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- TANet - The Taiwan Academic Network
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- Computer Center, Ministry of Education
- 12th Fl, No. 106
- Sec. 2, Hoping E. Road
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Attention: Chen Wen-Sung
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- _E_m_a_i_l: zchen@twnmoe10.edu.tw
- or zchen@twnmoe10.bitnet
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (886) 2-737-7010
- FAX: (886) 2-737-7043
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- TANet, the Taiwan Academic Network, is a pilot project
- undertaken by the Ministry of Education and Universities
- Computer Center to establish a common national academic net-
- work infrastructure. To support research and academic
- institutions in Taiwan, TANet will provide access to unique
- resources and opportunities for collaborative work. TANet
- will be composed of most of the Taiwan Internet community,
- including industry networks such as SEEDNet (Software
- Engineering Environment Development Network).
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- Network Organization:
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- The management structure of TANet is a two-layer hierarchy.
- The TANet network service center (TANSC) is to be responsi-
- ble for the national backbone network and management of
- international links. Within each regional area, a regional
- network service center (RNSC) will provide necessary ser-
- vices and support connections to the TANet backbone from the
- local-area network/campus network of each
- university/institution. At present, TANSC is run by the
- Ministry of Education computer center, and each RNSC is run
- by a major local university.
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
- of this guide.
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- July 31, 1992 NNSC Section 5.44, Page 1
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- Membership:
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- The following universities/institutions will be connected to
- TANet initially:
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- Taipei area:
- Ministry of Education Computer Center (MOECC)
- National Taiwan University (NTU)
- National Cheng-Chi University (NCCU)
- National Taiwan Institute of Technology (NTIT)
- National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)
- Academic Sinica (SINICA)
- Tam-Kang University (TKU)
- Fu Jen University (FJU)
- Chinese Culture University (PCCU)
- National Taipei College of Technology (TIT)
- Institute for Information Industry (III)
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- Taoyuan area:
- National Central University (NCU)
- Yuan Ze Institute of Technology (YZIT)
- Telecom Laboratory, Ministry of Communication (MOCTL)
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- Hsinchu area:
- National Chiao-Tung University (NCTU)
- National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU)
- Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
- Chung-Hua Polytechnic Institute (CHPI)
- Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (SRRC)
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- Taichung area:
- National Chung-Hsing University (NCHU)
- Feng-Chia University (FCU)
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- Tainan area:
- National Cheng-Kung University (NCKU)
- National Chung-Cheng University (CCU)
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- Kaohsiung area:
- National Sun-Yat Sen University (NSYSU)
- National Kaohsiung Normal University (NKNU)
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- These bodies are the core membership of TANet. Other
- university/institutions may apply for membership and be
- connected to TANet after obtaining their membership
- application.
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- Protocols:
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- July 31, 1992 NNSC Section 5.44, Page 2
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- The network protocols will initially focus on TCP/IP on
- the TANet backbone. Regional networks may support multi-
- ple pro- tocols and additional facilities (including X.25
- transport or dial-up services) on a local basis in accor-
- dance with regional requirements. Support for OSI (CLNS)
- routing will be introduced in the near future. Existing
- Taiwan BITNET and ifNET (information NETwork) applica-
- tions (including electronic mail delivery, NetNEWS, and
- file transfer) will be supported over TANet via IP con-
- nections.
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- Network Topology:
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- The network implementation uses a ring/mesh topology. It
- interconnects by intelligent routers and high-speed
- leased circuits/LANs together.
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- High-speed T1 (1.544 Mbps) circuits were installed
- between NSYSU and NTU, MOECC, NCU, NCTU, NTHU, and NCKU.
- NTU, NTHU, NCHU, and NCKU are now 9.6 kbps for backup
- purposes (they will be changed to at least 64 kbps in
- 1992). Dynamic ISDN links are also intended to provide
- backup services in the event of failure of a primary
- link. The bandwidth of each local link will depend on
- its local requirements; global considerations will dic-
- tate further moves toward higher bandwidths on the back-
- bone links.
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- A 64 kbps link is now installed from the Ministry of Edu-
- cation Computer Center to Princeton University, and will
- be upgarded to 256 kbps before the end of 1992. This
- link will couple TANet to both JvNCnet and NSFNET..kp
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- July 31, 1992 NNSC Section 5.44, Page 3
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