Creation of a Gigapop Serving the Baltimore/Washington Corridor

该奖项是根据NCRI的“连接到互联网”公告，NSF 96-64的高性能连接部分。 它提供了两年的部分支持，以创建一个以马里兰大学-学院公园（UM-CP）和马里兰大学-巴尔的摩县（UMBC）为中心的gigapop。 两个校区由OC-48线路连接，该线路还连接到OC-3的vBNS。 巴尔的摩地区的其他研究机构通过UMBC连接，而华盛顿地区的研究机构通过UM-CP连接。 应用包括遥感数据收集和分发，大气科学，地球观测系统计划，交互式可视化和大规模智能文档检索项目。 合作机构包括大多数因特网2机构和美国航天局的几个设施。

This award is made under the high performance connections portion of NCRI's "Connections to the Internet" announcement, NSF 96-64. It provides partial support for two years to create a gigapop centered around the University of Maryland-College Park (UM-CP) and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC). The two campuses are connected by an OC-48 line, which also connects to the vBNS at OC-3. Other research institutions in the Baltimore area connect through UMBC, while Washington area research institutions connect through UM-CP. Applications include projects in remote sensing data collection and distribution, atmospheric science, the Earth Observing System program, interactive visualization, and large-scale intelligent document retrieval. Collaborating institutions include most of the Internet 2 institutions and several NASA facilities.