STAR TAP2: Science, Technology and Research Transit Access Point

科学、技术和研究中转接入点（STAR TAP）由美国国家科学基金ANI-9712283资助，期限为1997年5月1日至2000年4月30日。目前的合同为STAR TAP提供的关键基础设施服务提供了为期三年的资金支持。考虑到自下一代互联网（NGI）计划启动以来高性能网络领域发生的动态变化，以及相关的国内（如互联网2）和国外（如加拿大、日本、新加坡、荷兰、以色列、北欧国家和其他国家）倡议，STAR TAP服务将得到深入扩展。然而，这项工作的本质基本上没有改变，即通过在国内和国际合作伙伴的先进学术网络之间提供持久、可靠的互连，支持在推进高性能网络和先进网络应用方面的全球合作。

The Science, Technology and Research Transit Access Point (STAR TAP) was funded by NSF ANI-9712283 for the period May 1,1997-April 30, 2000. The current award funds a three-year continuation of the pivotal infrastructure services provided by STAR TAP. STAR TAP services will be expanded in depth to take account of dynamic changes that have taken place in high performance networking since the inception of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Program as well as related domestic (e.g., Internet 2) and foreign (e.g., Canada, Japan, Singapore, Netherlands, Israel, Nordic countries and others to follow) initiatives. The nature of the effort, however, is substantially unchanged, namely to support global collaborations on progressing high performance networking and advanced networked applications by providing persistent, reliable interconnections between domestic and international partner advanced academic networks.