What is a deployed internet in the IPN?

• We differentiate between the ìlong-haulî backbone and deployed networks that have round-trip time characteristics closer to those for which the Internet was designed

• Any network that has the following attributes is considered a deployed internet:

  • Is connected via interplanetary backbone to another network
  • Has an environment that does not inherently preclude the use of (possibly enhanced) Internet protocols
  • Uses the Domain Name space as a common means of referencing objects and systems across deployed internets

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