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Appendix B: High-Performance Communications Technology and Infrastructure
Pages 92-96

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... The United States is home to a vital industry that supplies related equipment and software, including businesses begun as spinoffs from academic research activity. See Box B.1 for an example of how government, academic, and industrial investments can complement each other to accelerate the development of a key communications technology.
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From page 93...
... Activity NREN ARPA 43.1 0 Networking IITA ARPA 23.00 Global grid communications BRHR NSF 11.30 Very high speed networks and optical systems NREN NSA 03.50 Very high speed networking NREN NSA 02.60 High-speed data protection electronics NREN DOE 02.00 Gigabit research and development N REN N IST 01 .7 5 Metrology to support mobile and fixed-base communications networks aNREN, National Research and Education Network; IITA, Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications; BRHR, Basic Research and Human Resources. bARPA, Advanced Research Projects Agency; NSF, National Science Foundation; NSA, National Security Agency; DOE, Department of Energy; NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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From page 94...
... Qf the. asynchronous: transfer mode, or AT:M,: standard~, .a-nd..most imp r a Iy, play a very.sig i .~..:roie:.in:de.veloping..brQad.
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From page 95...
... Research into how to implement such services has begun under the HPCCI umbrelIa. More specifically, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency have combined to fund research to support the development of digital libraries, providing a vehicle for exploring many concepts associated with information infrastructure (NSF, 19931.
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From page 96...
... There have been many government, academic, and industry studies under way to identify and clarify these research issues. Although the newspapers are filled with announcements of corporate alliances, new venture formations, and new product introductions more or less linked to the advancement of the nation's information infrastructure, significant advances call for the solution of many technical problems and therefore for a significant research effort.
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