diff --git a/controller/controller.go b/controller/controller.go
index aadd8206d5ba61390bae3896717990c389e11dd4..6ea0fb68c34168df90896266c35353811ef7196a 100644
--- a/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controller/controller.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func initialize() error {
 	}
 
 	c.networkElementWatcher = nucleus.NewNetworkElementWatcher(c.pndStore)
-	c.networkElementWatcher.SubToDevices(config.GetGnmiSubscriptionPaths(), nil)
+	c.networkElementWatcher.SubToNetworkElements(config.GetGnmiSubscriptionPaths(), nil)
 
 	err = ensureDefaultRoleExists()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/controller/customerrs/errors.go b/controller/customerrs/errors.go
index d5197bd0ce948fd7a735ba8b4181c49f213a4ab6..9873f10b3ac2e5beba60331361c19fedc6881bdb 100644
--- a/controller/customerrs/errors.go
+++ b/controller/customerrs/errors.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (e *AlreadyExistsError) Error() string {
 
 // InvalidUUIDError implements the Error interface and is called if a UUID is not valid.
 type InvalidUUIDError struct {
-	DeviceName string
+	NetworkElementName string
 }
 
 func (e *InvalidUUIDError) Error() string {
@@ -255,24 +255,24 @@ func (e AMQPMessageFailError) Error() string {
 // SubscribeResponseError implements the Error interface and is called if there is an issue during a ongoing
 // gNMI Subscription.
 type SubscribeResponseError struct {
-	PndID      string
-	DeviceID   string
-	DeviceName string
-	Err        string
+	PndID              string
+	NetworkElementID   string
+	NetworkElementName string
+	Err                string
 }
 
 func (e SubscribeResponseError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Subscribe failed, PndID: %s, DeviceID: %s, DeviceName: %s, Internal error: %s", e.PndID, e.DeviceID, e.DeviceName, e.Err)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Subscribe failed, PndID: %s, NetworkElementID: %s, NetworkElementName: %s, Internal error: %s", e.PndID, e.NetworkElementID, e.NetworkElementName, e.Err)
 }
 
 // SubscribeSyncResponseError implements the Error interface and is called if there is an issue syncing a
 // gNMI Subscription.
 type SubscribeSyncResponseError struct {
-	PndID      string
-	DeviceID   string
-	DeviceName string
+	PndID              string
+	NetworkElementID   string
+	NetworkElementName string
 }
 
 func (e SubscribeSyncResponseError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Sync failed, PndID: %s, DeviceID: %s, DeviceName: %s", e.PndID, e.DeviceID, e.DeviceName)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Sync failed, PndID: %s, NetworkElementID: %s, NetworkElementName: %s", e.PndID, e.NetworkElementID, e.NetworkElementName)
 }
diff --git a/controller/interfaces/transport/transport.go b/controller/interfaces/transport/transport.go
index c5b969a1b041d06e2a9f949cd888bd0c11a76a91..e5d1f807a95a9665cb33f6bbffed325f0611863c 100644
--- a/controller/interfaces/transport/transport.go
+++ b/controller/interfaces/transport/transport.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ type (
 // for distinguishing from which network element the information is from, to stop subscriptions and
 // error handling.
 type SubscriptionInformation struct {
-	PndID       string
-	DeviceID    string
-	DeviceName  string
-	StopContext context.Context
+	PndID              string
+	NetworkElementID   string
+	NetworkElementName string
+	StopContext        context.Context
 }
diff --git a/controller/nucleus/networkElementWatcher.go b/controller/nucleus/networkElementWatcher.go
index efbc97b3da1c84563ad78da31ed7559588565233..d3d0cc20c66e5da30923ffaf2e9f8f476bac9e3a 100644
--- a/controller/nucleus/networkElementWatcher.go
+++ b/controller/nucleus/networkElementWatcher.go
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ const (
 	gNMIStreamMode    string = "on_change"
 )
 
-// NetworkElementWatcher is a component that subscribes to devices via gNMI from within the controller and handles
+// NetworkElementWatcher is a component that subscribes to network elements via gNMI from within the controller and handles
 // responses by triggering the internal event process.
 type NetworkElementWatcher struct {
-	pndStore           networkdomain.PndStore
-	deviceSubcriptions map[uuid.UUID]*deviceSubscriptionHelper
+	pndStore                   networkdomain.PndStore
+	networkelementSubcriptions map[uuid.UUID]*networkelementSubscriptionHelper
 }
 
-// deviceSubscriptionHelper is used to store information to stop a running subscribe go routine.
-type deviceSubscriptionHelper struct {
+// networkelementSubscriptionHelper is used to store information to stop a running subscribe go routine.
+type networkelementSubscriptionHelper struct {
 	stopSubscribeCtx context.Context
 	stopFunc         context.CancelFunc
 }
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ type deviceSubscriptionHelper struct {
 // NewNetworkElementWatcher takes a pndStore to subscribe to network element paths.
 func NewNetworkElementWatcher(pndStore networkdomain.PndStore) *NetworkElementWatcher {
 	return &NetworkElementWatcher{
-		pndStore:           pndStore,
-		deviceSubcriptions: make(map[uuid.UUID]*deviceSubscriptionHelper),
+		pndStore:                   pndStore,
+		networkelementSubcriptions: make(map[uuid.UUID]*networkelementSubscriptionHelper),
 	}
 }
 
-// SubToDevices subscribes to every available network element in each network domain according to provided SubscribeOptions.
+// SubToNetworkElements subscribes to every available network element in each network domain according to provided SubscribeOptions.
 // Paths should be provided in the following format [][]string{{"system", "config", "hostname"}}
 // SubscribeOptions can be nil. Use nil for a fixed, pre-defined set of gNMI subscription options (streaming in sample mode each second).
-func (d *NetworkElementWatcher) SubToDevices(paths [][]string, opts *gnmi.SubscribeOptions) {
+func (n *NetworkElementWatcher) SubToNetworkElements(paths [][]string, opts *gnmi.SubscribeOptions) {
 	if opts == nil {
 		opts = &gnmi.SubscribeOptions{
 			Mode:           gNMISubscribeMode,
@@ -57,102 +57,102 @@ func (d *NetworkElementWatcher) SubToDevices(paths [][]string, opts *gnmi.Subscr
 		}
 	}
 
-	pnds, err := d.pndStore.GetAll()
+	pnds, err := n.pndStore.GetAll()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
 
 	for _, pnd := range pnds {
-		d.subscribeToPndDevices(pnd.ID().String(), pnd, opts)
+		n.subscribeToPndNetworkElements(pnd.ID().String(), pnd, opts)
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *NetworkElementWatcher) subscribeToPndDevices(pndID string, pnd networkdomain.NetworkDomain, opts *gnmi.SubscribeOptions) {
+func (n *NetworkElementWatcher) subscribeToPndNetworkElements(pndID string, pnd networkdomain.NetworkDomain, opts *gnmi.SubscribeOptions) {
 	for _, mne := range pnd.NetworkElements() {
 		subID := uuid.New()
 
 		stopContext, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		d.addToDeviceSubscriptions(subID, &deviceSubscriptionHelper{
+		n.addToNetworkElementSubscriptions(subID, &networkelementSubscriptionHelper{
 			stopSubscribeCtx: stopContext,
 			stopFunc:         cancel,
 		})
-		go d.callSubscribe(stopContext, pndID, mne, opts)
+		go n.callSubscribe(stopContext, pndID, mne, opts)
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *NetworkElementWatcher) callSubscribe(stopContext context.Context, pndID string, mne networkelement.NetworkElement, opts *gnmi.SubscribeOptions) {
+func (n *NetworkElementWatcher) callSubscribe(stopContext context.Context, pndID string, mne networkelement.NetworkElement, opts *gnmi.SubscribeOptions) {
 	gNMIOptionsCtx := context.Background()
 	gNMIOptionsCtx = context.WithValue(gNMIOptionsCtx, types.CtxKeyOpts, opts)
 
 	// SubscriptionInformation contains pnd ID, network element ID and name to be used in the internal subscribe to check
 	// from which network element a response was sent
-	if err := mne.Transport().ControlPlaneSubscribe(gNMIOptionsCtx, d.handleSubscribeResponse, &transport.SubscriptionInformation{
-		PndID:       pndID,
-		DeviceID:    mne.ID().String(),
-		DeviceName:  mne.Name(),
-		StopContext: stopContext,
+	if err := mne.Transport().ControlPlaneSubscribe(gNMIOptionsCtx, n.handleSubscribeResponse, &transport.SubscriptionInformation{
+		PndID:              pndID,
+		NetworkElementID:   mne.ID().String(),
+		NetworkElementName: mne.Name(),
+		StopContext:        stopContext,
 	}); err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *NetworkElementWatcher) addToDeviceSubscriptions(subID uuid.UUID, devSub *deviceSubscriptionHelper) {
+func (n *NetworkElementWatcher) addToNetworkElementSubscriptions(subID uuid.UUID, devSub *networkelementSubscriptionHelper) {
 	//TODO: improve handling of subscriptions, like be able to expose to apps so specific subscriptions instead of only all can be stopped in the future
-	d.deviceSubcriptions[subID] = devSub
+	n.networkelementSubcriptions[subID] = devSub
 }
 
-// StopAndRemoveAllDeviceSubscriptions stops and removes all the available running subscriptions.
-func (d *NetworkElementWatcher) StopAndRemoveAllDeviceSubscriptions() {
-	for key := range d.deviceSubcriptions {
-		d.StopAndRemoveDeviceSubscription(key)
+// StopAndRemoveAllNetworkElementSubscriptions stops and removes all the available running subscriptions.
+func (n *NetworkElementWatcher) StopAndRemoveAllNetworkElementSubscriptions() {
+	for key := range n.networkelementSubcriptions {
+		n.StopAndRemoveNetworkElementSubscription(key)
 	}
 }
 
-// StopAndRemoveDeviceSubscription passes a subscription uuid to stop the running subscription go routing and removes the entry from the map
+// StopAndRemoveNetworkElementSubscription passes a subscription uuid to stop the running subscription go routing and removes the entry from the map
 // of network element subscriptions.
-func (d *NetworkElementWatcher) StopAndRemoveDeviceSubscription(subID uuid.UUID) {
-	d.deviceSubcriptions[subID].stopFunc()
-	delete(d.deviceSubcriptions, subID)
+func (n *NetworkElementWatcher) StopAndRemoveNetworkElementSubscription(subID uuid.UUID) {
+	n.networkelementSubcriptions[subID].stopFunc()
+	delete(n.networkelementSubcriptions, subID)
 }
 
 // handleSubscribeResponse takes the subscribe response and additional information about the network element to distinguish
 // from which network element a subscribe response was sent including improved error handling.
-func (d *NetworkElementWatcher) handleSubscribeResponse(resp *gpb.SubscribeResponse, subscriptionInfo *transport.SubscriptionInformation) {
+func (n *NetworkElementWatcher) handleSubscribeResponse(resp *gpb.SubscribeResponse, subscriptionInfo *transport.SubscriptionInformation) {
 	switch resp := resp.Response.(type) {
 	case *gpb.SubscribeResponse_Error:
 		log.Error(&customerrs.SubscribeResponseError{
-			PndID:      subscriptionInfo.PndID,
-			DeviceID:   subscriptionInfo.DeviceID,
-			DeviceName: subscriptionInfo.DeviceName,
-			Err:        fmt.Sprint("SubscribeResponse_Error"),
+			PndID:              subscriptionInfo.PndID,
+			NetworkElementID:   subscriptionInfo.NetworkElementID,
+			NetworkElementName: subscriptionInfo.NetworkElementName,
+			Err:                fmt.Sprint("SubscribeResponse_Error"),
 		})
 	case *gpb.SubscribeResponse_SyncResponse:
 		if !resp.SyncResponse {
 			log.Error(&customerrs.SubscribeSyncResponseError{
-				PndID:      subscriptionInfo.PndID,
-				DeviceID:   subscriptionInfo.DeviceID,
-				DeviceName: subscriptionInfo.DeviceName,
+				PndID:              subscriptionInfo.PndID,
+				NetworkElementID:   subscriptionInfo.NetworkElementID,
+				NetworkElementName: subscriptionInfo.NetworkElementName,
 			})
 		}
 	case *gpb.SubscribeResponse_Update:
-		d.handleSubscribeResponseUpdate(resp, subscriptionInfo)
+		n.handleSubscribeResponseUpdate(resp, subscriptionInfo)
 	default:
 		log.Infof("Invalid SubscribeResponse, %v", resp)
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *NetworkElementWatcher) handleSubscribeResponseUpdate(resp *gpb.SubscribeResponse_Update, subscriptionInfo *transport.SubscriptionInformation) {
+func (n *NetworkElementWatcher) handleSubscribeResponseUpdate(resp *gpb.SubscribeResponse_Update, subscriptionInfo *transport.SubscriptionInformation) {
 	pndID, err := uuid.Parse(subscriptionInfo.PndID)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	pnd, err := d.pndStore.Get(store.Query{ID: pndID})
+	pnd, err := n.pndStore.Get(store.Query{ID: pndID})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	mne, err := pnd.GetNetworkElement(subscriptionInfo.DeviceID)
+	mne, err := pnd.GetNetworkElement(subscriptionInfo.NetworkElementID)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
diff --git a/controller/store/utils.go b/controller/store/utils.go
index 09746a91b72c123be7d8e8db14b426de9c2cf4b7..be2a8c5c610408ea7f1ab72fb9761ee303af9955 100644
--- a/controller/store/utils.go
+++ b/controller/store/utils.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func FromString(id string) (uuid.UUID, error) {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"identifier": id,
 		}).Debug(err)
-		return uuid.Nil, &customerrs.InvalidUUIDError{DeviceName: id}
+		return uuid.Nil, &customerrs.InvalidUUIDError{NetworkElementName: id}
 	}
 
 	return idAsUUID, nil