简介:Adual-channelaccessmechanismtoovercomethedrawbackoftraditionalsingle-channelaccessmechanismfornetwork-on-chip(NoC)isproposed.Intraditionalsingle-channelaccessmechanism,everyInternetprotocol(IP)hasonlyonechanneltoaccesstheon-chipnetwork.Whenthenetworkisrelativelyidle,theinjectionrateistoosmalltomakegooduseofthenetworkresource.Whenthenetworkisrelativelybusy,theejectionrateissosmallthatthepacketsinthenetworkcannotleaveimmediately,andthustheprobabilityofcongestionisincreased.Inthedual-channelaccessmechanism,theinjectionrateofIPandtheejectionrateofthenetworkareincreasedbyusingtwooptionalchannelsinnetworkinterface(NI)andlocalportofrouters.Therefore,thecommunicationperformanceisimproved.Experimentalresultsshowthatcomparedwithtraditionalsingle-channelaccessmechanism,theproposedschemegreatlyincreasesthethroughputandcutsdowntheaveragelatencywithreasonableareaincrease.