Open Infrastructure Initiative
XSTM
eXtensible Stream Transmission Management
A protocol-agnostic framework for the orchestration, prioritisation, and real-time governance of high-throughput data streams across heterogeneous network infrastructures.
TCP / IPQUICSCTPMPLSTLS 1.3Open SourceV10.0 RC3
Overview
About the Project
XSTM defines a unified management layer capable of governing diverse transport protocols — TCP, UDP, QUIC, SCTP, and MPLS — under a single extensible framework. By decoupling stream policy from the underlying transport mechanism, the framework enables dynamic quality-of-service enforcement, cross-layer session synchronisation, and adaptive failover without protocol-specific instrumentation.

Developed as an open-source initiative, XSTM is designed for enterprise and mission-critical network deployments, providing a production-grade foundation for reproducible, standards-aligned network infrastructure.
Framework VersionXSTM Core V10.0 RC3
Protocol CoverageTCP · UDP · QUIC · SCTP · MPLS · GRE
Encryption StandardTLS 1.3 · ISO/IEC 27033
Target EnvironmentEnterprise · Mission-Critical
LicenseApache 2.0 — Open Source
Framework
Core Pillars
X
eXtensible
Modular, standards-compliant design built for protocol-agnostic integration and future extensibility.
S
Stream
Real-time, high-throughput data flow management across heterogeneous transport channels and topologies.
T
Transmission
Layer-agnostic transport control with adaptive congestion management, jitter compensation, and loss recovery.
M
Management
Governance and policy orchestration framework aligned with SNMP and ITSM design conventions.
Scope
Research Objectives
01Framework Specification. Define the formal XSTM management layer: stream registry schema, transport policy engine, and QoS profile taxonomy.
02Protocol Abstraction. Implement a unified adapter interface enabling seamless interoperability across TCP/IPv4, TCP/IPv6, UDP, QUIC, SCTP, MPLS, and GRE transports.
03Real-Time Telemetry. Develop an operational console delivering live throughput, latency, jitter, packet loss, and per-node fabric health indicators.
04Performance Benchmarking. Comparative evaluation against baseline configurations under high-load and degraded-path simulation conditions.
05Security Compliance. End-to-end TLS 1.3 encryption and formal evaluation against ISO/IEC 27033 enterprise network security benchmarks.
Stack
Technologies & Standards
Transport Protocols
TCP / IPv4TCP / IPv6UDPQUICSCTPMPLSGREIPsec
Standards & Frameworks
TLS 1.3SNMPSD-WANQoS · DSCPRFC 9000IEEE 802.1QISO/IEC 27033
Research Tools
WiresharkNetBrainPython 3.12DelphiC/C++RustGNS3
Deliverables
Reference ImplementationPeer-Reviewed PublicationOpen-Access Dataset
Architecture
System Components
Stream Registry
Control Plane
Central index of all active and queued streams, including protocol metadata, session state, priority class, and lifecycle tracking.
Transport Adapter
Abstraction Layer
Unified interface normalising TCP, UDP, QUIC, SCTP, MPLS, and GRE into a single stream-oriented API, decoupled from protocol specifics.
Policy Engine
Governance Layer
Rule-based QoS enforcement, priority scheduling, and bandwidth allocation evaluated at ingress and continuously along each stream path.
Telemetry Bus
Observability Layer
Real-time emission of per-stream metrics — throughput, RTT, jitter, and packet loss — consumed by the operational console and external collectors.
Security Module
Security Layer
End-to-end TLS 1.3 session negotiation, certificate lifecycle management, and runtime compliance checks against ISO/IEC 27033 benchmarks.
Orchestrator
Management Plane
Coordinates failover, load rebalancing across fabric nodes, and synchronises configuration state across all XSTM-managed transport sessions.