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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+from netmodel.model.type   import String
+from vicn.core.resource    import Resource
+from vicn.core.attribute   import Attribute
+
+class Channel(Resource):
+    """
+    Resource: Channel
+    """
+
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Public API
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def get_remote_name(self, name):
+        if len(self._interfaces) != 2:
+            return None
+        return next(x for x in self._interfaces if x.get_name() != name)
+
+    def get_sortable_name(self):
+        """
+        This method is used to sort channel during IP assignment. This is
+        necessary to get the same IP configuration on the same experiment.
+        """
+        ret = "{:03}".format(len(self.interfaces))
+        ret = ret + ''.join(sorted(map(lambda x : x.node.name, self.interfaces)))
+        return ret