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

该奖项授予伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC），名为“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（丹麦、芬兰、冰岛、挪威和瑞典）、法国、荷兰、以色列的先进网络和NSF的高性能骨干网服务（vBNS）之间的高性能国际互联网服务连接提供支持。整个联盟（欧洲网络加上UIC）被称为EuroLink。EuroLink提议在欧洲nrn和vBNS之间提供4条链路，每条名义速度为45mbps，通过位于芝加哥的美国国家科学基金会资助的高性能网络国际连接点STAR TAP。预计未来其他欧洲国家也可能加入EuroLink。根据分包合同，将向印第安纳大学网络运营中心（NOC）提供全天候运营支持。印第安纳州NOC还根据HPIIS的伙伴合同，为亚太地区的合作提供服务，并为Internet2/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.