diff --git a/os/include/nic/stat.h b/os/include/nic/stat.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d69ea36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os/include/nic/stat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  Interface to create statistic about received and transmitted
+ *         packets of NIC components
+ * \author Alexander Boettcher 
+ * \date   2013-03-26
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013-2013 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _INCLUDE__NIC__STAT_H_
+#define _INCLUDE__NIC__STAT_H_
+
+#include <base/stdint.h>
+#include <net/ethernet.h>
+
+#include <timer_session/connection.h>
+
+namespace Nic {
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 */
+	class Measurement
+	{
+		private:
+
+            Timer::Connection &_timer;
+
+			Net::Ethernet_frame::Mac_address _mac;
+
+			struct stat {
+				Genode::uint64_t size;
+				unsigned long count; 
+			} _stat, _drop;
+
+			Genode::addr_t _timestamp; 
+
+			enum status {
+				FOR_US,
+				IS_MAGIC,
+				UNKNOWN
+			};
+
+			enum status _check(Net::Ethernet_frame *, Genode::size_t);
+		public:
+
+			Measurement(Timer::Connection &timer)
+			:
+				_timer(timer), _timestamp(0)
+			{
+				_stat.size = _stat.count = _drop.size = _drop.count = 0;
+ 			}
+
+			void set_mac(void * mac) {
+				Genode::memcpy(_mac.addr, mac, 6);
+			}
+
+			void data(Net::Ethernet_frame *, Genode::size_t);
+	};
+
+}
+
+#endif /* _INCLUDE__NIC__STAT_H_ */
diff --git a/os/lib/mk/net-stat.mk b/os/lib/mk/net-stat.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d1715056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os/lib/mk/net-stat.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SRC_CC = stat.cc
+
+vpath %.cc $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/net
diff --git a/os/src/lib/net/stat.cc b/os/src/lib/net/stat.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d51c58f10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os/src/lib/net/stat.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  Parse ethernet packets and find magic values to start performance
+ *         measurements
+ * \author Alexander Boettcher 
+ * \date   2013-03-26
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013-2013 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ */
+
+#include <nic/stat.h>
+
+#include <net/ipv4.h>
+#include <net/udp.h>
+
+namespace Nic {
+
+enum Measurement::status Measurement::_check(Net::Ethernet_frame * eth,
+                                             Genode::size_t size)
+{
+	using namespace Net;
+
+	if (Genode::memcmp(eth->dst().addr, _mac.addr, sizeof(_mac.addr)))
+		return Measurement::UNKNOWN;
+
+	Ipv4_packet *ip = new (eth->data()) Ipv4_packet(size -
+	                                                sizeof(Ethernet_frame));
+
+	if (ip->protocol() != Udp_packet::IP_ID)
+		return Measurement::UNKNOWN;
+
+	Udp_packet *udp = new (ip->data()) Udp_packet(size - sizeof(Ethernet_frame)
+	                                              - sizeof(Ipv4_packet));
+
+	Genode::uint8_t magic [] = "Hello world! Genode is greeting.";
+
+	if (Genode::memcmp(udp->data(), magic, sizeof(magic) - 1))
+		return Measurement::FOR_US;
+	return Measurement::IS_MAGIC;
+}
+
+void Measurement::data(Net::Ethernet_frame * eth, Genode::size_t size)
+{
+
+	enum status status = _check(eth, size);
+
+	if (status == UNKNOWN) {
+		_drop.count ++;
+		_drop.size += size;
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	_stat.count ++;
+	_stat.size += size;
+
+	if (false) {
+		for (unsigned i=0; i < 5; i++)
+			Genode::printf("%2x:", eth->src().addr[i]);
+		Genode::printf("%2x -> ", eth->src().addr[5]);
+		for (unsigned i=0; i < 5; i++)
+			Genode::printf("%2x:", eth->dst().addr[i]);
+		Genode::printf("%2x ", eth->dst().addr[5]);
+		Genode::printf("rx %lu:%llu, drop %lu:%llu\n", _stat.count, _stat.size,
+		               _drop.count, _drop.size);
+	}
+
+	if (status != IS_MAGIC)
+		return;
+
+	using namespace Genode;
+
+	addr_t old = _timestamp;
+	_timestamp  = _timer.elapsed_ms();
+
+	unsigned long time_elapsed_ms = _timestamp - old;
+	unsigned long kbits_test = 0;
+	unsigned long kbits_raw  = 0;
+
+	if (time_elapsed_ms)
+		kbits_test = _stat.size / time_elapsed_ms * 8;
+	if (time_elapsed_ms)
+		kbits_raw  = (_stat.size + _drop.size) / time_elapsed_ms * 8;
+
+	printf("%lu kBit/s (raw %lu kBit/s), runtime %lu ms\n",
+	       kbits_test, kbits_raw, time_elapsed_ms);
+	printf("%lu kiBytes (+ %lu kiBytes dropped)\n",
+	       (unsigned long)(_stat.size / 1024),
+	       (unsigned long)(_drop.size / 1024));
+	printf("%lu packets (+ %lu packets dropped)\n",
+	       _stat.count, _drop.count);
+	printf("\n");
+
+	_stat.size = _stat.count = _drop.size = _drop.count = 0;
+
+	_timestamp = _timer.elapsed_ms();
+}
+
+}