diff --git a/rover/include/roverapi/rover_utils.hpp b/rover/include/roverapi/rover_utils.hpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 FH Dortmund and others
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    Rover Utils API - Interfaces for Rover utilities application development - Header file
+ *
+ * Usage Note:
+ *    read_core_usage.py must be installed to /opt/rover-app/scripts/read_core_usage.py
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *    M.Ozcelikors <mozcelikors@gmail.com>, created API 17.11.2017
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef API_ROVER_UTILS_HPP_
+#define API_ROVER_UTILS_HPP_
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+namespace rover
+{
+	/**
+	 * @brief RoverUtils contains member functions to retrieve connectivity status and core utilization of the rover. This class wraps status_library lib, developed for the rover-app.
+	 */
+	class RoverUtils
+	{
+		public:
+			/**
+			 * @brief Returns a float array that contains core utilization of each core in rover's Raspberry Pi. Uses an external script called read_core_usage.py which must be installed within rover-app.
+			 * @return core_util (float) is an array that contains core usage of each core in rover's Raspberry Pi.
+			 */
+			float * getCoreUtilization (void);
+
+			/**
+			 * @brief Returns whether the wlan0 interface is on (1) or off (0).
+			 * @return status wlan0 interface status : on (1) or off (0)
+			 */
+			int getWlanStatus (void);
+
+			/**
+			 * @brief Returns whether the eth0 interface is on (1) or off (0).
+			 * @return status eth0 interface status : on (1) or off (0)
+			 */
+			int getEthernetStatus (void);
+
+			/**
+			 * @brief Returns whether the internet is on (1) or off (0).
+			 * @return status internet status : on (1) or off (0)
+			 */
+			int getInternetStatus (void);
+
+			/**
+			 * @brief Returns whether the bluetooth is on (1) or off (0).
+			 * @return status bluetooth status : on (1) or off (0)
+			 */
+			int getBluetoothStatus (void);
+
+			/**
+			 * @brief Returns whether the remote Eclipse Hono instance is on (1) or off (0).
+			 * @return status remote Eclipse Hono instance status : on (1) or off (0)
+			 */
+			int getHonoCloudStatus (char * host_name, int port, char * tenant_name, char * device_id, char * user, char * password);
+	};
+}
+
+
+#endif /* API_ROVER_UTILS_HPP_ */
diff --git a/rover/src/roverapi/rover_utils.cpp b/rover/src/roverapi/rover_utils.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 FH Dortmund and others
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    Rover Utils API - Interfaces for Rover utilities application development
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *    M.Ozcelikors <mozcelikors@gmail.com>, created API 17.11.2017
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <roverapi/rover_utils.hpp>
+
+#include <libraries/status_library/status_library.h>
+
+float * rover::RoverUtils::getCoreUtilization (void)
+{
+	FILE *fp;
+	char buffer[128];
+	float util[5];
+	size_t bytes_read;
+
+	/* Execute the command */
+	fp = popen("python /opt/rover-app/scripts/read_core_usage.py ","r");
+
+	/* Read to buffer */
+	bytes_read = fread(buffer, 1, sizeof(buffer), fp);
+
+	if (bytes_read == 0 || bytes_read == sizeof(buffer))
+		perror("Can't read from /opt/rover-app/scripts/read_core_usage.py");
+
+	buffer[bytes_read] = '\0';
+
+	//printf("buf:%s\n",buffer);
+
+	/* Parse */
+	sscanf(buffer,"[%f, %f, %f, %f]",&util[0], &util[1], &util[2], &util[3]);
+
+	/* Return */
+	return util;
+}
+
+int rover::RoverUtils::getWlanStatus (void)
+{
+	return retrieveWLANStatus ();
+}
+
+int rover::RoverUtils::getEthernetStatus (void)
+{
+	return retrieveETHStatus ();
+}
+
+int rover::RoverUtils::getInternetStatus (void)
+{
+	return retrieveINTERNETStatus ();
+}
+
+int rover::RoverUtils::getBluetoothStatus (void)
+{
+	return retrieveBLUETOOTHStatus ();
+}
+
+int rover::RoverUtils::getHonoCloudStatus (char * host_name, int port, char * tenant_name, char * device_id, char * user, char * password)
+{
+	return retrieveHONOStatus (host_name, port, tenant_name, device_id, user, password);
+}