diff --git a/model/ccnx-face.cc b/model/ccnx-face.cc
index 38d76e6..7821055 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-face.cc
+++ b/model/ccnx-face.cc
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@
 }
 
 bool
+CcnxFace::IsLocal() const
+{
+    return m_isLocal;
+}
+
+bool
 CcnxFace::operator== (const CcnxFace &face) const
 {
   NS_ASSERT_MSG (m_node->GetId () == face.m_node->GetId (), "Faces of different nodes should not be compared to each other");
diff --git a/model/ccnx-face.h b/model/ccnx-face.h
index 07561a0..481a55d 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-face.h
+++ b/model/ccnx-face.h
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@
    */
   virtual bool IsDown () const;
 
+  /**
+   * \brief Return true for LocalFace, otherwise false
+   */
+  virtual bool IsLocal () const;
+  
   virtual std::ostream&
   Print (std::ostream &os) const;
 
@@ -186,10 +191,11 @@
   // uint16_t m_metric; ///< \brief Routing/forwarding metric
   Ptr<Node> m_node; ///< \brief Smart pointer to Node
   ProtocolHandler m_protocolHandler; ///< Callback via which packets are getting send to CCNx stack
-
+  bool m_isLocal;
 private:
   bool m_ifup; ///< \brief flag indicating that the interface is UP 
   uint32_t m_id; ///< \brief id of the interface in CCNx stack (per-node uniqueness)
+  
 };
 
 std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const CcnxFace &face);
diff --git a/model/ccnx-local-face.cc b/model/ccnx-local-face.cc
index aa2c787..5020877 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-local-face.cc
+++ b/model/ccnx-local-face.cc
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   , m_onContentObject (0)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
+  m_isLocal = true;
 }
 
 CcnxLocalFace::~CcnxLocalFace ()
@@ -78,10 +79,11 @@
 {
   m_onContentObject = onContentObject;
 }
-
+    
 void
 CcnxLocalFace::Send (Ptr<Packet> p)
 {
+    NS_LOG_FUNCTION("Local face send");
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (*p);
   if (!IsUp ())
     {
diff --git a/model/ccnx-local-face.h b/model/ccnx-local-face.h
index 24cca9f..664130c 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-local-face.h
+++ b/model/ccnx-local-face.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
    */
   virtual void
   Send (Ptr<Packet> p);
-
+    
   virtual std::ostream&
   Print (std::ostream &os) const;
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////