Connection of the United Kingdom's JANET Network and the United States' NSFnet

这是一项通过每秒 56,000 比特的 AT&T 卫星服务将 NSFNET 连接到 JANET 的提案，JANET 是英国最接近的同等网络。 所提议的链接在任何意义上都不是实验性的；它旨在以全面生产模式运行，用于美国和英国学术计算机网络之间交换常规学术流量。支持互联网标准 TCP/IP 协议的唯一现有链路是 DARPA-MOD SATNET，它对非国防相关流量施加严格限制。 该提案规定美国共享卫星链路本身，并在美国终点站约翰·冯·诺依曼国家超级计算机中心安装 IP 路由器/网关。 还包括用于运营和维护网关及相关服务（例如路由表和辅助域名服务器）的资金。

This is a proposal to connect NSFNET to JANET, its closest equivalent in the U.K., via 56,000 bit per second AT&T satellite service. The proposed link is not in any sense experimental; it is intended to operate in full production mode for the exchange of routine scholarly traffic between the academic computer networks of the U.S. and the U.K. The only existing link supporting the Internet standard TCP/IP protocols is DARPA-MOD SATNET which places stringent restrictions on non-defense related traffic. The proposal provides for the U.S. share of the satellite link itself and an IP router/gateway to be installed at the John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center, the U.S. terminus. Funds are also included to operate and maintain the gateway and associated services such as routing tables and a secondary domain nameserver.