EuroLink: High Performance International Internet Services between Research and Education Institutions in the United States and Europe/Israel

这一奖项授予伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC），题为“EuroLink：美国和欧洲/以色列的研究和教育机构之间的高性能国际互联网服务”为北欧国家先进网络之间的高性能国际互联网服务连接提供支持（丹麦、芬兰、冰岛、挪威和瑞典）、法国、荷兰、以色列和NSF的高性能骨干网络服务（vBNS）。 整个联盟（欧洲网络加上UIC）被称为EuroLink。 EuroLink建议通过位于芝加哥的由NSF资助的高性能网络国际连接点星星TAP，在欧洲NRN和vBNS之间提供四条链路，每条链路的标称速率为45 Mbps。 预计其他欧洲国家将来也可能加入EuroLink。 24小时的运营支持将提供下，以印第安纳州大学网络运营中心（NOC）。 印第安纳州国家奥委会还为TransPAC亚太合作提供HPIIS奖，并为Internet 2/Abilene网络提供运营支持。

This award to the University of Illinois at Chicago, (UIC) entitled"EuroLink: High Performance International Internet Services between Research and Education Institutions in the United States and Europe/Israel" provides support for a High Performance International Internet Services connection between the advanced networks of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), France, Netherlands, Israel and NSF's very high-performance Backbone Network Services (vBNS). The overall consortium (European networks plus UIC) is called EuroLink. EuroLink proposed to provide four links, each nominally at 45 Mbps, between the European NRNs and the vBNS via the NSF-funded international connection point for high-performance networks, STAR TAP , in Chicago. It is anticipated that other European countries may join EuroLink in the future. Round-the-clock operational support will be provided under subcontract to the Indiana University Network Operations Center (NOC). The Indiana NOC also serves under a companion HPIIS award to TransPAC for Asia-Pacific collaborations, and it also provides operational support to the Internet2/Abilene network.