diff --git a/apm-network/pom.xml b/apm-network/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4a2b581a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apm-network/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>apm</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.skywalking</groupId>
+        <version>3.2-2017</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>apm-network</artifactId>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <grpc.version>1.4.0</grpc.version>
+
+        <compiler.version>1.6</compiler.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
+            <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
+            <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+            <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <extensions>
+            <extension>
+                <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>os-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.4.1.Final</version>
+            </extension>
+        </extensions>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.3</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.xolstice.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.5.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!--
+                      The version of protoc must match protobuf-java. If you don't depend on
+                      protobuf-java directly, you will be transitively depending on the
+                      protobuf-java version that grpc depends on.
+                    -->
+                    <protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.3.0:exe:${os.detected.classifier}
+                    </protocArtifact>
+                    <pluginId>grpc-java</pluginId>
+                    <pluginArtifact>io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.4.0:exe:${os.detected.classifier}
+                    </pluginArtifact>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                            <goal>compile-custom</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/apm-network/src/main/proto/TraceSegment.proto b/apm-network/src/main/proto/TraceSegment.proto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e66b29946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apm-network/src/main/proto/TraceSegment.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+option java_package = "org.skywalking.apm";
+
+service TraceSegmentService {
+    rpc collect (TraceSegmentObject) returns (CollectResult) {
+    }
+}
+
+message TraceSegmentObject {
+    string traceId = 1;
+}
+
+message CollectResult {
+    bytes resultCode = 1;
+}
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/pom.xml b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/pom.xml
index 4457a84f2..ce72486b1 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jetty.version>9.4.2.v20170220</jetty.version>
+        <grpc.version>1.4.0</grpc.version>
 
         <shade.package>org.skywalking.apm.dependencies</shade.package>
         <shade.com.lmax.disruptor.source>com.lmax.disruptor</shade.com.lmax.disruptor.source>
@@ -69,6 +70,13 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
+        <extensions>
+            <extension>
+                <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>os-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.4.1.Final</version>
+            </extension>
+        </extensions>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 64678d96b..e41a82435 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         <module>apm-sniffer</module>
         <module>apm-application-toolkit</module>
         <module>apm-collector</module>
+        <module>apm-network</module>
     </modules>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>