United States/Europe Gateway Development and Protocol Harmonization

这项提案规定，美国应审查欧洲学术网络计划和活动，并支持美国-法国联合网络开发项目的美国部分，该项目完成后将促进美国和欧洲学术和研究支持计算机网络之间的互通。通过在REARE(RESEAUX Associes Pour La Recherche Europe Anne)取得联络员资格，首席调查员将有资格(无投票权)参加REARE的技术和政策会议；通过说和听，他将能够向罕见的成员通报美国的网络要求，影响罕见的建议，并在可能影响美国网络的罕见活动的最早阶段学习。代表高端用户的Rare和ECMA(欧洲计算机制造商协会)是影响计算机网络标准及其协调的两个最有影响力的泛欧洲机构。该项目还提供了美国和法国联合开发一个网关的费用，该网关将在美国和欧洲版本的国际标准组织(ISO)计算机网络协议之间进行转换；如果没有这样一个网关，美国和欧洲的网络将无法互操作，即使两者都“符合ISO协议”。该项目资助的基础设施包括美国在美国和法国之间的56千比特卫星链路中的份额；这条链路将允许美国和法国的参与者在网关开发方面进行合作，作为网关本身的试验台，此外还可以在美国和稀有社区之间传输选定的常规业务流量。

This proposal provides for U.S. cognizance of European academic networking plans and activities, and for support of the U.S. segment of a joint United States - French network development project which will, when complete, facilitate interworking between U.S. and European academic and research- support computer networks. By taking out liaison membership in RARE (Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeanne) the Principal Investigator will be eligible to attend (without voting status) both technical and policy meetings of RARE; by both speaking and listening he will be able to apprise RARE members of US networking requirements, to influence RARE recommendations, and to learn at the earliest stage of RARE activities that may affect US networks. RARE, representing high-end users, and ECMA (the European Computer Manufacturers Association) are the two most influential Pan-European bodies influencing computer networking standards and their harmonization. The project also provides for US expenses in joint United States-French development of a gateway that will translate between the US and European versions of the International Standards Organization (ISO) computer networking protocols; without such a gateway, US and European networks will not interoperate even though both "conform to the ISO protocols". Infrastructure funded by the project includes the US share of a 56 kilobit satellite link between the US and France; the link will allow United States and French participants to collaborate in the gateway development, serve as a testbed for the gateway itself, and in addition carry selected routine operational traffic between the US and the RARE community.