International Collaboration Board Network


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            ICBNet
            c/o BBN Systems & Technologies Corporation
            10 Moulton Street
            Cambridge, Massachusetts
            02138
            Attention: Stanley Silverman

            _E-_m_a_i_l: icbnet-staff@bbn.com

            _P_h_o_n_e: (617) 873-2447 (Silverman)


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            The ICBNet establishes Internet links  between  the  ARPANET
            and  cooperating  groups  of  researchers within NATO sites,
            providing transit service and a testbed for  joint  NATO  C3
            and interoperability experiments.  These links have replaced
            the old SATNET (Atlantic Packet Satellite Network)  service.
            Point-to-point trans-Atlantic service between the US and the
            UK and between the US and Italy connects  the  ARPANET  with
            local  networks at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment
            (RSRE) and the University College London (UCL), both in  the
            UK,  and at the Italian National Research Council (CNUCE) in
            Italy.   The  Norwegian  Telecommunications   Administration
            Research  Establishment  (NTARE)  accesses  the  network via
            RSRE.  Connections to the SHAPE Technical  Centre  (STC)  in
            the  Netherlands and the Warrior Preparation Center (WPC) in
            West Germany will be added within the next few months.

            The US-to-Europe links are provided via full  duplex  64kbps
            connections  between  a  Butterfly Gateway located at BBN in
            Cambridge, and the Butterfly Gateway at  RSRE,  and  between
            the  Butterfly  Gateway  at DARPA in Arlington, Va., and the
            Butterfly Gateway at CNUCE.



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            of this guide.




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