CICNet

院校合作委员会(CIC)建议为其成员学校建立一个区域通信网络，并将为七个州区域的其他机构提供服务。最初纳入该网络的学校和州包括：伊利诺伊-芝加哥大学，伊利诺伊大学，西北大学；爱荷华州大学-爱荷华州大学；密歇根州-密歇根大学，密歇根州立大学；俄亥俄-俄亥俄州立大学，印第安纳-印第安纳大学，普渡大学；威斯康星大学-威斯康星大学；以及明尼苏达大学-明尼苏达大学。国家科学基金将为高带宽(150万比特每秒)数据通信网络提供部分支持，该网络将支持对区域和国家计算资源和独特数据库的访问，支持研究人员之间的交流，特别是在项目合作方面，以及大学与产业合作和技术转让。建议采用星形拓扑结构，T-1线路从芝加哥大学的枢纽发往每个CIC机构。中央枢纽将由CICNet网络支持中心管理。公司合作伙伴将安装和管理T-1线路。在每所大学，CICNet将通过一个通往当地校园网络的网关进行访问。该网络最初将连接到伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的NSF主干网络。所有组件都将使用NSFnet标准的TCP/IP协议。每个校区将为CICNet提供本地网络基础设施，包括技术支持和用户信息服务。网络支持中心将为校园提供协调和技术支持。融资和运营计划要求稳步减少对NSF和企业合作伙伴支持的依赖，在五年结束时将CICNet的所有方面完全移交给CIC。NSF的支持将仅限于头两年半。

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) proposes to implement a regional communication network for its member schools and would also serve other institutions in the seven - state region. The initial set of schools and the states that would be included in the network are: Illinois- University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Northwestern University; Iowa - University of Iowa; Michigan - University of Michigan, Michigan State University; Ohio - Ohio State University, Indiana - Indiana University, Purdue University; Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin; and Minnesota - University of Minnesota. The NSF would provide partial support for a high bandwidth (1.5 million bits per second) data communication network that will support access to regional and national computational resources and unique data bases, communication among researchers especially for project collaboration, and university - industry cooperation and technology transfer. A star topology is proposed with T-1 lines emanating from a hub at the University of Chicago to each of the CIC institutions. The central hub will be managed by a CICNet Network Support Center. A corporate partner will install and manage the the T-1 lines. At each university CICNet access will be through a gateway to the local campus network. The network will initially be connected to the NSF backbone network at the University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign. All components will utilize the NSFNet standard TCP/IP protocols. Each campus will provide local networking infrastructure for CICNet, including technical support and user information services. The Network Support Center will provide coordination and technical support for the campuses. Financing and operational plans call for a steadily decreasing reliance upon support from NSF and corporate partners, with full responsibility for all aspects of CICNet devolving onto CIC at the conclusion of five years. NSF support will be for the first 2 1/2 years only.