diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/export/BatchSpanProcessor.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/export/BatchSpanProcessor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..457319c7cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/export/BatchSpanProcessor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { TraceFlags } from '@opentelemetry/types';
+import { unrefTimer } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { SpanProcessor } from '../SpanProcessor';
+import { SpanExporter } from './SpanExporter';
+import { Span } from '../Span';
+import { ReadableSpan } from './ReadableSpan';
+import { BufferConfig } from '../types';
+
+const DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 100;
+const DEFAULT_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the {@link SpanProcessor} that batches spans exported by
+ * the SDK then pushes them to the exporter pipeline.
+ */
+export class BatchSpanProcessor implements SpanProcessor {
+  private readonly _bufferSize: number;
+  private readonly _bufferTimeout: number;
+  private _finishedSpans: ReadableSpan[] = [];
+  private _lastSpanFlush = Date.now();
+  private _timer: NodeJS.Timeout;
+
+  constructor(private readonly _exporter: SpanExporter, config?: BufferConfig) {
+    this._bufferSize =
+      config && config.bufferSize ? config.bufferSize : DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE;
+    this._bufferTimeout =
+      config && config.bufferTimeout
+        ? config.bufferTimeout
+        : DEFAULT_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS;
+
+    this._timer = setInterval(() => {
+      if (Date.now() - this._lastSpanFlush >= this._bufferTimeout) {
+        this._flush();
+      }
+    }, this._bufferTimeout);
+    unrefTimer(this._timer);
+  }
+
+  // does nothing.
+  onStart(span: Span): void {}
+
+  onEnd(span: Span): void {
+    if (span.context().traceFlags !== TraceFlags.SAMPLED) return;
+    this._addToBuffer(span.toReadableSpan());
+  }
+
+  shutdown(): void {
+    clearInterval(this._timer);
+    this._exporter.shutdown();
+  }
+
+  /** Add a span in the buffer. */
+  private _addToBuffer(span: ReadableSpan) {
+    this._finishedSpans.push(span);
+    if (this._finishedSpans.length > this._bufferSize) {
+      this._flush();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Send the span data list to exporter */
+  private _flush() {
+    this._exporter.export(this._finishedSpans, () => {});
+    this._finishedSpans = [];
+    this._lastSpanFlush = Date.now();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/index.ts
index 77c280c04cf..4dbb7ad1e7d 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 export * from './BasicTracer';
 export * from './export/ConsoleSpanExporter';
+export * from './export/BatchSpanProcessor';
 export * from './export/ExportResult';
 export * from './export/InMemorySpanExporter';
 export * from './export/ReadableSpan';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/types.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/types.ts
index eeed55a4558..ec2977372cf 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/src/types.ts
@@ -75,3 +75,11 @@ export interface TraceParams {
   /** numberOfEventsPerSpan is number of message events per span */
   numberOfEventsPerSpan?: number;
 }
+
+/** Interface configuration for a buffer. */
+export interface BufferConfig {
+  /** Maximum size of a buffer. */
+  bufferSize?: number;
+  /** Max time for a buffer can wait before being sent */
+  bufferTimeout?: number;
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/test/export/BatchSpanProcessor.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/test/export/BatchSpanProcessor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cbdb490690e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-basic-tracer/test/export/BatchSpanProcessor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import { BatchSpanProcessor } from '../../src/export/BatchSpanProcessor';
+import { Span, BasicTracer } from '../../src';
+import { SpanExporter } from '../../src/export/SpanExporter';
+import { ReadableSpan } from '../../src/export/ReadableSpan';
+import { NoopScopeManager } from '@opentelemetry/scope-base';
+import { NEVER_SAMPLER, ALWAYS_SAMPLER, NoopLogger } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+
+// @todo: replace TestExporter with InMemorySpanExporter (pull/234)
+class TestExporter implements SpanExporter {
+  spansDataList: ReadableSpan[] = [];
+  export(spans: ReadableSpan[]): void {
+    this.spansDataList.push(...spans);
+  }
+
+  shutdown(): void {
+    this.spansDataList = [];
+  }
+}
+
+function createSampledSpan(spanName: string): Span {
+  const tracer = new BasicTracer({
+    scopeManager: new NoopScopeManager(),
+    sampler: ALWAYS_SAMPLER,
+  });
+  const span = tracer.startSpan(spanName);
+  span.end();
+  return span as Span;
+}
+
+function createUnSampledSpan(spanName: string): Span {
+  const tracer = new BasicTracer({
+    scopeManager: new NoopScopeManager(),
+    sampler: NEVER_SAMPLER,
+    logger: new NoopLogger(),
+  });
+  const span = tracer.startSpan(spanName, { isRecordingEvents: false });
+  span.end();
+  return span as Span;
+}
+
+describe('BatchSpanProcessor', () => {
+  const name = 'span-name';
+  const defaultBufferConfig = {
+    bufferSize: 5,
+    bufferTimeout: 2000,
+  };
+  const exporter = new TestExporter();
+
+  describe('constructor', () => {
+    it('should create a BatchSpanProcessor instance', () => {
+      const processor = new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter);
+      assert.ok(processor instanceof BatchSpanProcessor);
+    });
+
+    it('should create a BatchSpanProcessor instance with config', () => {
+      const processor = new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter, defaultBufferConfig);
+      assert.ok(processor instanceof BatchSpanProcessor);
+    });
+
+    it('should create a BatchSpanProcessor instance with empty config', () => {
+      const processor = new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter, {});
+      assert.ok(processor instanceof BatchSpanProcessor);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('.onStart/.onEnd/.shutdown', () => {
+    it('should export the sampled spans with buffer size reached', () => {
+      const processor = new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter, defaultBufferConfig);
+      for (let i = 0; i < defaultBufferConfig.bufferSize; i++) {
+        const span = createSampledSpan(`${name}_${i}`);
+        processor.onStart(span);
+        assert.strictEqual(exporter.spansDataList.length, 0);
+
+        processor.onEnd(span);
+        assert.strictEqual(exporter.spansDataList.length, 0);
+      }
+      // Now we should start seeing the spans in exporter
+      const span = createSampledSpan(`${name}_6`);
+      processor.onEnd(span);
+      assert.strictEqual(exporter.spansDataList.length, 6);
+
+      processor.shutdown();
+      assert.strictEqual(exporter.spansDataList.length, 0);
+    });
+
+    it('should not export the unsampled spans', () => {
+      const processor = new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter, defaultBufferConfig);
+      for (let i = 0; i < defaultBufferConfig.bufferSize * 2; i++) {
+        const span = createUnSampledSpan(`${name}_${i}`);
+        processor.onEnd(span);
+        assert.strictEqual(exporter.spansDataList.length, 0);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('should force flush when timeout exceeded', done => {
+      const processor = new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter, defaultBufferConfig);
+      for (let i = 0; i < defaultBufferConfig.bufferSize; i++) {
+        const span = createSampledSpan(`${name}_${i}`);
+        processor.onEnd(span);
+        assert.strictEqual(exporter.spansDataList.length, 0);
+      }
+
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        assert.strictEqual(exporter.spansDataList.length, 5);
+        done();
+      }, defaultBufferConfig.bufferTimeout + 100);
+    }).timeout(defaultBufferConfig.bufferTimeout * 2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/index.ts
index 5e33fd33b27..8b1b9afe53a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 
 export * from './id';
 export * from './performance';
+export * from './timer-util';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/timer-util.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/timer-util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81245de3911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/timer-util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/** This is Node specific, does nothing in case of browser */
+export function unrefTimer(timer: number): void {}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/index.ts
index 5e33fd33b27..8b1b9afe53a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 
 export * from './id';
 export * from './performance';
+export * from './timer-util';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/timer-util.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/timer-util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..132ba860bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/timer-util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * When called, the active Timeout object will not require the Node.js event
+ * loop to remain active.
+ */
+export function unrefTimer(timer: NodeJS.Timeout): void {
+  timer.unref();
+}