Keeping the Local Traffic Local – The NaissIX Internet Exchange Point Success Story
Dušan Vučković, Aleksandra S. Panajotović, Vladimir M. Ciric, Marko Z. Zivkovic · 2023
With the increased demand for additional bandwidth, when it comes to the Metropolitan Area Networks, there is also a growing need to keep the local traffic local. Preventing the traffic of local origin from "spilling" over the MAN borders, or maybe even country borders become one of the very important tasks. This is where local Internet Exchange Points can help. This paper illustrates possibilities local IXP implementation has to offer (city of Nis, Serbia in this case) and improvements that can come out of it.