A Program for Research on Very High Speed Networking

该提案确定了一项研究、实验、技术开发和示范计划，旨在创建传输速度超过1吉比特每秒(1 Gb/S)的全国性数据通信网络。整个项目的具体产品是速度超过100兆比特每秒的长途网络的开发和演示，以及包括协议、交换结构和千兆网络光纤传输设施在内的额外体系结构开发的规范。这项提议可以被认为是一项持续数年的多阶段计划的第一阶段。在第一阶段，国家研究倡议公司(CNRI)将发布白皮书，评估回应，召开多次工作组会议，并与分包商合作，为非常高速的网络制定/选择架构方法。该办法涉及到CNRI协调工业界和学术界参与者的努力，并由私营部门分担大量费用。在这一阶段结束时，将产生一份详细的提案，以及一套要完成的具体分包任务。

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.