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The Quantum Framework

A complete VPP application development and deployment platform. Not a starting point — a production-ready foundation.
40G – 400G
Throughput Range
x86 & ARM
Platform Support
< 90 Days
Requirements to Qualification
THE CHALLENGE

VPP Without the 18-Month Onramp

If you’re an OEM building a DDoS mitigation appliance, a lawful intercept platform, or a high-performance load balancer — you already know the pain. You’re not in the business of writing VPP graph node infrastructure, building runtime rule-insertion engines, or developing control plane APIs from scratch. But that’s exactly what raw VPP demands before you can ship a single line of your actual product.

Vector Packet Processing is one of the most powerful packet forwarding frameworks ever built. It is also notoriously complex to productize. The Quantum Framework is BlueDot’s answer to that problem. We’ve built the production infrastructure layer that sits on top of VPP and transforms it into a platform OEMs can actually ship products on.

Quantum Controller visualization
The Platform

One framework.
Every deployment.

The Quantum Framework is a complete VPP application platform — controller, management, telemetry — built so OEMs ship products, not infrastructure.

Foundation

x86 & ARM.
Your hardware.

Standard COTS x86 servers. ARM-based edge platforms. No proprietary ASICs, no locked-in silicon. If it runs Linux and has CPU cores, Quantum runs on it.

x86 COTS ARM SmartNIC / DPU 40G – 400G
Quantum Controller

The brain.
Runtime control.

Manages VPP graph node pipelines at runtime — inserting, modifying, and removing forwarding rules without dataplane disruption. No restarts. No downtime.

QuantumTouch

Full management.
Live telemetry.

VPP lifecycle, DPDK binding, port assignment, pipeline configuration, and a Prometheus-native observability stack. All via REST API.

VPP lifecycle management
Prometheus metrics + PromQL
Per-thread CPU telemetry
DPDK NIC management
Scalable Solution

Engineered for
your workload.
Scaled across
every core.

We design your plugin for maximum throughput, then leverage VPP to scale that function across every available thread — achieving true line-rate performance.

Multi-core x86 ARM threads True line rate
Deployment Mode 1

Embedded in
your design.

Deploy Quantum as an embedded processing engine inside your own product. A standard PCIe-attached x86 server handles all packet processing inline. Your brand. Your enclosure. Our engine.

Deployment Mode 2

Standalone
appliance.

Deploy as a standalone network appliance on any standard rack-mount COTS server. Full Quantum Framework stack in a single managed unit. 1U or 2U. Rack it and run it.

Time to Market

From requirements to
qualification in 90 days.

Discovery → plugin development → integration → qualification release. BlueDot engineers build the plugin. You own the IP. Everything else is already done.

Requirements
Discovery
Wk 1–2
Plugin
Development
Wk 3–10
Integration
& Testing
Wk 11–12
Qualification
Release
Ship
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COMPONENTS

What’s Included

Quantum Controller

The brain of the platform. The Quantum Controller manages VPP graph node pipelines at runtime — inserting, modifying, and removing forwarding rules without dataplane disruption. It exposes a clean API so your application doesn’t need to speak VPP internals.

QuantumTouch

QuantumTouch provides the interface and management layer between the controller and the application layer, enabling streamlined integration and operational control.

Runtime Rule Engine

Dynamic rule insertion into the VPP pipeline — no restarts, no downtime, no proprietary hardware. Your application pushes policy; Quantum handles the forwarding plane update.

Management API

A complete API layer abstracting VPP internals. OEMs integrate against the Quantum API, not against VPP graph nodes directly. This is what makes plugin development tractable in a 90-day cycle.

Telemetry & Observability

Built-in visibility into pipeline performance, rule hit rates, and forwarding behavior — the instrumentation you need for production deployments and customer SLAs.

PLATFORMS

Runs Where You Need It

x86 COTS Servers

Any modern multi-core x86 server. No proprietary NICs required.

ARM Architecture

Runs on ARM-based platforms for edge and embedded deployments.

SmartNICs / DPUs

Supports select SmartNIC and DPU targets for offload scenarios.

40G – 400G

Line rate performance depending on platform configuration.

USE CASES

What Gets Built on Quantum

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DDoS Mitigation & Advanced Filtering

Line-rate volumetric mitigation focused on the attack surface that actually affects your customers. Inline, no scrubbing center.
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Load Balancing

Stateful load balancing with custom or standard algorithms. Best of both worlds over hash-based ECMP — without enterprise ADC pricing.
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U

Lawful Intercept

Precision packet interception on-premise, on your hardware, under your control. Built for intelligence agencies, government operators, and carriers.
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n

Virtual BNG (vBNG)

Replace MikroTik chains with a scalable IPoE BNG architecture. 5,000–60,000 subscribers per node on standard COTS hardware. We build it, you ship it.
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K

Network ACL Enforcement

Programmable enforcement points for zero trust segmentation and rapid IP blocklist deployment. Runtime rule insertion, no restarts.
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k

Custom Security Appliances

If it lives in the forwarding plane, BlueDot can build it. DPI, traffic steering, custom filtering — scoped to your exact requirements.
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WHO WE SERVE

Who We Build For

The main customers for the Quantum Framework are OEMs, integrators, and operators who want BlueDot to build them a custom application. Every one of those applications starts from the same QuantumTouch and Quantum Controller core, which carries over from project to project — so every engagement starts with encrypted back ends, RBAC, DPDK, drivers, and more already in place.

OEMs

Does your product line have a gap — a network service your customers need, without an expensive R&D effort to get there? Work with BlueDot and we develop the product for you, in a rapid timeframe.

Integrators

As an integrator you have off-the-shelf products that “should” fit together, and often don’t. Let BlueDot handle the packet-processing requirements where no off-the-shelf solution exists — on budget and on time.

Operators

As an operator you are looking for ways to monetize the network. A custom application from BlueDot lets you develop and turn on that new service in a rapid timeframe, so you can react to customer demand in real time.

Day one

115 capabilities you do not have to build

Every engagement starts on the same foundation. These are the things already working before a line of your product is written.

  • Forwarding plane foundation7
  • Management API & control plane18
  • Authentication & identity17
  • Authorization & hardening17
  • TLS & certificate automation9
  • State, config & auditability6
  • Observability & analytics10
  • Hardware & platform11
  • Traffic generation & validation13
  • Operations & lifecycle9
  • Operator UI & white-labelling5

See the full table — all 122 rows, including the 7 where raw VPP already delivers →

ENGAGEMENT MODEL

From Whiteboard to Qualification in 90 Days

1

Requirements Discovery

Week 1–2

Define the exact function your plugin needs to perform.

2

Plugin Development

Week 3–10

BlueDot’s engineers write your custom VPP plugin.

3

Integration & Testing

Week 11–12

Validated at target line rates with the full Quantum stack.

4

Qualification Release

 

Ready for your acceptance testing and downstream integration.

Start Your Plugin Project →

Source Code or Binaries

At the end of that process, you choose how you receive your application: as source code, or as binaries.

Your Product. Our Platform. Shipped Faster.

Tell us what you’re building. We’ll tell you how fast we can get you there.
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