Implementation and Management of Improved Connectivity Between NSFNET and CA*net

NSF和加拿大国家研究理事会达成了一项协议， 协议将加拿大新成立的国家 研究和学术网络“CA*net（星号表示 一个枫叶在其官方标志）和NSFNET与 三个主要节点（“NSS "）之间的国际链路 网络 NSS.NSS链接将代表“第一”在 国际对等网络的相互连接， CA*net和NSFNET都采用由 IBM公司，这消除了使用设备的需要， 它们采用不同的技术。 CA*net是基于 NSFNET模型在其技术和拓扑结构， 连接加拿大的区域/省级网络。 CA* 网 NSFNET互联将促进科学和学术 两国之间的合作。

NSF and the National Research council of Canada have reached an agreement to interconnect Canada's newly.forming national research and academic network, "CA*net ( the asterisk represents a Maple Leaf in its official logo) and the NSFNET with international links between three major nodes ("NSS's) on each network. The NSS.NSS links will represent a "first" in the interconnection of international peer networks, inasmuch as CA*net and NSFNET both employ switching technology furnishid by the IBM Corporation, and this eliminates the need to use devices which adapt dissimilar technologies. CA*net is fashioned on the NSFNET model both in its technology and in its topolgy which connects regional/provincial networks in Canada. The CA*net NSFNET interconnection will facilitate scientific and academic collaborations between the two countries.