Proposal for a NEARnet Nodal Switching Subsystem (NSS)

关于 NEARnet 节点交换子系统 (NSS) 的提案

• 批准号: 9000255
• 负责人: James Bruce
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-05-15 至 1993-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9000255&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Proposal; NEARnet; Nodal; Switching; Subsystem

The New England region has a high concentration of research, educational, and entrepreneurial organizations. This concentration has created a heavy demand for network communication services to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, both within the region and with colleagues in other parts of the nation and even internationally. Recognizing this need, Boston University, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have spearheaded the formation of a regional network to improve communication services. The network, the New England Academic and Research Network (NEARNET), has 21 member organizations and is growing rapidly. Its current connection to the NSFNET backbone is shared with other JVNCNET users in the Northeast and increases the hopcount between NEARNET's most remote members and the backbone point of presence by as much as a factor of two. An additional backbone node located at MIT would provide more reliable, faster service to New England users of NSF facilities, such as supercomputers, and would make the unique resources that this region has to offer more accessible to the NSFNET community. This significantly improved access will be a catalyst for the development of the "information infrastructure" in New England.***

新英格兰地区拥有高度集中的研究、教育和创业组织。这种集中度造成了对网络通信服务的巨大需求，以促进区域内以及与国内其他地区甚至国际上的同事交流信息和思想。认识到这一需求，波士顿大学、哈佛大学和麻省理工学院带头建立了一个区域网络，以改善通信服务。该网络名为新英格兰学术和研究网络(NEARNET)，拥有21个成员组织，并且正在迅速发展。它目前与NSFnet主干的连接是与东北部的其他JVNCNet用户共享的，将NEARNET最偏远的成员与主干接入点之间的跳数增加了两倍之多。位于麻省理工学院的额外骨干节点将为超级计算机等NSF设施的新英格兰用户提供更可靠、更快的服务，并使NSFnet社区更容易获得该地区必须提供的独特资源。这一显著改善的接入将成为新英格兰“信息基础设施”发展的催化剂。