&KDUDFWHULVWLFV RI PXOWLSHHU FRPPXQLFD WLRQMultipeer communication is different from other communication relations (unicast (1:1), multicast (1:N), concast (M:1)) in several aspects, some of which are discussed below. These aspects are often not disjoint, but closely related. An approach using a token to pass the right to send, e.g., can use appropriate methods for ordering of messages, bandwidth allocation of senders, and failure detection.