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AIIAXET 1 an operatlonal. reaourc~ harinA inter-ca.puter

network linkin& a wide variety of ca.put~r in CONUS, Ha-.11.
Norway, and Enal~d
Its c~nicationa ayat.a introduced
the revoh,tlonary technique of "packet .vitchln1'' ere each
. . aae i broken up into ... 11 pa~keta and ach packet la
awitched to ita deatlnation over the qu~ckeat c~lcatlona
path available at any given lnatant
AIPAIET vaa orlalnally
dealaned under a reaearch and develo,.ent prosr.. by the
Defenae AciYanc"td leaearch Projctt Aaency ln lt6t. Manaa_..t
reaponalbillty of the network-.. tranaferred to Defenae C . . ~i
cationa Aaency on July 1. 197S
Thi brochure provide a &neral deacrlptlon of the AIPAIIT
and define the pollciea and proced~rea aovernlna lta u.e.
A4dlt tonal lnfonution for proapect ive .aaera of AIPAIIIT and
.. tra coplea of thla brochure are available fraa:
Defenae 0
ATTII:

unlcat iona qency

Code 535

V.ahinaton. D.c.
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T!l!phone ~ (202) 6926175/6176
~ 222-617S/6176
AIPAJIT Mailbox: DCACode~l5@111

AUCUIT

1976

PACE
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Purpoa ..

lnuoduct ion

Deflnit ion

.:.

twork

0.~r:ription

. . twork

u~

.._ AIIAIIET Service

7.

AlPART

Fundlna

11

AU'AIIIT lnfor"Mtlon

12

9.

i 1 i&et ion Polley

Spon~r 1 '

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11

Group

Flaure 1

Concptual DU&r of the AIP..:f

flpare 2

. . twork "

ry

lacln\ll"e 1

AIPUIT CeoiT.,..lc ...,

14

Caclnure 2

AIPa.T L.c-.leal ...,

15

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a..atn4 r--t

11

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rt>1ourc 1h11riny intt>rvrit,ty of .:OflaPU'f'ra at Defe:a!U
.. 1 JARPA) StJOn~nrtd r .. flt't"'rl h
,.r.if'ra w ,j 1) 1 ..... r ()o~ H! 1 I ' l . i'' corns Hew<ti I. Nor..,e:.
dtld
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AJlO!lltr! ~. fl.-'.1'1',, ~ uh,mt t,,. '-"'t'o*'t~t ar in tomputer
t.n.erne''i.n,,
Tht networ~ waR .f.ill:td ro provide fficin.
c~r:; _,.. i~>n" t>tvcn h .. r ~""' ''''" ~utapulttrs "" that ha~dvarP.
nft ... r ... ar!li data rtBollr - .. nulrl D convfnt.~nl }., and f't'On>~l!>

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A the n~tvork

IU(~u!ully _,aJ.nd it" initial ril'li~n 11oah.

~re authori.-;td atc""
n ht nvork
Todn.
t.IJ ... auppnrt for a lr" :1::11ber of Dof1 pro )'- t

addltiof'al u11er~
tht> ARPANE1 pro-

and o~her nonOoO aovrft'!lt-r.t pro.c.ct" with af\ "'friltional netWt rk of . . ny node
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.J~Dpu~rr11
(Se nclourea 1 6. 1)
Full ''dnf th ~uccclltful 'lccoapl tahiHn~ of initial AaPAICET
deeian 'oAII ~n, th~ expanelon of th ntvork. it vaa conldered
appropriatE' ~o tranafrr the repnn1ibll i.~v for nreration of ti-.e
AIPAh~T fr1m ~~PA to t~e Def~nse C~nlcatton Asency {DCA)
in July 1.75

DtflNlTIOHS

Fnr rase of .~ndc>rlt and in~ the ARPANET and th policie1

"overninA i u ,., ... the follOVi"lA defir.itlona are providd

Interface "-at Proceeor~IMP). A etore and

ih ch cen ace~ Odate up to four hoet
c011pUter1.
a

for..rd packet ewlte~

"-e

b. Pluribua lnterf~
Procaor.
A ttore an~
forw.rd pa~kt iWiteh Wh~h can :aYe In ~c of 20 procereort,
Mpencl1na on confiauretion. with each procetaor a<:cc 11 Mltlna
four hott ca.pu1:er. n.t r,,. IMP h hillMr throuahput
t"~tt,

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A !'tor~ and
forvrd p<H-,;,; -,."'it~~:. w~~;F--.;- ..-z.cl..r.o at.- up ~o three hoat
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lnterswftlh Trunk

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A circuit befwren packet avitche

uaed to pau packeu throuAh

" AC'ce Llf!.e

A circuit fr011 a hoat ~omputer or tenalnal
ro an lMP OT TIP ~. c i r-c.1: t . ., be a local cable or a t ranllon fa~ .ty requirlnK ~d.as.
AAPAMET Backbone. The IVitchina nodea <-1, IMPS ca..unlcationa linea interconnectin&
rh ~ad and the Network Control Center. The backbone is alao
knr.~ th ca.municatlona aubnet.
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i . Sponaor. A DoD or U.S. "'ven.ent A&ency, which

qualifte1 a1 an AlPAIET u1er, and 11 authorlaed to ponaor a
contractor or other non-aover~t activity for ace to the
AIPAMIT for the conduct of official U.S. Govern.ent buain
4.

tei'TWOIK DESCllPTtOM

The AIPAIET providea a capMbility for a.oaraphlcally

aeparate4 ca.puter (hoata) to c~lcate with each other.
the holt ca.putera typically differ froa one another in type,
.,.... word len&th, operatlna Y~z etc. lach hoat co.puter
11 connectd into the network throu,n a node which . ., be

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forward mtsaa(I'S '> tl., n~a~..,horin.:, nodt"s ir. th~ ~.l~wvrr
Uur in~~; yp i ('.: <Jpt>rat l<lfl' hoer
1116111'.1' ( n it. node.
this m~~e 1~ th~n '~d fru. n~de to nod nrough the netvork
until it ftna~l'l o~rrlVtl' <H t"'t dtinat\un ti1P ld'IHn in urn
paallt" it aLon~ !c t~t dt>t'tination t'los
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the lirt 96 of vhi.t art' control bits called :1e l~ader
Th~
leader i alen 'JSPd for ndinK nmtrol nae!IS.Iftt-t h~tveen the

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and lt!l IMP or TIP (node)

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conslst lng of node. .o;H nd har.dlinA t ypt>
nese thrt!e paraIIM'tf'r.t unlque&y t~p..-cify "connertlon betwen source and destination hoete
ne handlln& type ttiv~ the comeection apecific
~har~teristics. euch a priority or non-priority tran .. laelon
Additional leader apace has been re~rved for a fourth par ... ter.
to be uwed in futur~ inter-network addrealng
For each connection, . . a& are delivered to the deat1nation in the e-.e order
that they were tr~n .. itted by the source
For each r~gular . . a&e. the host also epeclflea a 12bit identifier. the ;age-ID. !tte -~-10, tocether with
the destination of t"~ -aae. h ueed ae the "n-" of the
-age. The node ueee thie n... to info~ the hoat o( the
dlspoeitior. of the . . aaaae. Therefore, if the hoat refrain
fru. re-uain& .. particular .....,.-to value (to a aiven deetination) until the node ha reepond~ a~t that -aae-ID. -aaea
vill r ... in uniquely identified and the hoat can retran . .it th. .
in the event of a failure within th~ network.
After receivina a resular ....... fr~ a hoat conneete4 to
lt, a node break the
into aeveral ~ckete (currently
t~e . . . ~data bite per packetla 1001) and paa1e1 theae
throuah the net.ork in the direction of the deatinatlon.
lventually. wh.n all paeketa arrive t the deatlnatlon. they

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nritinal IM's"~( """" Lorrl'~.:rly reC"t'iv~d and repeat the inquiry
Jn' i6 a rf'spon!'lt' 18 nn.lvld from the d~<Jtintion node
this
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provldln~ ~ssa~e identification between a host and its local
nodr. th~ ~e"A-ID can provide a means for hoats to identify
. . sla,es between th~1elve1

The Network ~ontrol Center (MCC) for AJPAIET is pri. .rily

concerned vtth ~he detection ~f line failure and lHP/TlP alte
failures. ln addition, the NlC .onitors the wolu.e1 of boat
traffic and line traffic which can atve advance warnln& of
network el ...nta vhoae capacity . ., n. .d to be lncreaaed and
tch can be uaecl fol'
uaa account ina. Alao. the KC
k..,l account of ott~r data, auch a n avitche1, auto
reatart . ...ory protect ttin&l e~c., and buffer ut~e. for each
lMP/TlP. Thl date is frequently helpful in diaanotna an IMP/
TIP failure. Fl1ure 2 it a typical e..-ple of the type of lnfoMt ion 1lllh lch h erwratecl by the IICC. Due to the conatat .,...
itorlna of the AIPAIIT et the .cc. the percentaa downt~ for
t~ network i l very low (ar il!.tatrated in Fiaul' 2).

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to rntewtna. on an ennual beah, each un'a quallflcatlon for
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for tht' conouct

bu~inss

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solly
Covernl!lent

The ARP~~ET La intndd to be usd

in support uf official 1;

(1) DoD Us~rs - Subject to tht' availability of assets.

DoD actlvitiea vill be connctd to tht' AaPAKET provided thrir
requic.-.nts are procd throuah noraal c~Jnicatlons
validating channels.

(2) Non-DoD U.S. C~vern.en~ Activities lequta for

AllPAIIET srvlce from non-DOD U.s COver.,..nt act.~vHt vill
be considered by DCA on caae-by-case basis
()) Non-Covern. .nt U.S. Act1v1t1ea - A DoD or ot~er
U.S. Cover~nt activity authOilzid to uae the network . .,
aponaor. aa uaer. a non-sove~nt activity perfor.lftA ln
contractual support of the C.S. Govern.ent. Juatlflcatlon
outlining benefit to the U.S. Govern.ent for uch ace 1hall
be provided to DCA by the aponaorln& activity. Coat for net
work aervlc provided to non-&avern.e~t activitiea ahall be
allocated to the aponaorln& activity.

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utiv1~1~ vill
no be dirf'ctly cur.nt'ctec1 t., tne AIIPA.-.r.:
Ace~ to the
ARPA:-tE7 :---i '1t- orc:vidt! ~r.r'''-Ud'l h faL.litit-11 ,,fan author1.:eJ
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ion .. l lo!l-netvor anaT.-not-intended to ca.pete vlth
comparable L~rcial aervic~
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aervice it pro,ided to any n< ;.-l.: S Governlkn'. activity, it
op~rat

dt:t~rmined
av~ilablf'

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::-at adec;ua".P c,.r.zercial

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must apply to the Direc~or. O.f~r Ca.aunicatlona
Agency, ATTN
AIPANET M.naAement Branch. Code Sl~
servic~

(7) A non L:.S. Cove~nt activity auat have a U

Gover~nt ~c~ivity actin1 aa a aponaor.
Application for
servic~ on the AIPAIET .uac be aubaitted by the a~.ortna

5.

activity to Director. O.fenae to..unicationa A&ency, ATTI:

AIPAalT Mang~t l~anch, Code ~l~
The application .u.t
clarly atate how the propoaed aerwlce la in the beat lntereat
of the L S. Cover~nt, la ~ttal to llon fulfill.-nt.
doea not violate privacy lava and adequate ca..ercial aerwice
ia not available
The contract nu.ber of the contract be~
the apor.aorln activity and the non-aove~t activity requ1rina
ace to the AIIAIET .uat be prGYlded.
()) tach application, ao.ern.ent and aon-aowe~,_.t,
vtll be in the fo~t contained in !Dcloaur" l and will co~taln
tM apprN&illate ...,...t of traffic to be ,.aaed. the houra of
operation and concurreace froa the aaency 1lhoH DIP/TIP rill
be ut lllaed the AIPAat entry point .
(4) le4aulr_...t for vtdebatkl (SOIIPS ....,.)
ctrcuUa ..at be nllattt. . ala (6) -tha in ..,aace, to atw the

-uactor fectU.t7 ..,__..,. -

alftUI.t -clMille

t....

other r-.ueata for c(r-cutt 1eaa1na act1oaa ... t .. ..-.&tt. .

hty (60) oaya ttrlor to the r..,alred HrYlce date to allow
aufftcleat tl8e for lHal.nc actloea .

All

(~)
Of~ vit1 ~vl~t th~ avplication and advle~ the
requestin& actlvitv ->f the dtspot~itlo: of their request vlthln
thlrtv ()~)days
lf thr appli~~tton 1 aprroved. the notificati<"n vill ir.clu~t ins r::~ ionr. for )'.alnin. ace~ to the
AaPAMET

()

:C~.i

AUAMET SERVICE

a. Activitlel desirin~ to join the AAPAJET which are

quallfivd in accordance with th~ utilization policy will intriate
con:act witn DCA (Code )j~) required bv paraaraph ~. If
ter.inal eervice only is r~q~ired two con~ect1ont ~re poaalble

Dial 1r to a TIP

If hGtt 1ervlce i1 required, three connection are po11ible

Local holt (within )0 feet of the IMP and TIP)

CUlt $)~ f r the node Interface

Elt~ted

!1t~ted

Dltant Holt (10 feet to 2000 feet)

coer $1000 for the node Interface

Ver)' di1tant holt (over zooo feet) E.1t laated

:oet $)C?0 for the node interface

b.
Step to be aaken and co1t1 inwolved depend to lari
eateat on the preent conflsuration of the net, the location of
the new ueer an4 the ntce deaired. For e1l811ple, a11.-e that
an tivlt' tn the Wahl. .ton, D.C. area ....ta to connect holt
ca.,uter to the netwcn'lt and that activit' doea not 01m a node,
t.e., u or TIP. in the area
It .ould MIMI a requeat for
eerwtce to DCA who WIDUld oeter.lne ... tch node(a) ln the area
he the capa~lt' to acca.odate their requtr..ent then dvlec t~
to reoc;ueat ,_.tea ton for hoat ~ct lon frCIII the CNner of
the node. lf the ..... a.ner a l l - tbe COIIJ8Ctioe. the holt
fRfiMW . . . t n.ch an aaret with hill on l . . .tb of aervtce and

coat

f'et.~Na'.-nt.

c. ,.. ....... u.llltJ of . , boat ~~ ' M~Dther

poeatbllltJ. 1hll WIDUld DI'CHeitate that the hoet .,_.~" pul'cUH
a l~J'/61P t.1rouah DCA.
loi'IMllJ :. wuld
i\la require
to DCA w.10 would then
it throusn ita coetractl

proc
1

.-.u

o!fi~

''' ~h~ ARPA~ET ,drd~arf co~~ractor

1~ nw ~ode
> ~ ... f.r'!u,:d hv a ~t llt~tr:t Inerc!epartftlental
Pur"haal Rtq\.t>"J. r: lPR)
Ar, x:w CUltS apr-ro).i:Utelj SfJO.POO
an~ a TIl' Sl.: ' . -JrJ() l.it:r ... : i !'ltr of'1 ~"''" fi gur at ior:

voulc

norf':~tl

d
ii<'~~ t-q~lpoen!. hl'lt in~erfa(( hard,.rare and software.
host ~o- U1P cormu"l1cat ions anrl 11itc preparat i.on are (he
responsibilitv of th~ u11~r

All Jlllr.'.Jnicat ifJnl l.inu (includin~t VDH lir'lt'l) vi ll

be ordttrd througa he t'PfP~ae Co-rcial COiaUnicatlona
Offic:~ tOECCO) a'ld wi 11 t-.t procrued t. DCA with appropriate
chars~ being billttc t<' ~'"' user.
Ace line coats for
planni~g purpoes are ~onr1ined in Encloaure 4.
f
\'arioua service are provided to tht AAPA.HF.T c~nlty
tu aid in thl' effect .&.ve use of t~e network
Curren': availablP
docnentat ion in(; l.Jc'.ea
0

Jnfo~1tion on reaGurcea which are available at

~oat cu.puter and the . . an to ace thi1

each

tnfor~ation.

(R~our~e

Handbook)

Met~ork

Li,.tina of inditfidu.h and hoat aoctated vith

t~e

protocol information CProto<ol Kndbook)

AIPAN!T (Directory)

&
The AIPAMET 1ue1f (the c~lcati.on auhnet or
'"beckbone') contain no curlty feature f()r privrtt-y ot' f~r
the protection of cla1alfied defen .. lnfo~atlon t~enalttna
the networ~. Therefore . it 1 the rettpont.lblllty r)f tho
aponaora rncl uere operat1na boat in th. &ttllllrk to take
tepa to protect lnforgation retldent or acceaalble throuah their
hoat ca..putr frCIII at.cel8 by lll'authorl&ed uera and to provide
protection aclnat unauthorla.. ace to cllfled lnfor.atlon
~lch ,.., relde or t~ accelble vla their hoat ~a.puter llnk
to tht ntwork.

.. .......

b. there are no network "loaln" proc...turea; all accee

conuol 1e provid by the controb of tbe COIIINt't on the

,_

c:oac.,t aad

1. DCA pln to uae the AlP~ to talt ...,

"-"lopIDtl. UCa C__..lcatlODI aM CGIIpUte't MttiM'kl...

10

For 1uch tet. interconnection of the 41P~~T with o~her

network l authorized
DCA el.-.nt will coordinate :heir
plana for testing wi h the DCA AlPANET operational aanager
(Code 530. Record Kana~ment Diviaion)
In a ~ilar
. .nnr. DARPA 1 authorited to continue ~~ of the AIFARIT
for te1ting new concept a~d develo,-.ntl. DAliA will
coordinate their plan for tetlna with the DCA AIPAKIT
operational .. nager
j.
The Dt.rector, Telec:~icatlone and C~d and
Control S~t (DTACCS) ha expreed the followina auidance
for DoD O.ta Network and their projected uaer

"'Tho MU itary Depart1Mnt I Defanae qenc:y ADP eyt-.

arc ~urrently connected to the AIPAJIT or who plan on
connectina to the AIPAIET prior to the availability of
AUTODIJ It
hould confiaure their dealan ao to
tnblhe the t.pact of reconnectina to AU1'0D1J 11 ~ae 1
7nce thl ayat .. ie operational. the final dlr,ottton of
:he ARPAKET will be determined at a later date.'
tha~

Ph 1

1.

AlPADT SPOitSOIS' CN)UP

a. To be flexible and reeponatve to the requlr.-.nte

ol the uaer c~lty. an AJJI~T Sponaore' Group haa been
eatabllehed and cbarterad. The aroup enable eponaora of
tiM network to coaatder ami .ake rec D4atloaa to DCA oa
Det11Drk operational actlvitiea M4l aervlce pro.l... bJ the
net.ork. It alao provide a fon. for the eachaft&e of , ....
.-cl tnforaatlon on the operation of the AlP~ Mhl future
plas1a for the network of c
wa intereat to ttl 1ponaora.

ao..-u, -t

b. 'ftMt lponaora' Group

.-l....uallJ.
Special -tlnaa 1 be called by tbe Qaaln.a U tbe altuatlon -1'"1'-tl attention tO INalMaa prior to the ....t naularlJ
acbHule4 -ttna. lt.etla& aor-ur are beld in tbe V.ahtaat.
D.C. area, but . ., be beld at otftet" locatlona.

, . , .c;

a.
operation .-4 alnt.....ce
of
-....r
Me....._.
t. e. . ....... inurfacea. aad later-_.. c
aleatl-. clrcutta. ta rid th,..... the C Lcatlolla ler'Ytcea
"ftae

lllduatrlal t'un4 (Cilf

(0111)

the

"'-1ch ta sv. . . . _ . operat. .

a.r..... ODlcatl At_c,.

11

the

b.

l.'nder the workinl! capital or revolvin& fund concept

subscriher ratet will be the basil for recover~na
th'l" coat of operatlnt and !Mintaining t.he Backbone network.
The eatiaated coat to uperate and aaintain the AIPAK!T backbone
durin& a fiacal ~ear. divided ~Y the eatt.ated nu.ber of IMFS
TIPS in the network. provide the annual coat per year per
predete~lned

node.

Tntal Ollt Coat

liMPs &ittPs

Annual Cost Per IMP or TIP.

All A&PAI!T cuata.er activitl will be billed .onthly ba~ed

on a predeter.ined ~oat for eac~ ooerational node in the iackbon
FY7i rat~ will be $5900 oer month oer node + lt overhead
9.

AllPART INFoaMATIOII

a.

For further infor.atlon on ARPAIIT write or call:

Defense

ATTN:

c~

..unicationa

Code SlS

Aancy

Telephone nu.bers (202) 692-617S/6 or

2226175/6
.uP.wiT Mail boa :

A~

DCACcHie S1 ~IS I

b The foll~ docu.enta are publ1ahe4 nnually for

the benefit of AlP
uaera:
( 1)

AlPAliT IUOUaCI UIDIOC*

(2)

AlPMIT DlDCTOIY

(])

AIPA8J NOC'OCOL MIIDIOOl (AD-AOOl 190)

~.... doe~ta are dlatrt. .ted directly to AIPAIIT ...ra.

Other aown-t ..-ctea 1 receive coplea by aullldttla& a
r~at .tth Jvatlflcatten to DCA Code ~l~laeaoweaa IBt
aaeeetea _, pnacure coplee fro. the

..tt... 1 Tec. . tca1 tafcm~ettOil lentce (11'111)

U.S. Depare.eet of C....rce
~2~ Port ..,.1 IHd
lprlftlflel. Ylrainla
22161

c.

..altte~~Y1

teclaatca1 taf.-ttoa la conta1M4 b

12

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~rt

1122. Interface

fur tKiTritiiConnectron

at

~aae

..-ou

Proctaor, Scclficatiora

anaan-lRP -

vhlon 11}75

m-mta~-pTU..-:JinU.ry I9TeLVTiion 7D-Aot lltl} anT"

~ Selected liblioaraphy nd Index to Pltcat ton About AIPAII&T
f A0-E16 ~oG)wtilrli are i'r.-.c. iVilli51.-Yroia RTII. -

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best available copy

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REg[!~p- f_Q~T

b.

FOI AJtPAHE'f

19 March 1976

SEIVIC~

(Date request

~~mitted).

(Typ of service de1lred).

1200 baud. f~ll period,

full duplex conditioned
circutt

c.

(Type of requeat, . . , be a start.

o~ chan&e).

Start

dl~connect.

d.

19 May 1976

(Ditte atrvlce

e.

Program

(Thla ~. a CQde required b7

Def~nec C~rciel C~lcationa

~sig~ator Cod~

d~aired)

Office (D!CCO) lndlcattna who

will be billed for the aervice
Jf th~ aponaortna a1ency doea
not have a PDC. DC4 will ~rovlde
one upon reque3t).
f

Villi .. Jonea
(70)) 12)-4)67

(..._ and telephone nULber of

contect at 1ervtce point 1)

Mr. John

( 112) 12)-4)67

(..._ and telaphone nu.ber

of concact at aervlce point 2)

aoo. 12. tutldtna 411

(Specific location ~ere aervtce

11 deetred at aervtce potnt 1).

Hr

S.~

th

Untvereity of ~heeter
201 ..ith Avenue
locheeter. -.v York
12)4,

au.. Air Develo,..nt

Center
Crtffiae An, h. . York
12l4S

(Specific location where eervlca

fs deeir~ at eerwtce point 2)

h.
ftia par. .raph will lnclu6t Y clarlfyl r-riLe
necee ..ry to ur full .-.ratandl of the nntce
Ired to lncl'* ewe of teniul or holt. !tale ,.....raplt
vtll al lMlude the tnf...,.tl r-.atred bJ per-araphe SC(2)
It kU).

16

MPAIIf

MAll ldll 2211

PI.AIIliG

Tbe follovlq lafo..att.l J be uaed to clete,.1M eetlaated

.....,

ace llne coete to COBDeet t~laale to a TIP or Very

Dhtant Hot CCIIIfUtel'e to a nP or DIP .
ACCIII Ll.

11611

......

lOO . . . . . . . . . . .

.....
.....
.....
....... .....
.....
lOl to 1100 ._.

2.00 ....

4100 ....

SO CUeltit (lMlwln
)

BI!ICI CMt

a.n.

lrti14DSI! C.T

... + 50e/IG

tlOO

... +SOc/Ill

tlOO

12 ..

25

22 lA

8S4 lA

... + 50e/lll
10

t IZ

lA

n; +He/Ill JlOO
liS lA
'
IW *
H"11 u
1111

, . + .., .

--

t450 lA