A Program for Research on Very High Speed Networking

该提案定义了一个研究、实验、技术开发和示范项目，旨在创建传输速度超过每秒1千兆位（1 Gb/s）的全国性数据通信网络。整个项目的具体产品是开发和演示速度超过每秒100兆比特的长途网络，以及规范额外的架构开发，包括协议、交换结构和千兆网络的光纤传输设施。这一建议可以看作是一项持续数年的多阶段计划的第一阶段。在第一阶段，国家研究计划公司（CNRI）将发布白皮书，评估响应，举行许多工作组会议，并与分包商合作开发/选择超高速网络的体系结构方法。该方法涉及CNRI协调工业界和学术界参与者的努力，由私营部门分摊非常可观的费用。在这一阶段结束时，将产生一份详细的提案，以及一组分包商需要完成的具体任务。

This proposal defines a program of research, experimentation, technology development, and demonstrations leading to the creation of a national scale data communications network with transmission speeds in excess of a gigabit per second (1 Gb/s). Specific products of the overall project are the development and demonstration of long-haul networking at speeds greater than 100 megabits per second, and specification of the additional architectural development including protocols, switching fabrics, and fiber-optic transmission facilities for the gigabit network. This proposal may be thought of as the first phase of a multi-phase plan extending over several years. During this first phase the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) will issue a call for white papers, evaluate the responses, hold numerous working group meetings, and working with the subcontractors develop/select an architectural approach for a very high speed network. The approach involves CNRI coordinating the efforts of industrial and academic participants, with very substantial cost-sharing by the private sector. At the end of this phase a detailed proposal will be produced along with a set of specific subcontrator tasks to be accomplished.