A Review of Research on Traffic Modeling for NoC

Abstract

NoC (Network on Chip), as a promising interconnection infrastructure for MPSoC (Multi-Processor System-on-Chip), has been the research focus since its invention. Accurate traffic models are necessary to deplore the vast design space of NoC. In this paper, we survey the researching works on the traffic modeling of NoC by referring and comparing to the development pattern of the traffic models in packet-switched computer networks, and try to figure out the direction of the next step.