Abstract:
China Peripheral Internet Project (CPIP) is a strategic concept regarding the establishment of a direct internet connection between China and surrounding countries. based on this concept, Peripheral Internet is proposed as a strategic objective for the research on China’s third generation internet systems. With this objective, some technical performance requirements are proposed for third generation internet. These requirements can serve as directional guidelines for technology development and evaluation criteria for technical proposals of new internet structures. In the mean time, some forward looking plans are proposed on CPIP implementation.