
+	                   # Late arrival already serviced by a timeout?
+	                   if d.called:
+	                       self._rx_late += 1
+	                       self.log.debug('Serviced by timeout. Late arrival', rx_late = self._rx_late)
+	                       return
+
+	               except Exception as e:
+	                   self.log.exception('frame-match', msg=hexlify(msg), e=e)
+	                   if d is not None:
+	                       return d.errback(failure.Failure(e))
+	                   return
+
+	               # Publish Rx event to listeners in a different task
+	               self.log.debug('Publish rx event', rx_tid = rx_tid,
+	                              tx_tid = tx_frame.fields['transaction_id'])
+	               reactor.callLater(0, self._publish_rx_frame, tx_frame, rx_frame)
+
+	               # begin success callback chain (will cancel timeout and queue next Tx message)
+	               self._rx_response[index] = rx_frame
+	               d.callback(rx_frame)
+
+	           except Exception as e:
+	   			self.log.exception('rx-msg', e=e)
+	*/
+}
+
+func (oo *OmciCC) PublishRxResponseFrame(ctx context.Context, txFrame []byte, rxFrame []byte) error {
+	return errors.New("PublishRxResponseFrame unimplemented")
+	/*
+		def _publish_rx_frame(self, tx_frame, rx_frame):
+	*/
+}
+
+//Queue the OMCI Frame for a transmit to the ONU via the proxy_channel
+func (oo *OmciCC) Send(ctx context.Context, txFrame []byte, timeout int, retry int, highPrio bool,
+	receiveCallbackPair CallbackPair) error {
+
+	log.Debugw("register-response-callback:", log.Fields{"for TansCorrId": receiveCallbackPair.cbKey})
+	// it could be checked, if the callback keay is already registered - but simply overwrite may be acceptable ...
+	oo.mutexRxSchedMap.Lock()
+	oo.rxSchedulerMap[receiveCallbackPair.cbKey] = receiveCallbackPair.cbFunction
+	oo.mutexRxSchedMap.Unlock()
+
+	//just use a simple list for starting - might need some more effort, especially for multi source write access
+	omciTxRequest := omciTransferStructure{
+		txFrame,
+		timeout,
+		retry,
+		highPrio,
+	}
+	oo.mutexTxQueue.Lock()
+	oo.txQueue.PushBack(omciTxRequest) // enqueue
+	oo.mutexTxQueue.Unlock()
+
+	// for first test just bypass and send directly:
+	go oo.sendNextRequest(ctx)
+	return nil
+}
+
+//Pull next tx request and send it
+func (oo *OmciCC) sendNextRequest(ctx context.Context) error {
+	//	return errors.New("sendNextRequest unimplemented")
+
+	// just try to get something transferred !!
+	// avoid accessing the txQueue from parallel send requests
+	// block parallel omci send requests at least until SendIAP is 'committed'
+	// that should be feasible for an onu instance as on OMCI anyway window size 1 is assumed
+	oo.mutexTxQueue.Lock()
+	for oo.txQueue.Len() > 0 {
+		queueElement := oo.txQueue.Front() // First element
+		omciTxRequest := queueElement.Value.(omciTransferStructure)
+		/* compare olt device handler code:
+		func (dh *DeviceHandler) omciIndication(omciInd *oop.OmciIndication) {
+			log.Debugw("omci indication", log.Fields{"intfID": omciInd.IntfId, "onuID": omciInd.OnuId})
+			var deviceType string
+			var deviceID string
+			var proxyDeviceID string
+
+			onuKey := dh.formOnuKey(omciInd.IntfId, omciInd.OnuId)
+
+			if onuInCache, ok := dh.onus.Load(onuKey); !ok {
+
+				log.Debugw("omci indication for a device not in cache.", log.Fields{"intfID": omciInd.IntfId, "onuID": omciInd.OnuId})
+				ponPort := IntfIDToPortNo(omciInd.GetIntfId(), voltha.Port_PON_OLT)
+				kwargs := make(map[string]interface{})
+				kwargs["onu_id"] = omciInd.OnuId
+				kwargs["parent_port_no"] = ponPort
+
+				onuDevice, err := dh.coreProxy.GetChildDevice(context.TODO(), dh.device.Id, kwargs)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Errorw("onu not found", log.Fields{"intfID": omciInd.IntfId, "onuID": omciInd.OnuId, "error": err})
+					return
+				}
+				deviceType = onuDevice.Type
+				deviceID = onuDevice.Id
+				proxyDeviceID = onuDevice.ProxyAddress.DeviceId
+				//if not exist in cache, then add to cache.
+				dh.onus.Store(onuKey, NewOnuDevice(deviceID, deviceType, onuDevice.SerialNumber, omciInd.OnuId, omciInd.IntfId, proxyDeviceID))
+			} else {
+				//found in cache
+				log.Debugw("omci indication for a device in cache.", log.Fields{"intfID": omciInd.IntfId, "onuID": omciInd.OnuId})
+				deviceType = onuInCache.(*OnuDevice).deviceType
+				deviceID = onuInCache.(*OnuDevice).deviceID
+				proxyDeviceID = onuInCache.(*OnuDevice).proxyDeviceID
+			}
+		*/
+		/* and compare onu_adapter py code:
+		omci_msg = InterAdapterOmciMessage(
+			message=bytes(frame),
+			proxy_address=self._proxy_address,
+			connect_status=self._device.connect_status)
+
+		self.log.debug('sent-omci-msg', tid=tx_tid, omci_msg=hexlify(bytes(frame)))
+
+		yield self._adapter_proxy.send_inter_adapter_message(
+			msg=omci_msg,
+			type=InterAdapterMessageType.OMCI_REQUEST,
+			from_adapter=self._device.type,
+			to_adapter=self._proxy_address.device_type,
+			to_device_id=self._device_id,
+			proxy_device_id=self._proxy_address.device_id
+		)
+		*/
+		device, err := oo.coreProxy.GetDevice(ctx,
+			oo.pBaseDeviceHandler.deviceID, oo.deviceID) //parent, child
+		if err != nil || device == nil {
+			/*TODO: needs to handle error scenarios */
+			log.Errorw("Failed to fetch device", log.Fields{"err": err, "ParentId": oo.pBaseDeviceHandler.deviceID,
+				"ChildId": oo.deviceID})
+			return errors.New("failed to fetch device")
+		}
+
+		log.Debugw("omci-message-sending", log.Fields{"fromDeviceType": oo.pBaseDeviceHandler.DeviceType,
+			"toDeviceType": oo.pBaseDeviceHandler.ProxyAddressType,
+			"onuDeviceID":  oo.deviceID, "proxyDeviceID": oo.pBaseDeviceHandler.ProxyAddressID})
+		log.Debugw("omci-message-to-send:",
+			log.Fields{"TxOmciMessage": hex.EncodeToString(omciTxRequest.txFrame)})
+
+		omciMsg := &ic.InterAdapterOmciMessage{Message: omciTxRequest.txFrame}
+		if sendErr := oo.adapterProxy.SendInterAdapterMessage(context.Background(), omciMsg,
+			ic.InterAdapterMessageType_OMCI_REQUEST,
+			//fromType,toType,toDevId, ProxyDevId
+			oo.pBaseDeviceHandler.DeviceType, oo.pBaseDeviceHandler.ProxyAddressType,
+			oo.deviceID, oo.pBaseDeviceHandler.ProxyAddressID, ""); sendErr != nil {
+			log.Errorw("send omci request error", log.Fields{"error": sendErr})
+			return sendErr
+		}
+		oo.txQueue.Remove(queueElement) // Dequeue
+	}
+	oo.mutexTxQueue.Unlock()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (oo *OmciCC) GetNextTid(highPriority bool) uint16 {
+	var next uint16
+	if highPriority {
+		oo.mutexTid.Lock()
+		next = oo.hpTid
+		oo.hpTid += 1
+		if oo.hpTid < 0x8000 {
+			oo.hpTid = 0x8000
+		}
+		oo.mutexTid.Unlock()
+	} else {
+		oo.mutexHpTid.Lock()
+		next = oo.tid
+		oo.tid += 1
+		if oo.tid >= 0x8000 {
+			oo.tid = 1
+		}
+		oo.mutexHpTid.Unlock()
+	}
+	return next
+}
+
+// ###################################################################################
+// # utility methods provided to work on OMCI messages
+func serialize(msgType omci.MessageType, request gopacket.SerializableLayer, tid uint16) ([]byte, error) {
+	omciLayer := &omci.OMCI{
+		TransactionID: tid,
+		MessageType:   msgType,
+	}
+	var options gopacket.SerializeOptions
+	options.FixLengths = true
+
+	buffer := gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer()
+	err := gopacket.SerializeLayers(buffer, options, omciLayer, request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+func hexEncode(omciPkt []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	dst := make([]byte, hex.EncodedLen(len(omciPkt)))
+	hex.Encode(dst, omciPkt)
+	return dst, nil
+}
+
+// ###################################################################################
+// # MIB Action shortcuts  - still dummies - TODO!!!!!
+
+//supply a response handler for the MibSync omci response messages
+func (oo *OmciCC) receiveMibSyncResponse(omciMsg *omci.OMCI, packet *gp.Packet) error {
+
+	log.Debugw("mib-sync-omci-message-response received:", log.Fields{"omciMsgType": omciMsg.MessageType,
+		"transCorrId": omciMsg.TransactionID, "deviceId": oo.deviceID})
+
+	if oo.pOnuDeviceEntry == nil {
+		log.Error("Abort Receive MibSync OMCI, DeviceEntryPointer is nil")
+		return errors.New("DeviceEntryPointer is nil")
+	}
+
+	// no further test on SeqNo is done here, assignment from rxScheduler is trusted
+	// MibSync responses are simply transferred via deviceEntry to MibSync, no specific analysis here
+	mibSyncMsg := Message{
+		Type: OMCI,
+		Data: OmciMessage{
+			OmciMsg:    omciMsg,
+			OmciPacket: packet,
+		},
+	}
+	//log.Debugw("Message to be sent into channel:", log.Fields{"mibSyncMsg": mibSyncMsg})
+	(*oo.pOnuDeviceEntry).MibSyncChan <- mibSyncMsg
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (oo *OmciCC) sendMibReset(ctx context.Context, timeout int, highPrio bool) error {
+
+	log.Debugw("send MibReset-msg to:", log.Fields{"deviceId": oo.deviceID})
+	request := &omci.MibResetRequest{
+		MeBasePacket: omci.MeBasePacket{
+			EntityClass: me.OnuDataClassID,
+		},
+	}
+	tid := oo.GetNextTid(highPrio)
+	pkt, err := serialize(omci.MibResetRequestType, request, tid)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("Cannot serialize MibResetRequest", log.Fields{"Err": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	omciRxCallbackPair := CallbackPair{tid, oo.receiveMibSyncResponse}
+	return oo.Send(ctx, pkt, timeout, 0, highPrio, omciRxCallbackPair)
+}
+
+func (oo *OmciCC) sendMibUpload(ctx context.Context, timeout int, highPrio bool) error {
+
+	log.Debugw("send MibUpload-msg to:", log.Fields{"deviceId": oo.deviceID})
+	request := &omci.MibUploadRequest{
+		MeBasePacket: omci.MeBasePacket{
+			EntityClass: me.OnuDataClassID,
+		},
+	}
+	tid := oo.GetNextTid(highPrio)
+	pkt, err := serialize(omci.MibUploadRequestType, request, tid)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("Cannot serialize MibUploadRequest", log.Fields{"Err": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	oo.uploadSequNo = 0
+	oo.uploadNoOfCmds = 0
+
+	omciRxCallbackPair := CallbackPair{tid, oo.receiveMibSyncResponse}
+	return oo.Send(ctx, pkt, timeout, 0, highPrio, omciRxCallbackPair)
+}
+
+func (oo *OmciCC) sendMibUploadNext(ctx context.Context, timeout int, highPrio bool) error {
+
+	log.Debugw("send MibUploadNext-msg to:", log.Fields{"deviceId": oo.deviceID, "uploadSequNo": oo.uploadSequNo})
+	request := &omci.MibUploadNextRequest{
+		MeBasePacket: omci.MeBasePacket{
+			EntityClass: me.OnuDataClassID,
+		},
+		CommandSequenceNumber: oo.uploadSequNo,
+	}
+	tid := oo.GetNextTid(highPrio)
+	pkt, err := serialize(omci.MibUploadNextRequestType, request, tid)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("Cannot serialize MibUploadNextRequest", log.Fields{"Err": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	oo.uploadSequNo++
+
+	omciRxCallbackPair := CallbackPair{tid, oo.receiveMibSyncResponse}
+	return oo.Send(ctx, pkt, timeout, 0, highPrio, omciRxCallbackPair)
+}
+
+/* py code example
+...
+def send_mib_upload(self, timeout=DEFAULT_OMCI_TIMEOUT, high_priority=False):
+	frame = OntDataFrame().mib_upload()
+	return self.send(frame, timeout=timeout, high_priority=high_priority)
+
+def send_mib_upload_next(self, seq_no, timeout=DEFAULT_OMCI_TIMEOUT, high_priority=False):
+	frame = OntDataFrame(sequence_number=seq_no).mib_upload_next()
+	return self.send(frame, timeout=timeout, high_priority=high_priority)
+...
+*/
diff --git a/adaptercoreont/omci_test_request.go b/adaptercoreont/omci_test_request.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4c6eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptercoreont/omci_test_request.go
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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 adaptercoreont provides the utility for onu devices, flows and statistics
+package adaptercoreont
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	//"sync"
+	//"time"
+
+	gp "github.com/google/gopacket"
+	"github.com/opencord/omci-lib-go"
+	me "github.com/opencord/omci-lib-go/generated"
+
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+	//ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/inter_container"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/openflow_13"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/voltha"
+)
+
+//OmciTestRequest structure holds the information for the OMCI test
+type OmciTestRequest struct {
+	deviceID     string
+	pDevOmciCC   *OmciCC
+	started      bool
+	result       bool
+	exclusive_cc bool
+	allowFailure bool
+	txSeqNo      uint16
+	verifyDone   chan<- bool
+}
+
+//NewOmciTestRequest returns a new instance of OmciTestRequest
+func NewOmciTestRequest(ctx context.Context,
+	device_id string, omci_cc *OmciCC,
+	exclusive bool, allow_failure bool) *OmciTestRequest {
+	log.Debug("omciTestRequest-init")
+	var omciTestRequest OmciTestRequest
+	omciTestRequest.deviceID = device_id
+	omciTestRequest.pDevOmciCC = omci_cc
+	omciTestRequest.started = false
+	omciTestRequest.result = false
+	omciTestRequest.exclusive_cc = exclusive
+	omciTestRequest.allowFailure = allow_failure
+
+	return &omciTestRequest
+}
+
+//
+func (oo *OmciTestRequest) PerformOmciTest(ctx context.Context, exec_Channel chan<- bool) {
+	log.Debug("omciTestRequest-start-test")
+
+	if oo.pDevOmciCC != nil {
+		oo.verifyDone = exec_Channel
+		// test functionality is limited to ONU-2G get request for the moment
+		// without yet checking the received response automatically here (might be improved ??)
+		tid := oo.pDevOmciCC.GetNextTid(false)
+		onu2gBaseGet, _ := oo.CreateOnu2gBaseGet(tid)
+		omciRxCallbackPair := CallbackPair{tid, oo.ReceiveOmciVerifyResponse}
+
+		log.Debugw("performOmciTest-start sending frame", log.Fields{"for deviceId": oo.deviceID})
+		// send with default timeout and normal prio
+		go oo.pDevOmciCC.Send(ctx, onu2gBaseGet, ConstDefaultOmciTimeout, 0, false, omciRxCallbackPair)
+
+	} else {
+		log.Errorw("performOmciTest: Device does not exist", log.Fields{"for deviceId": oo.deviceID})
+	}
+}
+
+// these are OMCI related functions, could/should be collected in a separate file? TODO!!!
+// for a simple start just included in here
+//basic approach copied from bbsim, cmp /devices/onu.go and /internal/common/omci/mibpackets.go
+func (oo *OmciTestRequest) CreateOnu2gBaseGet(tid uint16) ([]byte, error) {
+
+	request := &omci.GetRequest{
+		MeBasePacket: omci.MeBasePacket{
+			EntityClass:    me.Onu2GClassID,
+			EntityInstance: 0, //there is only the 0 instance of ONU2-G (still hard-coded - TODO!!!)
+		},
+		AttributeMask: 0xE000, //example hardcoded (TODO!!!) request EquId, OmccVersion, VendorCode
+	}
+
+	oo.txSeqNo = tid
+	pkt, err := serialize(omci.GetRequestType, request, tid)
+	if err != nil {
+		//omciLogger.WithFields(log.Fields{ ...
+		log.Errorw("Cannot serialize Onu2-G GetRequest", log.Fields{"Err": err})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// hexEncode would probably work as well, but not needed and leads to wrong logs on OltAdapter frame
+	//	return hexEncode(pkt)
+	return pkt, nil
+}
+
+//supply a response handler
+func (oo *OmciTestRequest) ReceiveOmciVerifyResponse(omciMsg *omci.OMCI, packet *gp.Packet) error {
+
+	log.Debugw("verify-omci-message-response received:", log.Fields{"omciMsgType": omciMsg.MessageType,
+		"transCorrId": omciMsg.TransactionID, "DeviceIdent": omciMsg.DeviceIdentifier})
+
+	if omciMsg.TransactionID == oo.txSeqNo {
+		log.Debugw("verify-omci-message-response", log.Fields{"correct TransCorrId": omciMsg.TransactionID})
+	} else {
+		log.Debugw("verify-omci-message-response error", log.Fields{"incorrect TransCorrId": omciMsg.TransactionID,
+			"expected": oo.txSeqNo})
+		oo.verifyDone <- false
+		return errors.New("Unexpected TransCorrId")
+	}
+	if omciMsg.MessageType == omci.GetResponseType {
+		log.Debugw("verify-omci-message-response", log.Fields{"correct RespType": omciMsg.MessageType})
+	} else {
+		log.Debugw("verify-omci-message-response error", log.Fields{"incorrect RespType": omciMsg.MessageType,
+			"expected": omci.GetResponseType})
+		oo.verifyDone <- false
+		return errors.New("Unexpected MessageType")
+	}
+
+	//TODO!!! further tests on the payload should be done here ...
+
+	oo.result = true
+	oo.verifyDone <- true
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/adaptercoreont/ont_device_entry.go b/adaptercoreont/ont_device_entry.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27b71e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptercoreont/ont_device_entry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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 adaptercoreont provides the utility for onu devices, flows and statistics
+package adaptercoreont
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	//"errors"
+	//"sync"
+	//"time"
+
+	"github.com/looplab/fsm"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/adapters/adapterif"
+
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+	//ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/inter_container"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/openflow_13"
+	//"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/voltha"
+)
+
+type OnuDeviceEvent int
+
+const (
+	// Events of interest to Device Adapters and OpenOMCI State Machines
+	DeviceStatusInit     OnuDeviceEvent = 0 // OnuDeviceEntry default start state
+	MibDatabaseSync      OnuDeviceEvent = 1 // MIB database sync (upload done)
+	OmciCapabilitiesDone OnuDeviceEvent = 2 // OMCI ME and message type capabilities known
+	PortLinkUp           OnuDeviceEvent = 3 // Port link state change
+	PortLinkDw           OnuDeviceEvent = 4 // Port link state change
+	// Add other events here as needed (alarms separate???)
+)
+
+type activityDescr struct {
+	databaseClass   func() error
+	advertiseEvents bool
+	auditDelay      int
+	//tasks           map[string]func() error
+}
+type OmciDeviceFsms map[string]activityDescr
+
+//OntDeviceEntry structure holds information about the attached FSM'as and their communication
+type OnuDeviceEntry struct {
+	deviceID          string
+	baseDeviceHandler *DeviceHandler
+	coreProxy         adapterif.CoreProxy
+	adapterProxy      adapterif.AdapterProxy
+	started           bool
+	PDevOmciCC        *OmciCC
+	//lockDeviceEntries           sync.RWMutex
+	mibDbClass    func() error
+	supportedFsms OmciDeviceFsms
+	MibSyncFsm    *fsm.FSM
+	MibSyncChan   chan Message
+	devState      OnuDeviceEvent
+}
+
+//OnuDeviceEntry returns a new instance of a OnuDeviceEntry
+//mib_db (as well as not inluded alarm_db not really used in this code? VERIFY!!)
+func NewOnuDeviceEntry(ctx context.Context,
+	device_id string, device_Handler *DeviceHandler,
+	core_proxy adapterif.CoreProxy, adapter_proxy adapterif.AdapterProxy,
+	mib_db func() error, supported_Fsms_Ptr *OmciDeviceFsms) *OnuDeviceEntry {
+	log.Infow("init-onuDeviceEntry", log.Fields{"deviceId": device_id})
+	var onuDeviceEntry OnuDeviceEntry
+	onuDeviceEntry.started = false
+	onuDeviceEntry.deviceID = device_id
+	onuDeviceEntry.baseDeviceHandler = device_Handler
+	onuDeviceEntry.coreProxy = core_proxy
+	onuDeviceEntry.adapterProxy = adapter_proxy
+	onuDeviceEntry.devState = DeviceStatusInit
+	//openomciagent.lockDeviceHandlersMap = sync.RWMutex{}
+	//OMCI related databases are on a per-agent basis. State machines and tasks
+	//are per ONU Vendor
+	//
+	// MIB Synchronization Database - possible overloading from arguments
+	if supported_Fsms_Ptr != nil {
+		onuDeviceEntry.supportedFsms = *supported_Fsms_Ptr
+	} else {
+		//var mibSyncFsm = NewMibSynchronizer()
+		onuDeviceEntry.supportedFsms = OmciDeviceFsms{
+			"mib-synchronizer": {
+				//mibSyncFsm,        // Implements the MIB synchronization state machine
+				onuDeviceEntry.MibDbVolatileDict, // Implements volatile ME MIB database
+				true,                             // Advertise events on OpenOMCI event bus
+				60,                               // Time to wait between MIB audits.  0 to disable audits.
+				// map[string]func() error{
+				// 	"mib-upload":    onuDeviceEntry.MibUploadTask,
+				// 	"mib-template":  onuDeviceEntry.MibTemplateTask,
+				// 	"get-mds":       onuDeviceEntry.GetMdsTask,
+				// 	"mib-audit":     onuDeviceEntry.GetMdsTask,
+				// 	"mib-resync":    onuDeviceEntry.MibResyncTask,
+				// 	"mib-reconcile": onuDeviceEntry.MibReconcileTask,
+				// },
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	onuDeviceEntry.mibDbClass = onuDeviceEntry.supportedFsms["mib-synchronizer"].databaseClass
+	log.Debug("access2mibDbClass")
+	go onuDeviceEntry.mibDbClass()
+
+	// Omci related Mib sync state machine
+	onuDeviceEntry.MibSyncFsm = fsm.NewFSM(
+		"disabled",
+		fsm.Events{
+
+			{Name: "start", Src: []string{"disabled"}, Dst: "starting"},
+
+			{Name: "load_mib_template", Src: []string{"starting"}, Dst: "loading_mib_template"},
+			{Name: "upload_mib", Src: []string{"loading_mib_template"}, Dst: "uploading"},
+			{Name: "examine_mds", Src: []string{"starting"}, Dst: "examining_mds"},
+
+			{Name: "success", Src: []string{"loading_mib_template"}, Dst: "in_sync"},
+			{Name: "success", Src: []string{"uploading"}, Dst: "in_sync"},
+
+			{Name: "success", Src: []string{"examining_mds"}, Dst: "in_sync"},
+			{Name: "mismatch", Src: []string{"examining_mds"}, Dst: "resynchronizing"},
+
+			{Name: "audit_mib", Src: []string{"in_sync"}, Dst: "auditing"},
+
+			{Name: "success", Src: []string{"out_of_sync"}, Dst: "in_sync"},
+			{Name: "audit_mib", Src: []string{"out_of_sync"}, Dst: "auditing"},
+
+			{Name: "success", Src: []string{"auditing"}, Dst: "in_sync"},
+			{Name: "mismatch", Src: []string{"auditing"}, Dst: "resynchronizing"},
+			{Name: "force_resync", Src: []string{"auditing"}, Dst: "resynchronizing"},
+
+			{Name: "success", Src: []string{"resynchronizing"}, Dst: "in_sync"},
+			{Name: "diffs_found", Src: []string{"resynchronizing"}, Dst: "out_of_sync"},
+
+			{Name: "timeout", Src: []string{"loading_mib_template", "uploading", "resynchronizing", "examining_mds", "in_sync", "out_of_sync", "auditing"}, Dst: "starting"},
+
+			{Name: "stop", Src: []string{"starting", "loading_mib_template", "uploading", "resynchronizing", "examining_mds", "in_sync", "out_of_sync", "auditing"}, Dst: "disabled"},
+		},
+
+		fsm.Callbacks{
+			"enter_state":                func(e *fsm.Event) { onuDeviceEntry.logStateChange(e) },
+			"enter_starting":             func(e *fsm.Event) { onuDeviceEntry.enterStartingState(e) },
+			"enter_loading_mib_template": func(e *fsm.Event) { onuDeviceEntry.enterLoadingMibTemplateState(e) },
+			"enter_uploading":            func(e *fsm.Event) { onuDeviceEntry.enterUploadingState(e) },
+			"enter_examining_mds":        func(e *fsm.Event) { onuDeviceEntry.enterExaminingMdsState(e) },
+			"enter_resynchronizing":      func(e *fsm.Event) { onuDeviceEntry.enterResynchronizingState(e) },
+			"enter_auditing":             func(e *fsm.Event) { onuDeviceEntry.enterAuditingState(e) },
+			"enter_out_of_sync":          func(e *fsm.Event) { onuDeviceEntry.enterOutOfSyncState(e) },
+			"enter_in_sync":              func(e *fsm.Event) { onuDeviceEntry.enterInSyncState(e) },
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Alarm Synchronization Database
+	//self._alarm_db = None
+	//self._alarm_database_cls = support_classes['alarm-synchronizer']['database']
+	return &onuDeviceEntry
+}
+
+//Start starts (logs) the omci agent
+func (oo *OnuDeviceEntry) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Info("starting-OnuDeviceEntry")
+
+	oo.PDevOmciCC = NewOmciCC(ctx, oo, oo.deviceID, oo.baseDeviceHandler,
+		oo.coreProxy, oo.adapterProxy)
+
+	//TODO .....
+	//mib_db.start()
+	oo.started = true
+	log.Info("OnuDeviceEntry-started, but not yet mib_db!!!")
+	return nil
+}
+
+//Stop terminates the session
+func (oo *OnuDeviceEntry) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Info("stopping-OnuDeviceEntry")
+	oo.started = false
+	//oo.exitChannel <- 1
+	log.Info("OnuDeviceEntry-stopped")
+	return nil
+}
+
+//Relay the InSync message via Handler to Rw core - Status update
+func (oo *OnuDeviceEntry) transferSystemEvent(dev_Event OnuDeviceEvent) error {
+	log.Debugw("relaying system-event", log.Fields{"Event": dev_Event})
+	// decouple the handler transfer from further processing here
+	// TODO!!! check if really no synch is required within the system e.g. to ensure following steps ..
+	if dev_Event == MibDatabaseSync {
+		if oo.devState < MibDatabaseSync { //devState has not been synced yet
+			oo.devState = MibDatabaseSync
+			go oo.baseDeviceHandler.DeviceStateUpdate(dev_Event)
+			//TODO!!! device control: next step: start MIB capability verification from here ?!!!
+		} else {
+			log.Debugw("mib-in-sync-event in some already synced state - ignored", log.Fields{"state": oo.devState})
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Warnw("device-event not yet handled", log.Fields{"state": dev_Event})
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/adaptercoreont/ont_device_state_transition.go b/adaptercoreont/ont_device_state_transition.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e11f918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptercoreont/ont_device_state_transition.go
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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 adaptercoreont provides the utility for onu devices, flows and statistics
+package adaptercoreont
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+)
+
+// DeviceState ONU Device state
+type DeviceState int
+
+//ONU device state machine may have to be adapted to specific ONU Adapter device needd ... !!!!!
+
+const (
+	// deviceStateNull OLT is not instantiated
+	deviceStateNull DeviceState = iota
+	// deviceStateInit OLT is instantiated
+	deviceStateInit
+	// deviceStateConnected Grpc session established with OLT
+	deviceStateConnected
+	// deviceStateUp Admin state of OLT is UP
+	deviceStateUp
+	// deviceStateDown Admin state of OLT is down
+	deviceStateDown
+)
+
+// Trigger for changing the state
+type Trigger int
+
+const (
+	// DeviceInit Go to Device init state
+	DeviceInit Trigger = iota
+	// GrpcConnected Go to connected state
+	GrpcConnected
+	// DeviceUpInd Go to Device up state
+	DeviceUpInd
+	// DeviceDownInd Go to Device down state
+	DeviceDownInd
+	// GrpcDisconnected Go to Device init state
+	GrpcDisconnected
+)
+
+// TransitionHandler function type for handling transition
+type TransitionHandler func(ctx context.Context) error
+
+// Transition to store state machine
+type Transition struct {
+	previousState []DeviceState
+	currentState  DeviceState
+	before        []TransitionHandler
+	after         []TransitionHandler
+}
+
+// TransitionMap to store all the states and current device state
+type TransitionMap struct {
+	transitions        map[Trigger]Transition
+	currentDeviceState DeviceState
+}
+
+//    OpenOnuDevice state machine:
+//
+//        null ----> init ------> connected -----> up -----> down
+//                   ^ ^             |             ^         | |
+//                   | |             |             |         | |
+//                   | +-------------+             +---------+ |
+//                   |                                         |
+//                   +-----------------------------------------+
+
+// NewTransitionMap create a new state machine with all the transitions
+func NewTransitionMap(dh *DeviceHandler) *TransitionMap {
+	var transitionMap TransitionMap
+	transitionMap.currentDeviceState = deviceStateNull
+	transitionMap.transitions = make(map[Trigger]Transition)
+	// In doInit create the Pon port, then set the device communication
+	transitionMap.transitions[DeviceInit] =
+		Transition{
+			previousState: []DeviceState{deviceStateNull, deviceStateDown},
+			currentState:  deviceStateInit,
+			before:        []TransitionHandler{dh.doStateInit},
+			after:         []TransitionHandler{dh.postInit}}
+	// not yet relevant?
+	transitionMap.transitions[GrpcDisconnected] =
+		Transition{
+			previousState: []DeviceState{deviceStateConnected, deviceStateDown},
+			currentState:  deviceStateInit,
+			before:        []TransitionHandler{dh.doStateInit},
+			after:         []TransitionHandler{dh.postInit}}
+	// in doConnected, create logical device and read the indications
+	transitionMap.transitions[GrpcConnected] =
+		Transition{
+			previousState: []DeviceState{deviceStateInit},
+			currentState:  deviceStateConnected,
+			before:        []TransitionHandler{dh.doStateConnected}}
+
+	// Once the olt UP is indication received, then do state up
+	transitionMap.transitions[DeviceUpInd] =
+		Transition{
+			previousState: []DeviceState{deviceStateConnected, deviceStateDown},
+			currentState:  deviceStateUp,
+			before:        []TransitionHandler{dh.doStateUp}}
+	// If olt DOWN indication comes then do sate down
+	transitionMap.transitions[DeviceDownInd] =
+		Transition{
+			previousState: []DeviceState{deviceStateUp},
+			currentState:  deviceStateDown,
+			before:        []TransitionHandler{dh.doStateDown}}
+
+	return &transitionMap
+}
+
+// funcName gets the handler function name
+func funcName(f interface{}) string {
+	p := reflect.ValueOf(f).Pointer()
+	rf := runtime.FuncForPC(p)
+	return rf.Name()
+}
+
+// isValidTransition checks for the new state transition is valid from current state
+func (tMap *TransitionMap) isValidTransition(trigger Trigger) bool {
+	// Validate the state transition
+	for _, state := range tMap.transitions[trigger].previousState {
+		if tMap.currentDeviceState == state {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Handle moves the state machine to next state based on the trigger and invokes the before and
+// after handlers if the transition is a valid transition
+func (tMap *TransitionMap) Handle(ctx context.Context, trigger Trigger) {
+
+	// Check whether the transtion is valid from current state
+	if !tMap.isValidTransition(trigger) {
+		log.Errorw("Invalid transition triggered ", log.Fields{"CurrentState": tMap.currentDeviceState, "Trigger": trigger})
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Invoke the before handlers
+	beforeHandlers := tMap.transitions[trigger].before
+	if beforeHandlers == nil {
+		log.Debugw("No handlers for before", log.Fields{"trigger": trigger})
+	}
+	for _, handler := range beforeHandlers {
+		log.Debugw("running-before-handler", log.Fields{"handler": funcName(handler)})
+		if err := handler(ctx); err != nil {
+			// TODO handle error
+			log.Error(err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Update the state
+	tMap.currentDeviceState = tMap.transitions[trigger].currentState
+	log.Debugw("Updated device state ", log.Fields{"CurrentDeviceState": tMap.currentDeviceState})
+
+	// Invoke the after handlers
+	afterHandlers := tMap.transitions[trigger].after
+	if afterHandlers == nil {
+		log.Debugw("No handlers for after", log.Fields{"trigger": trigger})
+	}
+	for _, handler := range afterHandlers {
+		log.Debugw("running-after-handler", log.Fields{"handler": funcName(handler)})
+		if err := handler(ctx); err != nil {
+			// TODO handle error
+			log.Error(err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/adaptercoreont/openonu.go b/adaptercoreont/openonu.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8b7d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptercoreont/openonu.go
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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 adaptercoreont provides the utility for onu devices, flows and statistics
+package adaptercoreont
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/adapters/adapterif"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/inter_container"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/openflow_13"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v3/go/voltha"
+
+	"test.internal/openadapter/config"
+)
+
+//OpenONUAC structure holds the ONU core information
+type OpenONUAC struct {
+	deviceHandlers              map[string]*DeviceHandler
+	coreProxy                   adapterif.CoreProxy
+	adapterProxy                adapterif.AdapterProxy
+	eventProxy                  adapterif.EventProxy
+	kafkaICProxy                kafka.InterContainerProxy
+	config                      *config.AdapterFlags
+	numOnus                     int
+	KVStoreHost                 string
+	KVStorePort                 int
+	KVStoreType                 string
+	exitChannel                 chan int
+	HeartbeatCheckInterval      time.Duration
+	HeartbeatFailReportInterval time.Duration
+	//GrpcTimeoutInterval         time.Duration
+	lockDeviceHandlersMap sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+//NewOpenONUAC returns a new instance of OpenONU_AC
+func NewOpenONUAC(ctx context.Context, kafkaICProxy kafka.InterContainerProxy,
+	coreProxy adapterif.CoreProxy, adapterProxy adapterif.AdapterProxy,
+	eventProxy adapterif.EventProxy, cfg *config.AdapterFlags) *OpenONUAC {
+	var openOnuAc OpenONUAC
+	openOnuAc.exitChannel = make(chan int, 1)
+	openOnuAc.deviceHandlers = make(map[string]*DeviceHandler)
+	openOnuAc.kafkaICProxy = kafkaICProxy
+	openOnuAc.config = cfg
+	openOnuAc.numOnus = cfg.OnuNumber
+	openOnuAc.coreProxy = coreProxy
+	openOnuAc.adapterProxy = adapterProxy
+	openOnuAc.eventProxy = eventProxy
+	openOnuAc.KVStoreHost = cfg.KVStoreHost
+	openOnuAc.KVStorePort = cfg.KVStorePort
+	openOnuAc.KVStoreType = cfg.KVStoreType
+	openOnuAc.HeartbeatCheckInterval = cfg.HeartbeatCheckInterval
+	openOnuAc.HeartbeatFailReportInterval = cfg.HeartbeatFailReportInterval
+	//openOnuAc.GrpcTimeoutInterval = cfg.GrpcTimeoutInterval
+	openOnuAc.lockDeviceHandlersMap = sync.RWMutex{}
+	return &openOnuAc
+}
+
+//Start starts (logs) the adapter
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Info("starting-openonu-adapter")
+	log.Info("openonu-adapter-started")
+	return nil
+}
+
+//Stop terminates the session
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Info("stopping-device-manager")
+	oo.exitChannel <- 1
+	log.Info("device-manager-stopped")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) addDeviceHandlerToMap(ctx context.Context, agent *DeviceHandler) {
+	oo.lockDeviceHandlersMap.Lock()
+	defer oo.lockDeviceHandlersMap.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := oo.deviceHandlers[agent.deviceID]; !exist {
+		oo.deviceHandlers[agent.deviceID] = agent
+		oo.deviceHandlers[agent.deviceID].Start(ctx)
+	}
+}
+
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) deleteDeviceHandlerToMap(agent *DeviceHandler) {
+	oo.lockDeviceHandlersMap.Lock()
+	defer oo.lockDeviceHandlersMap.Unlock()
+	delete(oo.deviceHandlers, agent.deviceID)
+}
+
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) getDeviceHandler(deviceID string) *DeviceHandler {
+	oo.lockDeviceHandlersMap.Lock()
+	defer oo.lockDeviceHandlersMap.Unlock()
+	if agent, ok := oo.deviceHandlers[deviceID]; ok {
+		return agent
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Adapter interface required methods ############## begin #########
+// #################################################################
+
+// for original content compare: (needs according deviceHandler methods)
+// /voltha-openolt-adapter/adaptercore/openolt.go
+
+// Adopt_device creates a new device handler if not present already and then adopts the device
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Adopt_device(device *voltha.Device) error {
+	if device == nil {
+		log.Warn("voltha-device-is-nil")
+		return errors.New("nil-device")
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	log.Infow("adopt-device", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id})
+	var handler *DeviceHandler
+	if handler = oo.getDeviceHandler(device.Id); handler == nil {
+		handler := NewDeviceHandler(oo.coreProxy, oo.adapterProxy, oo.eventProxy, device, oo)
+		oo.addDeviceHandlerToMap(ctx, handler)
+		go handler.AdoptDevice(ctx, device)
+		// Launch the creation of the device topic
+		// go oo.createDeviceTopic(device)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+//Get_ofp_device_info returns OFP information for the given device
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Get_ofp_device_info(device *voltha.Device) (*ic.SwitchCapability, error) {
+	log.Errorw("device-handler-not-set", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id})
+	return nil, errors.New("device-handler-not-set")
+}
+
+//Get_ofp_port_info returns OFP port information for the given device
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Get_ofp_port_info(device *voltha.Device, portNo int64) (*ic.PortCapability, error) {
+	log.Errorw("device-handler-not-set", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id})
+	return nil, errors.New("device-handler-not-set")
+}
+
+//Process_inter_adapter_message sends messages to a target device (between adapters)
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Process_inter_adapter_message(msg *ic.InterAdapterMessage) error {
+	log.Debugw("Process_inter_adapter_message", log.Fields{"msgId": msg.Header.Id,
+		"msgProxyDeviceId": msg.Header.ProxyDeviceId, "msgToDeviceId": msg.Header.ToDeviceId})
+
+	targetDevice := msg.Header.ToDeviceId
+	//ToDeviceId should address an DeviceHandler instance
+	if handler := oo.getDeviceHandler(targetDevice); handler != nil {
+		return handler.ProcessInterAdapterMessage(msg)
+	}
+	log.Warn("no handler found for received Inter-Proxy-message 'ToDeviceId'")
+	return fmt.Errorf(fmt.Sprintf("handler-not-found-%s", targetDevice))
+}
+
+//Adapter_descriptor not implemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Adapter_descriptor() error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Device_types unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Device_types() (*voltha.DeviceTypes, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Health  returns unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Health() (*voltha.HealthStatus, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Reconcile_device unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Reconcile_device(device *voltha.Device) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Abandon_device unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Abandon_device(device *voltha.Device) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Disable_device disables the given device
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Disable_device(device *voltha.Device) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Reenable_device enables the olt device after disable
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Reenable_device(device *voltha.Device) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Reboot_device reboots the given device
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Reboot_device(device *voltha.Device) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Self_test_device unimplented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Self_test_device(device *voltha.Device) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Delete_device unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Delete_device(device *voltha.Device) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Get_device_details unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Get_device_details(device *voltha.Device) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Update_flows_bulk returns
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Update_flows_bulk(device *voltha.Device, flows *voltha.Flows, groups *voltha.FlowGroups, flowMetadata *voltha.FlowMetadata) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Update_flows_incrementally updates (add/remove) the flows on a given device
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Update_flows_incrementally(device *voltha.Device, flows *openflow_13.FlowChanges, groups *openflow_13.FlowGroupChanges, flowMetadata *voltha.FlowMetadata) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Update_pm_config returns PmConfigs nil or error
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Update_pm_config(device *voltha.Device, pmConfigs *voltha.PmConfigs) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Receive_packet_out sends packet out to the device
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Receive_packet_out(deviceID string, egressPortNo int, packet *openflow_13.OfpPacketOut) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Suppress_event unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Suppress_event(filter *voltha.EventFilter) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Unsuppress_event  unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Unsuppress_event(filter *voltha.EventFilter) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Download_image unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Download_image(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Get_image_download_status unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Get_image_download_status(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Cancel_image_download unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Cancel_image_download(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Activate_image_update unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Activate_image_update(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+//Revert_image_update unimplemented
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Revert_image_update(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+// Enable_port to Enable PON/NNI interface
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Enable_port(deviceID string, port *voltha.Port) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+// Disable_port to Disable pon/nni interface
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) Disable_port(deviceID string, port *voltha.Port) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+// enableDisablePort to Disable pon or Enable PON interface
+func (oo *OpenONUAC) enableDisablePort(deviceID string, port *voltha.Port, enablePort bool) error {
+	return errors.New("unImplemented")
+}
+
+// Adapter interface required methods ################ end #########
+// #################################################################