diff --git a/apps/sdnip/src/main/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/Router.java b/apps/sdnip/src/main/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/Router.java
index 0d8236698c..44cc3bf024 100644
--- a/apps/sdnip/src/main/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/Router.java
+++ b/apps/sdnip/src/main/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/Router.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class Router implements RouteListener {
 
     // Store all route updates in a radix tree.
     // The key in this tree is the binary string of prefix of the route.
-    private InvertedRadixTree<RouteEntry> bgpRoutes;
+    private InvertedRadixTree<RouteEntry> ribTable;
 
     // Stores all incoming route updates in a queue.
     private final BlockingQueue<Collection<RouteUpdate>> routeUpdatesQueue;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class Router implements RouteListener {
 
         this.hostListener = new InternalHostListener();
 
-        bgpRoutes = new ConcurrentInvertedRadixTree<>(
+        ribTable = new ConcurrentInvertedRadixTree<>(
                 new DefaultByteArrayNodeFactory());
         routeUpdatesQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
         routesWaitingOnArp = Multimaps.synchronizedSetMultimap(
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class Router implements RouteListener {
 
         synchronized (this) {
             // Cleanup all local state
-            bgpRoutes = new ConcurrentInvertedRadixTree<>(
+            ribTable = new ConcurrentInvertedRadixTree<>(
                 new DefaultByteArrayNodeFactory());
             routeUpdatesQueue.clear();
             routesWaitingOnArp.clear();
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ public class Router implements RouteListener {
         Ip4Prefix prefix = routeEntry.prefix();
         Ip4Address nextHop = null;
         RouteEntry foundRouteEntry =
-            bgpRoutes.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(prefix),
-                          routeEntry);
+            ribTable.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(prefix), routeEntry);
         if (foundRouteEntry != null) {
             nextHop = foundRouteEntry.nextHop();
         }
@@ -394,7 +393,7 @@ public class Router implements RouteListener {
         log.debug("Processing route delete: {}", routeEntry);
         Ip4Prefix prefix = routeEntry.prefix();
 
-        if (bgpRoutes.remove(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(prefix))) {
+        if (ribTable.remove(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(prefix))) {
             //
             // Only withdraw intents if an entry was actually removed from the
             // tree. If no entry was removed, the <prefix, nexthop> wasn't
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@ public class Router implements RouteListener {
                 Ip4Prefix prefix = routeEntry.prefix();
                 String binaryString = RouteEntry.createBinaryString(prefix);
                 RouteEntry foundRouteEntry =
-                        bgpRoutes.getValueForExactKey(binaryString);
+                    ribTable.getValueForExactKey(binaryString);
                 if (foundRouteEntry != null &&
                     foundRouteEntry.nextHop().equals(routeEntry.nextHop())) {
                     // We only push prefix flows if the prefix is still in the
@@ -471,7 +470,7 @@ public class Router implements RouteListener {
      */
     public Collection<RouteEntry> getRoutes() {
         Iterator<KeyValuePair<RouteEntry>> it =
-                bgpRoutes.getKeyValuePairsForKeysStartingWith("").iterator();
+            ribTable.getKeyValuePairsForKeysStartingWith("").iterator();
 
         List<RouteEntry> routes = new LinkedList<>();
 
diff --git a/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSyncTest.java b/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSyncTest.java
index 0e6f5a6e1b..5edab7c353 100644
--- a/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSyncTest.java
+++ b/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSyncTest.java
@@ -291,24 +291,24 @@ public class IntentSyncTest extends AbstractIntentTest {
         MultiPointToSinglePointIntent intent6 = intentBuilder(
                 routeEntry6.prefix(), "00:00:00:00:00:01",  SW1_ETH1);
 
-        // Set up the bgpRoutes field in Router class and routeIntents fields
+        // Set up the ribTable field in Router class and routeIntents fields
         // in IntentSynchronizer class
-        InvertedRadixTree<RouteEntry> bgpRoutes =
+        InvertedRadixTree<RouteEntry> ribTable =
                 new ConcurrentInvertedRadixTree<>(
                 new DefaultByteArrayNodeFactory());
-        bgpRoutes.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry1.prefix()),
-                routeEntry1);
-        bgpRoutes.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry3.prefix()),
-                routeEntry3);
-        bgpRoutes.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry4Update.prefix()),
-                routeEntry4Update);
-        bgpRoutes.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry5.prefix()),
-                routeEntry5);
-        bgpRoutes.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry6.prefix()),
-                routeEntry6);
-        bgpRoutes.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry7.prefix()),
-                routeEntry7);
-        TestUtils.setField(router, "bgpRoutes", bgpRoutes);
+        ribTable.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry1.prefix()),
+                     routeEntry1);
+        ribTable.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry3.prefix()),
+                     routeEntry3);
+        ribTable.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry4Update.prefix()),
+                     routeEntry4Update);
+        ribTable.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry5.prefix()),
+                     routeEntry5);
+        ribTable.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry6.prefix()),
+                     routeEntry6);
+        ribTable.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry7.prefix()),
+                     routeEntry7);
+        TestUtils.setField(router, "ribTable", ribTable);
 
         ConcurrentHashMap<Ip4Prefix, MultiPointToSinglePointIntent>
         routeIntents =  new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
diff --git a/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/RouterAsyncArpTest.java b/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/RouterAsyncArpTest.java
index c220d62132..4d3ad90018 100644
--- a/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/RouterAsyncArpTest.java
+++ b/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/RouterAsyncArpTest.java
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ public class RouterAsyncArpTest extends AbstractIntentTest {
         // Construct the existing MultiPointToSinglePointIntent intent
         MultiPointToSinglePointIntent intent = staticIntentBuilder();
 
-        // Set up the bgpRoutes field of Router class with existing route, and
+        // Set up the ribTable field of Router class with existing route, and
         // routeIntents field with the corresponding existing intent
-        setBgpRoutesField(routeEntry);
+        setRibTableField(routeEntry);
         setRouteIntentsField(routeEntry, intent);
 
         // Start to construct a new route entry and new intent
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ public class RouterAsyncArpTest extends AbstractIntentTest {
         // Construct the existing MultiPointToSinglePointIntent intent
         MultiPointToSinglePointIntent intent = staticIntentBuilder();
 
-        // Set up the bgpRoutes field of Router class with existing route, and
+        // Set up the ribTable field of Router class with existing route, and
         // routeIntents field with the corresponding existing intent
-        setBgpRoutesField(routeEntry);
+        setRibTableField(routeEntry);
         setRouteIntentsField(routeEntry, intent);
 
         // Set up expectation
@@ -412,19 +412,19 @@ public class RouterAsyncArpTest extends AbstractIntentTest {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets bgpRoutesField in Router class.
+     * Sets ribTable Field in Router class.
      *
      * @throws TestUtilsException
      */
-    private void setBgpRoutesField(RouteEntry routeEntry)
+    private void setRibTableField(RouteEntry routeEntry)
             throws TestUtilsException {
 
-        InvertedRadixTree<RouteEntry> bgpRoutes =
+        InvertedRadixTree<RouteEntry> ribTable =
                 new ConcurrentInvertedRadixTree<>(
                 new DefaultByteArrayNodeFactory());
-        bgpRoutes.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry.prefix()),
-                routeEntry);
-        TestUtils.setField(router, "bgpRoutes", bgpRoutes);
+        ribTable.put(RouteEntry.createBinaryString(routeEntry.prefix()),
+                     routeEntry);
+        TestUtils.setField(router, "ribTable", ribTable);
     }
 
     /**