Xbits: A Differentiated Services SDN Enabled Internet Exchange Point

Principal Investigator’s Organization (PIO):

BitSym Pvt. Ltd, Islamabad

Principal Investigator (PI):

Dr. Saad Bin Qaisar

Summary

Xbits is a project that has developed a software-defined internet exchange point (SDX) architecture with a framework to offer differentiated services at IXPs, customized specifically for the needs of the local internet community. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) holds potential in terms of lower infrastructure costs and abstraction of network functionality in separate control and data planes.