diff --git a/esds/helpers/platform.py b/esds/helpers/platform.py
index eee2139..cc08709 100644
--- a/esds/helpers/platform.py
+++ b/esds/helpers/platform.py
@@ -1,10 +1,137 @@
 
-import yaml
+import yaml, os
 
 class YAMLPlatformFile:
 
     def __init__(self, file_path):
         self.file_path=file_path
+        self.default={
+            "breakpoints": [],
+            "breakpoints_every": None,
+            "debug": False,
+            "interferences": True,
+            "node_count": 0,
+            "implementations": [],
+            "interfaces": dict()
+        }
+
         with open(file_path) as f:
             self.platform = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-        print(self.platform)
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+
+        ##### General
+        if "general" in self.platform:
+            self.parse_general()
+        ##### Nodes
+        if "nodes" in self.platform:
+            self.parse_nodes()
+        else:
+            self.parse_error("platform file has no nodes section")
+        ##### Interfaces
+        if "interfaces" in self.platform:
+            self.parse_interfaces()
+        else:
+            self.parse_error("platform file has no interfaces section")
+
+    def parse_error(self,msg):
+        raise Exception("Fail to parse platform file \""+self.file_path+"\": "+msg)
+
+    def parse_link_range(self,r):
+        elt=r.split("-")
+        if len(elt) == 2:
+            return(range(int(elt[0]),int(elt[1])))
+        else:
+            return([int(elt[0])])
+
+    def parse_link_bw(self,bw):
+        for i,c in enumerate(bw):
+            if not c.isdigit() and c != ".":
+                break
+        number=float(bw[:i])
+        unit=bw[i:]
+        number=number*1000 if unit == "Mbps" else number
+        number=number*1000*8 if unit == "MBps" else number
+        number=number*100 if unit == "kbps" else number
+        number=number*100*8 if unit == "kBps" else number
+        number=number*8 if unit == "Bps" else number
+        return(number)
+
+    def parse_link_lat(self,lat):
+        for i,c in enumerate(lat):
+            if not c.isdigit() and c != ".":
+                break
+        number=float(lat[:i])
+        unit=lat[i:]
+        number=number*60 if unit in ["m","M"] else number
+        number=number*3600 if unit in ["h","H"] else number
+        number=number/1000 if unit in ["ms","MS"] else number
+        return(number)
+
+    def parse_link(self,link):
+        words=link.split()
+        if len(words) == 4:
+            return((
+                self.parse_link_range(words[0]),
+                self.parse_link_bw(words[1]),
+                self.parse_link_lat(words[2]),
+                self.parse_link_range(words[3])))
+        elif len(words) == 2:
+            return((
+                range(0,self.default["node_count"]),
+                self.parse_link_bw(words[0]),
+                self.parse_link_lat(words[1]),
+                range(0,self.default["node_count"])))
+        return(None)
+
+    def parse_interfaces(self):
+        interfaces=self.platform["interfaces"]
+        for i in interfaces:
+            is_wired=interfaces[i]["wireless"]
+            links=list()
+            if type(interfaces[i]["links"]) == list:
+                for link in interfaces[i]["links"]:
+                    links.append(self.parse_link(link))
+            else:
+                links.append(self.parse_link(interfaces[i]["links"]))
+            ##### Create network matrix
+            for link in links:
+                print(link)
+
+    def parse_nodes(self):
+        nodes=self.platform["nodes"]
+        if "count" in nodes:
+            if not str(nodes["count"]).isnumeric():
+                self.parse_error("node count should be a number")
+            self.default["node_count"]=nodes["count"]
+        if "implementations" in nodes:
+            if type(nodes["implementations"]) != list:
+                self.parse_error("nodes implementations should be a list of file path")
+            for file in nodes["implementations"]:
+                if not os.path.exists(file):
+                    self.parse_error("File "+file+ " not found")
+                path, extension = os.path.splitext(file)
+                if extension != ".py":
+                    self.parse_error("File "+file+" must be a python file")
+                self.default["implementations"].append(path)
+            count = len(nodes["implementations"])
+            if count > 1 and count != self.default["node_count"]:
+                self.parse_error("If more than one implementation is specified, each node implementation should be provided ("+str(self.default["node_count"])+" in total)")
+            
+
+    def parse_general(self):
+        general=self.platform["general"]
+        if "breakpoints" in general:
+            if type(general["breakpoints"]) != list:
+                self.parse_error("breakpoints should be a list of number")
+            self.default["breakpoints"]=general["breakpoints"]
+        if "breakpoints_every" in general:
+            if not str(general["breakpoints_every"]).isnumeric():
+                self.parse_error("breakpoints_every should be a number")
+            self.default["breakpoints_every"]=general["breakpoints_every"]
+        if "debug" in general:
+            if type(general["debug"]) != bool:
+                self.parse_error("debug should be on or off")
+            self.default["debug"]=general["debug"]
+        if "interferences" in general:
+            if type(general["interferences"]) != bool:
+                self.parse_error("interferences should be on or off")
+            self.default["interferences"]=general["interferences"]
diff --git a/example/platform.yaml b/example/platform.yaml
index b8aa794..f29ebd2 100644
--- a/example/platform.yaml
+++ b/example/platform.yaml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ general:
 nodes:
     count: 5
     implementations:
-        - file.py
+        - sender.py
 
 interfaces:
     wlan0:
         wireless: yes
         links:
-            - 0: 5-8 => 10MBps
+            - 0 1Bps 10s 0
     eth0:
         wireless: no
-        links: 5Mbps
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+        links: 5Mbps 10s
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