diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/Makefile b/examples/vm_power_manager/Makefile
index 13a5205ba..72f9e9075 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/Makefile
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ endif
 CFLAGS += -O3 -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_power/
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
 
-LDLIBS += -lvirt
+LDLIBS += -lvirt -ljansson
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB),y)
 
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
index 0ffa1112a..b3f2852b4 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <jansson.h>
 
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
@@ -35,6 +39,8 @@
 
 uint64_t vsi_pkt_count_prev[384];
 uint64_t rdtsc_prev[384];
+#define MAX_JSON_STRING_LEN 1024
+char json_data[MAX_JSON_STRING_LEN];
 
 double time_period_ms = 1;
 static volatile unsigned run_loop = 1;
@@ -43,6 +49,134 @@ static unsigned int policy_is_set;
 static struct epoll_event *global_events_list;
 static struct policy policies[MAX_VMS];
 
+
+static int
+parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct channel_packet *pkt)
+{
+	const char *key;
+	json_t *value;
+	int ret;
+
+	memset(pkt, 0, sizeof(struct channel_packet));
+
+	pkt->nb_mac_to_monitor = 0;
+	pkt->t_boost_status.tbEnabled = false;
+	pkt->workload = LOW;
+	pkt->policy_to_use = TIME;
+	pkt->command = PKT_POLICY;
+	pkt->core_type = PHYSICAL;
+
+	json_object_foreach(element, key, value) {
+		if (!strcmp(key, "policy")) {
+			/* Recurse in to get the contents of profile */
+			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "instruction")) {
+			/* Recurse in to get the contents of instruction */
+			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "name")) {
+			strcpy(pkt->vm_name, json_string_value(value));
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "command")) {
+			char command[32];
+			snprintf(command, 32, "%s", json_string_value(value));
+			if (!strcmp(command, "power")) {
+				pkt->command = CPU_POWER;
+			} else if (!strcmp(command, "create")) {
+				pkt->command = PKT_POLICY;
+			} else if (!strcmp(command, "destroy")) {
+				pkt->command = PKT_POLICY_REMOVE;
+			} else {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+					"Invalid command received in JSON\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "policy_type")) {
+			char command[32];
+			snprintf(command, 32, "%s", json_string_value(value));
+			if (!strcmp(command, "TIME")) {
+				pkt->policy_to_use = TIME;
+			} else if (!strcmp(command, "TRAFFIC")) {
+				pkt->policy_to_use = TRAFFIC;
+			} else if (!strcmp(command, "WORKLOAD")) {
+				pkt->policy_to_use = WORKLOAD;
+			} else if (!strcmp(command, "BRANCH_RATIO")) {
+				pkt->policy_to_use = BRANCH_RATIO;
+			} else {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+					"Wrong policy_type received in JSON\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "busy_hours")) {
+			unsigned int i;
+			size_t size = json_array_size(value);
+
+			for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+				int hour = (int)json_integer_value(
+						json_array_get(value, i));
+				pkt->timer_policy.busy_hours[i] = hour;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "quiet_hours")) {
+			unsigned int i;
+			size_t size = json_array_size(value);
+
+			for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+				int hour = (int)json_integer_value(
+						json_array_get(value, i));
+				pkt->timer_policy.quiet_hours[i] = hour;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "core_list")) {
+			unsigned int i;
+			size_t size = json_array_size(value);
+
+			for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+				int core = (int)json_integer_value(
+						json_array_get(value, i));
+				pkt->vcpu_to_control[i] = core;
+			}
+			pkt->num_vcpu = size;
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "min_packet_thresh")) {
+			pkt->traffic_policy.min_packet_thresh =
+					(uint32_t)json_integer_value(value);
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "avg_packet_thresh")) {
+			pkt->traffic_policy.avg_max_packet_thresh =
+					(uint32_t)json_integer_value(value);
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "max_packet_thresh")) {
+			pkt->traffic_policy.max_max_packet_thresh =
+					(uint32_t)json_integer_value(value);
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "unit")) {
+			char unit[32];
+			snprintf(unit, 32, "%s", json_string_value(value));
+			if (!strcmp(unit, "SCALE_UP")) {
+				pkt->unit = CPU_POWER_SCALE_UP;
+			} else if (!strcmp(unit, "SCALE_DOWN")) {
+				pkt->unit = CPU_POWER_SCALE_DOWN;
+			} else if (!strcmp(unit, "SCALE_MAX")) {
+				pkt->unit = CPU_POWER_SCALE_MAX;
+			} else if (!strcmp(unit, "SCALE_MIN")) {
+				pkt->unit = CPU_POWER_SCALE_MIN;
+			} else if (!strcmp(unit, "ENABLE_TURBO")) {
+				pkt->unit = CPU_POWER_ENABLE_TURBO;
+			} else if (!strcmp(unit, "DISABLE_TURBO")) {
+				pkt->unit = CPU_POWER_DISABLE_TURBO;
+			} else {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+					"Invalid command received in JSON\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(key, "resource_id")) {
+			pkt->resource_id = (uint32_t)json_integer_value(value);
+		} else {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+				"Unknown key received in JSON string: %s\n",
+				key);
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void channel_monitor_exit(void)
 {
 	run_loop = 0;
@@ -124,18 +258,11 @@ get_pcpu_to_control(struct policy *pol)
 
 	ci = get_core_info();
 
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
-			"Looking for pcpu for %s\n", pol->pkt.vm_name);
-
 	/*
 	 * So now that we're handling virtual and physical cores, we need to
 	 * differenciate between them when adding them to the branch monitor.
 	 * Virtual cores need to be converted to physical cores.
 	 */
-
-
-
-
 	if (pol->pkt.core_type == VIRTUAL) {
 		/*
 		 * If the cores in the policy are virtual, we need to map them
@@ -295,8 +422,6 @@ apply_traffic_profile(struct policy *pol)
 
 	diff = get_pkt_diff(pol);
 
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Applying traffic profile\n");
-
 	if (diff >= (pol->pkt.traffic_policy.max_max_packet_thresh)) {
 		for (count = 0; count < pol->pkt.num_vcpu; count++) {
 			if (pol->core_share[count].status != 1)
@@ -340,9 +465,6 @@ apply_time_profile(struct policy *pol)
 				if (pol->core_share[count].status != 1) {
 					power_manager_scale_core_max(
 						pol->core_share[count].pcpu);
-				RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
-					"Scaling up core %d to max\n",
-					pol->core_share[count].pcpu);
 				}
 			}
 			break;
@@ -352,9 +474,6 @@ apply_time_profile(struct policy *pol)
 				if (pol->core_share[count].status != 1) {
 					power_manager_scale_core_min(
 						pol->core_share[count].pcpu);
-				RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
-					"Scaling down core %d to min\n",
-					pol->core_share[count].pcpu);
 			}
 		}
 			break;
@@ -416,8 +535,6 @@ process_request(struct channel_packet *pkt, struct channel_info *chan_info)
 	if (chan_info == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Processing Request %s\n", pkt->vm_name);
-
 	if (rte_atomic32_cmpset(&(chan_info->status), CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_CONNECTED,
 			CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_PROCESSING) == 0)
 		return -1;
@@ -486,8 +603,8 @@ process_request(struct channel_packet *pkt, struct channel_info *chan_info)
 	}
 
 	if (pkt->command == PKT_POLICY) {
-		RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
-				"\nProcessing Policy request\n");
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Processing policy request %s\n",
+				pkt->vm_name);
 		update_policy(pkt);
 		policy_is_set = 1;
 	}
@@ -559,6 +676,106 @@ channel_monitor_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+read_binary_packet(struct channel_info *chan_info)
+{
+	struct channel_packet pkt;
+	void *buffer = &pkt;
+	int buffer_len = sizeof(pkt);
+	int n_bytes, err = 0;
+
+	while (buffer_len > 0) {
+		n_bytes = read(chan_info->fd,
+				buffer, buffer_len);
+		if (n_bytes == buffer_len)
+			break;
+		if (n_bytes == -1) {
+			err = errno;
+			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+				"Received error on "
+				"channel '%s' read: %s\n",
+				chan_info->channel_path,
+				strerror(err));
+			remove_channel(&chan_info);
+			break;
+		}
+		buffer = (char *)buffer + n_bytes;
+		buffer_len -= n_bytes;
+	}
+	if (!err)
+		process_request(&pkt, chan_info);
+}
+
+
+static void
+read_json_packet(struct channel_info *chan_info)
+{
+	struct channel_packet pkt;
+	int n_bytes, ret;
+	json_t *root;
+	json_error_t error;
+
+	/* read opening brace to closing brace */
+	do {
+		int idx = 0;
+		int indent = 0;
+		do {
+			n_bytes = read(chan_info->fd, &json_data[idx], 1);
+			if (n_bytes == 0)
+				break;
+			if (json_data[idx] == '{')
+				indent++;
+			if (json_data[idx] == '}')
+				indent--;
+			if ((indent > 0) || (idx >> 0))
+				idx++;
+			if (indent == 0)
+				json_data[idx] = 0;
+			if (idx >= MAX_JSON_STRING_LEN)
+				break;
+		} while (indent > 0);
+
+		if (indent > 0)
+			/*
+			 * We've broken out of the read loop without getting
+			 * a closing brace, so throw away the datai
+			 */
+			json_data[idx] = 0;
+
+		if (strlen(json_data) == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		printf("got [%s]\n", json_data);
+
+		root = json_loads(json_data, 0, &error);
+
+		if (root) {
+			/*
+			 * Because our data is now in the json
+			 * object, we can overwrite the pkt
+			 * with a channel_packet struct, using
+			 * parse_json_to_pkt()
+			 */
+			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(root, &pkt);
+			json_decref(root);
+			if (ret) {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+					"Error validating JSON profile data\n");
+				break;
+			}
+			process_request(&pkt, chan_info);
+		} else {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+					"JSON error on line %d: %s\n",
+					error.line, error.text);
+		}
+	} while (n_bytes > 0);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
 void
 run_channel_monitor(void)
 {
@@ -570,11 +787,16 @@ run_channel_monitor(void)
 		if (!run_loop)
 			break;
 		for (i = 0; i < n_events; i++) {
+			if (!global_events_list[i].data.ptr) {
+				fflush(stdout);
+				continue;
+			}
 			struct channel_info *chan_info = (struct channel_info *)
 					global_events_list[i].data.ptr;
 			if ((global_events_list[i].events & EPOLLERR) ||
 				(global_events_list[i].events & EPOLLHUP)) {
-				RTE_LOG(DEBUG, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Remote closed connection for "
+				RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+						"Remote closed connection for "
 						"channel '%s'\n",
 						chan_info->channel_path);
 				remove_channel(&chan_info);
@@ -582,31 +804,16 @@ run_channel_monitor(void)
 			}
 			if (global_events_list[i].events & EPOLLIN) {
 
-				int n_bytes, err = 0;
-				struct channel_packet pkt;
-				void *buffer = &pkt;
-				int buffer_len = sizeof(pkt);
-
-				while (buffer_len > 0) {
-					n_bytes = read(chan_info->fd,
-							buffer, buffer_len);
-					if (n_bytes == buffer_len)
-						break;
-					if (n_bytes == -1) {
-						err = errno;
-						RTE_LOG(DEBUG, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
-							"Received error on "
-							"channel '%s' read: %s\n",
-							chan_info->channel_path,
-							strerror(err));
-						remove_channel(&chan_info);
-						break;
-					}
-					buffer = (char *)buffer + n_bytes;
-					buffer_len -= n_bytes;
+				switch (chan_info->type) {
+				case CHANNEL_TYPE_BINARY:
+					read_binary_packet(chan_info);
+					break;
+				case CHANNEL_TYPE_JSON:
+					read_json_packet(chan_info);
+					break;
+				default:
+					break;
 				}
-				if (!err)
-					process_request(&pkt, chan_info);
 			}
 		}
 		rte_delay_us(time_period_ms*1000);
