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

NSF和加拿大国家研究委员会已达成协议，将加拿大新成立的国家研究和学术网络“CA*Net”(星号在其官方标志上代表枫叶)与NSFnet互连，每个网络上的三个主要节点(“NSS”)之间有国际联系。NSS.NSS链路将是国际对等网络互连的第一个，因为CA*Net和NSFnet都使用IBM公司提供的交换技术，这消除了使用采用不同技术的设备的需要。CA*Net是在NSFnet模式的基础上形成的，无论是在技术上还是在连接加拿大地区/省网络的拓扑上。CA*Net NSFnet互联互通将促进两国之间的科学和学术合作。

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.