diff --git a/src/service/service/service_handlers/l3slice_ietfslice/ConfigRules.py b/src/service/service/service_handlers/l3slice_ietfslice/ConfigRules.py
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+# Copyright 2022-2024 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# 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 typing import Dict, List, Tuple
+
+from common.proto.context_pb2 import Link
+from common.tools.object_factory.ConfigRule import (
+    json_config_rule_delete,
+    json_config_rule_set,
+)
+from context.client.ContextClient import ContextClient
+
+
+def setup_config_rules(service_uuid: str, json_settings: Dict) -> List[Dict]:
+    operation_type: str = json_settings["operation_type"]
+    src_node_id: str = json_settings["src_node_id"]
+    src_mgmt_ip_address: str = json_settings["src_mgmt_ip_address"]
+    src_ac_node_id: str = json_settings["src_ac_node_id"]
+    src_ac_ep_id: str = json_settings["src_ac_ep_id"]
+    src_vlan: str = json_settings["src_vlan"]
+    src_source_ip_prefix: str = json_settings["src_source_ip_prefix"]
+    src_source_tcp_port: str = json_settings["src_source_tcp_port"]
+    src_destination_ip_prefix: str = json_settings["src_destination_ip_prefix"]
+    src_destination_tcp_port: str = json_settings["src_destination_tcp_port"]
+    dst_node_id: str = json_settings["dst_node_id"]
+    dst_mgmt_ip_address: str = json_settings["dst_mgmt_ip_address"]
+    dst_ac_node_id: str = json_settings["dst_ac_node_id"]
+    dst_ac_ep_id: str = json_settings["dst_ac_ep_id"]
+    dst_vlan: str = json_settings["dst_vlan"]
+    dst_source_ip_prefix: str = json_settings["dst_source_ip_prefix"]
+    dst_source_tcp_port: str = json_settings["dst_source_tcp_port"]
+    dst_destination_ip_prefix: str = json_settings["dst_destination_ip_prefix"]
+    dst_destination_tcp_port: str = json_settings["dst_destination_tcp_port"]
+    slice_id: str = json_settings["slice_id"]
+    delay: str = json_settings["delay"]
+    bandwidth: str = json_settings["bandwidth"]
+    packet_loss: str = json_settings["packet_loss"]
+
+    sdps = [
+        {
+            "id": "1",
+            "node-id": src_node_id,
+            "sdp-ip-address": [src_mgmt_ip_address],
+            "service-match-criteria": {
+                "match-criterion": [
+                    {
+                        "index": 1,
+                        "match-type": [
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:vlan",
+                                "value": [src_vlan],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:source-ip-prefix",
+                                "value": [src_source_ip_prefix],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:source-tcp-port",
+                                "value": [src_source_tcp_port],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:destination-ip-prefix",
+                                "value": [src_destination_ip_prefix],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:destination-tcp-port",
+                                "value": [src_destination_tcp_port],
+                            },
+                        ],
+                        "target-connection-group-id": "line1",
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "attachment-circuits": {
+                "attachment-circuit": [
+                    {
+                        "id": "0",
+                        "description": "dsc",
+                        "ac-node-id": src_ac_node_id,
+                        "ac-tp-id": src_ac_ep_id,
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "2",
+            "node-id": dst_node_id,
+            "sdp-ip-address": [dst_mgmt_ip_address],
+            "service-match-criteria": {
+                "match-criterion": [
+                    {
+                        "index": 1,
+                        "match-type": [
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:vlan",
+                                "value": [dst_vlan],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:source-ip-prefix",
+                                "value": [dst_source_ip_prefix],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:source-tcp-port",
+                                "value": [dst_source_tcp_port],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:destination-ip-prefix",
+                                "value": [dst_destination_ip_prefix],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "ietf-network-slice-service:destination-tcp-port",
+                                "value": [dst_destination_tcp_port],
+                            },
+                        ],
+                        "target-connection-group-id": "line1",
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "attachment-circuits": {
+                "attachment-circuit": [
+                    {
+                        "id": "0",
+                        "description": "dsc",
+                        "ac-node-id": dst_ac_node_id,
+                        "ac-tp-id": dst_ac_ep_id,
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+        },
+    ]
+
+    connection_groups = [
+        {
+            "id": "line1",
+            "connectivity-type": "point-to-point",
+            "connectivity-construct": [
+                {
+                    "id": 1,
+                    "p2p-sender-sdp": "1",
+                    "p2p-receiver-sdp": "2",
+                    "service-slo-sle-policy": {
+                        "slo-policy": {
+                            "metric-bound": [
+                                {
+                                    "metric-type": "ietf-network-slice-service:one-way-delay-maximum",
+                                    "metric-unit": "milliseconds",
+                                    "bound": delay,
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    "metric-type": "ietf-network-slice-service:one-way-bandwidth",
+                                    "metric-unit": "Mbps",
+                                    "bound": bandwidth,
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    "metric-type": "ietf-network-slice-service:two-way-packet-loss",
+                                    "metric-unit": "percentage",
+                                    "percentile-value": packet_loss,
+                                },
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    },
+                },
+                {
+                    "id": 2,
+                    "p2p-sender-sdp": "2",
+                    "p2p-receiver-sdp": "1",
+                    "service-slo-sle-policy": {
+                        "slo-policy": {
+                            "metric-bound": [
+                                {
+                                    "metric-type": "ietf-network-slice-service:one-way-delay-maximum",
+                                    "metric-unit": "milliseconds",
+                                    "bound": delay,
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    "metric-type": "ietf-network-slice-service:one-way-bandwidth",
+                                    "metric-unit": "Mbps",
+                                    "bound": bandwidth,
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    "metric-type": "ietf-network-slice-service:two-way-packet-loss",
+                                    "metric-unit": "percentage",
+                                    "percentile-value": packet_loss,
+                                },
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    },
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+    ]
+    slice_service = {
+        "id": slice_id,
+        "description": "dsc",
+        "sdps": {"sdp": sdps},
+        "connection-groups": {"connection-group": connection_groups},
+    }
+    slice_data_model = {"network-slice-services": {"slice-service": [slice_service]}}
+    json_config_rules = [
+        json_config_rule_set(
+            "/service[{:s}]/IETFSlice".format(service_uuid),
+            slice_data_model,
+        ),
+        json_config_rule_set(
+            "/service[{:s}]/IETFSlice/operation".format(service_uuid),
+            {"type": operation_type},
+        ),
+    ]
+    return json_config_rules
+
+
+def teardown_config_rules(service_uuid: str, json_settings: Dict) -> List[Dict]:
+    json_config_rules = [
+        json_config_rule_delete(
+            "/service[{:s}]/IETFSlice".format(service_uuid),
+            {},
+        ),
+        json_config_rule_delete(
+            "/service[{:s}]/IETFSlice/operation".format(service_uuid),
+            {},
+        ),
+    ]
+    return json_config_rules
+
+
+def get_link_ep_device_names(
+    link: Link, context_client: ContextClient
+) -> Tuple[str, str, str, str]:
+    ep_ids = link.link_endpoint_ids
+    ep_device_id_1 = ep_ids[0].device_id
+    ep_uuid_1 = ep_ids[0].endpoint_uuid.uuid
+    device_obj_1 = context_client.GetDevice(ep_device_id_1)
+    for d_ep in device_obj_1.device_endpoints:
+        if d_ep.endpoint_id.endpoint_uuid.uuid == ep_uuid_1:
+            ep_name_1 = d_ep.name
+            break
+    else:
+        raise Exception("endpoint not found")
+    device_obj_name_1 = device_obj_1.name
+    ep_device_id_2 = ep_ids[1].device_id
+    ep_uuid_2 = ep_ids[1].endpoint_uuid.uuid
+    device_obj_2 = context_client.GetDevice(ep_device_id_2)
+    for d_ep in device_obj_2.device_endpoints:
+        if d_ep.endpoint_id.endpoint_uuid.uuid == ep_uuid_2:
+            ep_name_2 = d_ep.name
+            break
+    else:
+        raise Exception("endpoint not found")
+    device_obj_name_2 = device_obj_2.name
+    return (
+        device_obj_name_1,
+        ep_name_1,
+        device_obj_1,
+        device_obj_name_2,
+        ep_name_2,
+        device_obj_2,
+    )
diff --git a/src/service/service/service_handlers/l3slice_ietfslice/L3SliceIETFSliceServiceHandler.py b/src/service/service/service_handlers/l3slice_ietfslice/L3SliceIETFSliceServiceHandler.py
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+++ b/src/service/service/service_handlers/l3slice_ietfslice/L3SliceIETFSliceServiceHandler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,780 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2024 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# 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.
+
+import json
+import logging
+import re
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TypedDict, Union
+
+from deepdiff import DeepDiff
+
+from common.method_wrappers.Decorator import MetricsPool, metered_subclass_method
+from common.proto.context_pb2 import ConfigRule, DeviceId, Empty, Service, ServiceConfig
+from common.tools.object_factory.Device import json_device_id
+from common.type_checkers.Checkers import chk_type
+from context.client.ContextClient import ContextClient
+from service.service.service_handler_api._ServiceHandler import _ServiceHandler
+from service.service.service_handler_api.SettingsHandler import SettingsHandler
+from service.service.service_handler_api.Tools import (
+    get_device_endpoint_uuids,
+)
+from service.service.task_scheduler.TaskExecutor import TaskExecutor
+
+from .ConfigRules import (
+    get_link_ep_device_names,
+    setup_config_rules,
+    teardown_config_rules,
+)
+
+
+class Ipv4Info(TypedDict):
+    src_ip: str
+    dst_ip: str
+    src_port: str
+    dst_port: str
+    vlan: str
+
+
+class DeviceEpInfo(TypedDict):
+    ipv4_info: Ipv4Info
+    node_name: str
+    endpoint_name: str
+
+
+RUNNING_RESOURCE_KEY = "running_ietf_slice"
+CANDIDATE_RESOURCE_KEY = "candidate_ietf_slice"
+
+SDP_DIFF_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^root\[\'network-slice-services\'\]\[\'slice-service\'\]\[0\]\[\'sdps\'\]\[\'sdp\'\]\[(\d)\]$"
+)
+CONNECTION_GROUP_DIFF_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^root\[\'network-slice-services\'\]\[\'slice-service\'\]\[0\]\[\'connection-groups\'\]\[\'connection-group\'\]\[(\d)\]$"
+)
+MATCH_CRITERION_DIFF_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^root\[\'network-slice-services\'\]\[\'slice-service\'\]\[0\]\[\'sdps\'\]\[\'sdp\'\]\[(\d)\]\[\'service-match-criteria\'\]\[\'match-criterion\'\]\[(\d)\]$"
+)
+
+RE_GET_ENDPOINT_FROM_INTERFACE = re.compile(r"^\/interface\[([^\]]+)\].*")
+
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+METRICS_POOL = MetricsPool(
+    "Service", "Handler", labels={"handler": "l3slice_ietfslice"}
+)
+
+
+RAISE_IF_DIFFERS = True
+
+
+def extract_source_destination_device_endpoint_info(
+    device_ep_pairs: list, connection_group: Dict
+) -> Tuple[DeviceEpInfo, DeviceEpInfo]:
+    connectivity_construct = connection_group["connectivity-construct"][0]
+    sender_sdp = connectivity_construct["p2p-sender-sdp"]
+    if sender_sdp == device_ep_pairs[0][4]:
+        ...
+    elif sender_sdp == device_ep_pairs[1][4]:
+        device_ep_pairs = device_ep_pairs[::-1]
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Sender SDP not found in device_ep_pairs")
+    source_device_ep_info = DeviceEpInfo(
+        ipv4_info=device_ep_pairs[0][5],
+        node_name=device_ep_pairs[0][2],
+        endpoint_name=device_ep_pairs[0][3],
+    )
+    destination_device_ep_info = DeviceEpInfo(
+        ipv4_info=device_ep_pairs[1][5],
+        node_name=device_ep_pairs[1][2],
+        endpoint_name=device_ep_pairs[1][3],
+    )
+    return source_device_ep_info, destination_device_ep_info
+
+
+def extract_match_criterion_ipv4_info(
+    match_criterion: Dict,
+) -> Ipv4Info:
+    for type_value in match_criterion["match-type"]:
+        if type_value["type"] == "ietf-network-slice-service:source-ip-prefix":
+            src_ip = type_value["value"][0].split("/")[0]
+        elif type_value["type"] == "ietf-network-slice-service:destination-ip-prefix":
+            dst_ip = type_value["value"][0].split("/")[0]
+        elif type_value["type"] == "ietf-network-slice-service:source-tcp-port":
+            src_port = type_value["value"][0]
+        elif type_value["type"] == "ietf-network-slice-service:destination-tcp-port":
+            dst_port = type_value["value"][0]
+        elif type_value["type"] == "ietf-network-slice-service:vlan":
+            vlan = type_value["value"][0]
+    return Ipv4Info(
+        src_ip=src_ip,
+        dst_ip=dst_ip,
+        src_port=src_port,
+        dst_port=dst_port,
+        vlan=vlan,
+    )
+
+
+def get_custom_config_rule(
+    service_config: ServiceConfig, resource_key: str
+) -> Optional[ConfigRule]:
+    for cr in service_config.config_rules:
+        if (
+            cr.WhichOneof("config_rule") == "custom"
+            and cr.custom.resource_key == resource_key
+        ):
+            return cr
+
+
+def get_running_candidate_ietf_slice_data_diff(service_config: ServiceConfig) -> Dict:
+    running_ietf_slice_cr = get_custom_config_rule(service_config, RUNNING_RESOURCE_KEY)
+    running_resource_value_dict = json.loads(
+        running_ietf_slice_cr.custom.resource_value
+    )
+    candidate_ietf_slice_cr = get_custom_config_rule(
+        service_config, CANDIDATE_RESOURCE_KEY
+    )
+    candidate_resource_value_dict = json.loads(
+        candidate_ietf_slice_cr.custom.resource_value
+    )
+    return DeepDiff(
+        running_resource_value_dict,
+        candidate_resource_value_dict,
+    )
+
+
+class L3NMSliceIETFSliceServiceHandler(_ServiceHandler):
+    def __init__(  # pylint: disable=super-init-not-called
+        self, service: Service, task_executor: TaskExecutor, **settings
+    ) -> None:
+        self.__service = service
+        self.__task_executor = task_executor
+        self.__settings_handler = SettingsHandler(service.service_config, **settings)
+
+    @metered_subclass_method(METRICS_POOL)
+    def SetEndpoint(
+        self,
+        endpoints: List[Tuple[str, str, Optional[str]]],
+        connection_uuid: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> List[Union[bool, Exception]]:
+        chk_type("endpoints", endpoints, list)
+        if len(endpoints) == 0:
+            return []
+
+        results = []
+        try:
+            service_config = self.__service.service_config
+            src_device_uuid, src_endpoint_uuid = get_device_endpoint_uuids(endpoints[0])
+            src_device_obj = self.__task_executor.get_device(
+                DeviceId(**json_device_id(src_device_uuid))
+            )
+            src_device_name = src_device_obj.name
+            src_controller = self.__task_executor.get_device_controller(src_device_obj)
+            dst_device_uuid, dst_endpoint_uuid = get_device_endpoint_uuids(
+                endpoints[-1]
+            )
+            dst_device_obj = self.__task_executor.get_device(
+                DeviceId(**json_device_id(dst_device_uuid))
+            )
+            dst_device_name = dst_device_obj.name
+            dst_controller = self.__task_executor.get_device_controller(dst_device_obj)
+            if (
+                src_controller.device_id.device_uuid.uuid
+                != dst_controller.device_id.device_uuid.uuid
+            ):
+                raise Exception("Different Src-Dst devices not supported by now")
+            controller = src_controller
+            context_client = ContextClient()
+            edge_device_names = [src_device_name, dst_device_name]
+            link_list = context_client.ListLinks(Empty())
+            links = link_list.links
+            max_delay = 1e9
+            packet_loss = 1.0
+            bandwidth = 0.0
+            device_ep_pairs = []
+            sdp_ids = []
+            running_candidate_diff = get_running_candidate_ietf_slice_data_diff(
+                service_config
+            )
+            candidate_ietf_slice_cr = get_custom_config_rule(
+                service_config, CANDIDATE_RESOURCE_KEY
+            )
+            candidate_resource_value_dict = json.loads(
+                candidate_ietf_slice_cr.custom.resource_value
+            )
+            running_ietf_slice_cr = get_custom_config_rule(
+                service_config, RUNNING_RESOURCE_KEY
+            )
+            running_resource_value_dict = json.loads(
+                running_ietf_slice_cr.custom.resource_value
+            )
+            slice_name = running_resource_value_dict["network-slice-services"]['slice-service'][0]['id']
+            if not running_candidate_diff:  # Slice Creation
+                slice_services = candidate_resource_value_dict[
+                    "network-slice-services"
+                ]["slice-service"]
+                slice_service = slice_services[0]
+                sdps = slice_service["sdps"]["sdp"]
+                operation_type = "create"
+                sdp_ids = [sdp["node-id"] for sdp in sdps]
+                for sdp in sdps:
+                    node_id = sdp["node-id"]
+                    for link in links:
+                        (
+                            device_obj_name_1,
+                            ep_name_1,
+                            device_obj_1,
+                            device_obj_name_2,
+                            ep_name_2,
+                            device_obj_2,
+                        ) = get_link_ep_device_names(link, context_client)
+                        if (
+                            device_obj_name_1 == node_id
+                            and device_obj_name_2 in edge_device_names
+                        ):
+                            del edge_device_names[
+                                edge_device_names.index(device_obj_name_2)
+                            ]
+                            match_criteria = sdp["service-match-criteria"][
+                                "match-criterion"
+                            ]
+                            if len(match_criteria) != 1:
+                                raise Exception(
+                                    "Only one match criteria allowed for initial slice creation"
+                                )
+                            match_criterion = match_criteria[0]
+                            ipv4_info = extract_match_criterion_ipv4_info(
+                                match_criterion
+                            )
+                            device_ep_pairs.append(
+                                (
+                                    node_id,
+                                    ep_name_1,
+                                    device_obj_name_2,
+                                    ep_name_2,
+                                    sdp["id"],
+                                    ipv4_info,
+                                )
+                            )
+                            target_connection_group_id = match_criterion[
+                                "target-connection-group-id"
+                            ]
+                            del sdp_ids[sdp_ids.index(node_id)]
+                            break
+                for link in links:
+                    (
+                        device_obj_name_1,
+                        ep_name_1,
+                        device_obj_1,
+                        device_obj_name_2,
+                        ep_name_2,
+                        device_obj_2,
+                    ) = get_link_ep_device_names(link, context_client)
+                    if (
+                        device_obj_name_1 == edge_device_names[0]
+                        and device_obj_2.controller_id != device_obj_1.controller_id
+                    ):
+                        for sdp in sdps:
+                            if sdp["node-id"] != sdp_ids[0]:
+                                continue
+                            match_criteria = sdp["service-match-criteria"][
+                                "match-criterion"
+                            ]
+                            if len(match_criteria) != 1:
+                                raise Exception(
+                                    "Only one match criteria allowed for initial slice creation"
+                                )
+                            match_criterion = match_criteria[0]
+                            ipv4_info = extract_match_criterion_ipv4_info(
+                                match_criterion
+                            )
+                            device_ep_pairs.append(
+                                (
+                                    device_obj_name_2,
+                                    ep_name_2,
+                                    device_obj_name_1,
+                                    ep_name_1,
+                                    sdp["id"],
+                                    ipv4_info,
+                                )
+                            )
+                        break
+                else:
+                    raise Exception("sdp between the domains not found")
+            elif "iterable_item_added" in running_candidate_diff:  # new SDP added
+                slice_services = candidate_resource_value_dict[
+                    "network-slice-services"
+                ]["slice-service"]
+                slice_service = slice_services[0]
+                sdps = slice_service["sdps"]["sdp"]
+                operation_type = "update"
+                added_items = {
+                    "sdp": {"sdp_idx": None, "value": {}},
+                    "connection_group": {"connection_group_idx": None, "value": {}},
+                    "match_criterion": {
+                        "sdp_idx": None,
+                        "match_criterion_idx": None,
+                        "value": {},
+                    },
+                }
+                for added_key, added_value in running_candidate_diff[
+                    "iterable_item_added"
+                ].items():
+                    sdp_match = SDP_DIFF_RE.match(added_key)
+                    connection_group_match = CONNECTION_GROUP_DIFF_RE.match(added_key)
+                    match_criterion_match = MATCH_CRITERION_DIFF_RE.match(added_key)
+                    if sdp_match:
+                        added_items["sdp"] = {
+                            "sdp_idx": int(sdp_match.groups()[0]),
+                            "value": added_value,
+                        }
+                    elif connection_group_match:
+                        added_items["connection_group"] = {
+                            "connection_group_idx": int(
+                                connection_group_match.groups()[0]
+                            ),
+                            "value": added_value,
+                        }
+                    elif match_criterion_match:
+                        added_items["match_criterion"] = {
+                            "sdp_idx": int(match_criterion_match.groups()[0]),
+                            "match_criterion_idx": int(
+                                match_criterion_match.groups()[1]
+                            ),
+                            "value": added_value,
+                        }
+                new_sdp = sdps[added_items["sdp"]["sdp_idx"]]
+                src_sdp_name = new_sdp["node-id"]
+                dst_sdp_idx = sdps[added_items["match_criterion"]["sdp_idx"]]["id"]
+                dst_sdp_name = sdps[added_items["match_criterion"]["sdp_idx"]][
+                    "node-id"
+                ]
+                for link in links:
+                    (
+                        device_obj_name_1,
+                        ep_name_1,
+                        device_obj_1,
+                        device_obj_name_2,
+                        ep_name_2,
+                        device_obj_2,
+                    ) = get_link_ep_device_names(link, context_client)
+                    if (
+                        device_obj_name_1 == src_sdp_name
+                        and device_obj_2.controller_id != device_obj_1.controller_id
+                    ):
+                        for sdp in sdps:
+                            if sdp["node-id"] != src_sdp_name:
+                                continue
+                            match_criteria = sdp["service-match-criteria"][
+                                "match-criterion"
+                            ]
+                            if len(match_criteria) != 1:
+                                raise Exception(
+                                    "Only one match criteria allowed for initial slice creation"
+                                )
+                            match_criterion = match_criteria[0]
+                            ipv4_info = extract_match_criterion_ipv4_info(
+                                match_criterion
+                            )
+                            device_ep_pairs.append(
+                                (
+                                    device_obj_name_2,
+                                    ep_name_2,
+                                    device_obj_name_1,
+                                    ep_name_1,
+                                    sdp["id"],
+                                    ipv4_info,
+                                )
+                            )
+                            target_connection_group_id = match_criterion[
+                                "target-connection-group-id"
+                            ]
+                        break
+                else:
+                    raise Exception("sdp between the domains not found")
+                for link in links:
+                    (
+                        device_obj_name_1,
+                        ep_name_1,
+                        device_obj_1,
+                        device_obj_name_2,
+                        ep_name_2,
+                        device_obj_2,
+                    ) = get_link_ep_device_names(link, context_client)
+                    if (
+                        device_obj_name_1 == dst_sdp_name
+                        and device_obj_2.controller_id != device_obj_1.controller_id
+                    ):
+                        for sdp in sdps:
+                            if sdp["node-id"] != dst_sdp_name:
+                                continue
+                            match_criteria = sdp["service-match-criteria"][
+                                "match-criterion"
+                            ]
+                            vlan_id = set()
+                            for match in match_criteria:
+                                for type_value in match["match-type"]:
+                                    if (
+                                        type_value["type"]
+                                        == "ietf-network-slice-service:vlan"
+                                    ):
+                                        vlan_id.add(type_value["value"][0])
+                            if len(vlan_id) != 1:
+                                raise Exception(
+                                    "one vlan id found in SDP match criteria"
+                                )
+                            match_criterion = match_criteria[
+                                added_items["match_criterion"]["match_criterion_idx"]
+                            ]
+                            ipv4_info = extract_match_criterion_ipv4_info(
+                                match_criterion
+                            )
+                            device_ep_pairs.append(
+                                (
+                                    device_obj_name_2,
+                                    ep_name_2,
+                                    device_obj_name_1,
+                                    ep_name_1,
+                                    sdp["id"],
+                                    ipv4_info,
+                                )
+                            )
+                        break
+                else:
+                    raise Exception("sdp between the domains not found")
+            elif "iterable_item_removed" in running_candidate_diff:  # an SDP removed
+                slice_services = running_resource_value_dict["network-slice-services"][
+                    "slice-service"
+                ]
+                slice_service = slice_services[0]
+                sdps = slice_service["sdps"]["sdp"]
+                operation_type = "update"
+                removed_items = {
+                    "sdp": {"sdp_idx": None, "value": {}},
+                    "connection_group": {"connection_group_idx": None, "value": {}},
+                    "match_criterion": {
+                        "sdp_idx": None,
+                        "match_criterion_idx": None,
+                        "value": {},
+                    },
+                }
+                for added_key, added_value in running_candidate_diff[
+                    "iterable_item_removed"
+                ].items():
+                    sdp_match = SDP_DIFF_RE.match(added_key)
+                    connection_group_match = CONNECTION_GROUP_DIFF_RE.match(added_key)
+                    match_criterion_match = MATCH_CRITERION_DIFF_RE.match(added_key)
+                    if sdp_match:
+                        removed_items["sdp"] = {
+                            "sdp_idx": int(sdp_match.groups()[0]),
+                            "value": added_value,
+                        }
+                    elif connection_group_match:
+                        removed_items["connection_group"] = {
+                            "connection_group_idx": int(
+                                connection_group_match.groups()[0]
+                            ),
+                            "value": added_value,
+                        }
+                    elif match_criterion_match:
+                        removed_items["match_criterion"] = {
+                            "sdp_idx": int(match_criterion_match.groups()[0]),
+                            "match_criterion_idx": int(
+                                match_criterion_match.groups()[1]
+                            ),
+                            "value": added_value,
+                        }
+                new_sdp = sdps[removed_items["sdp"]["sdp_idx"]]
+                src_sdp_name = new_sdp["node-id"]
+                dst_sdp_idx = sdps[removed_items["match_criterion"]["sdp_idx"]]["id"]
+                dst_sdp_name = sdps[removed_items["match_criterion"]["sdp_idx"]][
+                    "node-id"
+                ]
+                for link in links:
+                    (
+                        device_obj_name_1,
+                        ep_name_1,
+                        device_obj_1,
+                        device_obj_name_2,
+                        ep_name_2,
+                        device_obj_2,
+                    ) = get_link_ep_device_names(link, context_client)
+                    if (
+                        device_obj_name_1 == src_sdp_name
+                        and device_obj_2.controller_id != device_obj_1.controller_id
+                    ):
+                        for sdp in sdps:
+                            if sdp["node-id"] != src_sdp_name:
+                                continue
+                            match_criteria = sdp["service-match-criteria"][
+                                "match-criterion"
+                            ]
+                            if len(match_criteria) != 1:
+                                raise Exception(
+                                    "Only one match criteria allowed for new SDP addition"
+                                )
+                            match_criterion = match_criteria[0]
+                            ipv4_info = extract_match_criterion_ipv4_info(
+                                match_criterion
+                            )
+                            device_ep_pairs.append(
+                                (
+                                    device_obj_name_2,
+                                    ep_name_2,
+                                    device_obj_name_1,
+                                    ep_name_1,
+                                    sdp["id"],
+                                    ipv4_info,
+                                )
+                            )
+                            target_connection_group_id = match_criterion[
+                                "target-connection-group-id"
+                            ]
+                        break
+                else:
+                    raise Exception("sdp between the domains not found")
+                for link in links:
+                    (
+                        device_obj_name_1,
+                        ep_name_1,
+                        device_obj_1,
+                        device_obj_name_2,
+                        ep_name_2,
+                        device_obj_2,
+                    ) = get_link_ep_device_names(link, context_client)
+                    if (
+                        device_obj_name_1 == dst_sdp_name
+                        and device_obj_2.controller_id != device_obj_1.controller_id
+                    ):
+                        for sdp in sdps:
+                            if sdp["node-id"] != dst_sdp_name:
+                                continue
+                            match_criteria = sdp["service-match-criteria"][
+                                "match-criterion"
+                            ]
+                            vlan_id = set()
+                            for match in match_criteria:
+                                for type_value in match["match-type"]:
+                                    if (
+                                        type_value["type"]
+                                        == "ietf-network-slice-service:vlan"
+                                    ):
+                                        vlan_id.add(type_value["value"][0])
+                            if len(vlan_id) != 1:
+                                raise Exception(
+                                    "one vlan id found in SDP match criteria"
+                                )
+                            match_criterion = match_criteria[
+                                removed_items["match_criterion"]["match_criterion_idx"]
+                            ]
+                            ipv4_info = extract_match_criterion_ipv4_info(
+                                match_criterion
+                            )
+                            device_ep_pairs.append(
+                                (
+                                    device_obj_name_2,
+                                    ep_name_2,
+                                    device_obj_name_1,
+                                    ep_name_1,
+                                    sdp["id"],
+                                    ipv4_info,
+                                )
+                            )
+                        break
+                else:
+                    raise Exception("sdp between the domains not found")
+            connection_groups = slice_service["connection-groups"]["connection-group"]
+            for cg in connection_groups:
+                for cc in cg["connectivity-construct"]:
+                    for metric_bound in cc["service-slo-sle-policy"]["slo-policy"][
+                        "metric-bound"
+                    ]:
+                        if (
+                            metric_bound["metric-type"]
+                            == "ietf-network-slice-service:one-way-delay-maximum"
+                            and metric_bound["metric-unit"] == "milliseconds"
+                        ):
+                            metric_value = int(metric_bound["bound"])
+                            if metric_value < max_delay:
+                                max_delay = metric_value
+                        elif (
+                            metric_bound["metric-type"]
+                            == "ietf-network-slice-service:two-way-packet-loss"
+                            and metric_bound["metric-unit"] == "percentage"
+                        ):
+                            metric_value = float(metric_bound["percentile-value"])
+                            if metric_value < packet_loss:
+                                packet_loss = metric_value
+                        elif (
+                            metric_bound["metric-type"]
+                            == "ietf-network-slice-service:one-way-bandwidth"
+                            and metric_bound["metric-unit"] == "Mbps"
+                        ):
+                            metric_value = float(metric_bound["bound"])
+                            bandwidth += metric_value
+            if (
+                len(
+                    candidate_resource_value_dict["network-slice-services"][
+                        "slice-service"
+                    ][0]["connection-groups"]["connection-group"]
+                )
+                == 0
+            ):
+                operation_type = "delete"
+            target_connection_group = next(
+                cg for cg in connection_groups if cg["id"] == target_connection_group_id
+            )
+            source_device_ep_info, destination_device_ep_info = (
+                extract_source_destination_device_endpoint_info(
+                    device_ep_pairs, target_connection_group
+                )
+            )
+            resource_value_dict = {
+                "uuid": slice_name,
+                "operation_type": operation_type,
+                "src_node_id": source_device_ep_info["node_name"],
+                "src_mgmt_ip_address": source_device_ep_info["node_name"],
+                "src_ac_node_id": source_device_ep_info["node_name"],
+                "src_ac_ep_id": source_device_ep_info["endpoint_name"],
+                "src_vlan": source_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"]["vlan"],
+                "src_source_ip_prefix": source_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"]["src_ip"],
+                "src_source_tcp_port": source_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"]["src_port"],
+                "src_destination_ip_prefix": source_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"][
+                    "dst_ip"
+                ],
+                "src_destination_tcp_port": source_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"][
+                    "dst_port"
+                ],
+                "dst_node_id": destination_device_ep_info["node_name"],
+                "dst_mgmt_ip_address": destination_device_ep_info["node_name"],
+                "dst_ac_node_id": destination_device_ep_info["node_name"],
+                "dst_ac_ep_id": destination_device_ep_info["endpoint_name"],
+                "dst_vlan": destination_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"]["vlan"],
+                "dst_source_ip_prefix": destination_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"][
+                    "src_ip"
+                ],
+                "dst_source_tcp_port": destination_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"][
+                    "src_port"
+                ],
+                "dst_destination_ip_prefix": destination_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"][
+                    "dst_ip"
+                ],
+                "dst_destination_tcp_port": destination_device_ep_info["ipv4_info"][
+                    "dst_port"
+                ],
+                "slice_id": slice_name,
+                "delay": max_delay,
+                "bandwidth": bandwidth,
+                "packet_loss": packet_loss,
+            }
+
+            json_config_rules = setup_config_rules(slice_name, resource_value_dict)
+            del controller.device_config.config_rules[:]
+            for jcr in json_config_rules:
+                controller.device_config.config_rules.append(ConfigRule(**jcr))
+            self.__task_executor.configure_device(controller)
+        except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            raise e
+            results.append(e)
+        return results
+
+    @metered_subclass_method(METRICS_POOL)
+    def DeleteEndpoint(
+        self,
+        endpoints: List[Tuple[str, str, Optional[str]]],
+        connection_uuid: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> List[Union[bool, Exception]]:
+        chk_type("endpoints", endpoints, list)
+        if len(endpoints) == 0:
+            return []
+        service_uuid = self.__service.service_id.service_uuid.uuid
+        results = []
+        try:
+            src_device_uuid, src_endpoint_uuid = get_device_endpoint_uuids(endpoints[0])
+            src_device_obj = self.__task_executor.get_device(
+                DeviceId(**json_device_id(src_device_uuid))
+            )
+            controller = self.__task_executor.get_device_controller(src_device_obj)
+            json_config_rules = teardown_config_rules(service_uuid, {})
+            if len(json_config_rules) > 0:
+                del controller.device_config.config_rules[:]
+                for json_config_rule in json_config_rules:
+                    controller.device_config.config_rules.append(
+                        ConfigRule(**json_config_rule)
+                    )
+                self.__task_executor.configure_device(controller)
+            results.append(True)
+        except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            results.append(e)
+        return results
+
+    @metered_subclass_method(METRICS_POOL)
+    def SetConstraint(
+        self, constraints: List[Tuple[str, Any]]
+    ) -> List[Union[bool, Exception]]:
+        chk_type("constraints", constraints, list)
+        if len(constraints) == 0:
+            return []
+
+        msg = "[SetConstraint] Method not implemented. Constraints({:s}) are being ignored."
+        LOGGER.warning(msg.format(str(constraints)))
+        return [True for _ in range(len(constraints))]
+
+    @metered_subclass_method(METRICS_POOL)
+    def DeleteConstraint(
+        self, constraints: List[Tuple[str, Any]]
+    ) -> List[Union[bool, Exception]]:
+        chk_type("constraints", constraints, list)
+        if len(constraints) == 0:
+            return []
+
+        msg = "[DeleteConstraint] Method not implemented. Constraints({:s}) are being ignored."
+        LOGGER.warning(msg.format(str(constraints)))
+        return [True for _ in range(len(constraints))]
+
+    @metered_subclass_method(METRICS_POOL)
+    def SetConfig(
+        self, resources: List[Tuple[str, Any]]
+    ) -> List[Union[bool, Exception]]:
+        chk_type("resources", resources, list)
+        if len(resources) == 0:
+            return []
+
+        results = []
+        for resource in resources:
+            try:
+                resource_value = json.loads(resource[1])
+                self.__settings_handler.set(resource[0], resource_value)
+                results.append(True)
+            except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                LOGGER.exception("Unable to SetConfig({:s})".format(str(resource)))
+                results.append(e)
+
+        return results
+
+    @metered_subclass_method(METRICS_POOL)
+    def DeleteConfig(
+        self, resources: List[Tuple[str, Any]]
+    ) -> List[Union[bool, Exception]]:
+        chk_type("resources", resources, list)
+        if len(resources) == 0:
+            return []
+
+        results = []
+        for resource in resources:
+            try:
+                self.__settings_handler.delete(resource[0])
+            except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                LOGGER.exception("Unable to DeleteConfig({:s})".format(str(resource)))
+                results.append(e)
+
+        return results
diff --git a/src/service/service/service_handlers/l3slice_ietfslice/__init__.py b/src/service/service/service_handlers/l3slice_ietfslice/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53d5157f750bfb085125cbd33faff1cec5924e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/service/service/service_handlers/l3slice_ietfslice/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2024 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# 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.
+