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- Flexible bandwidth allocation
- Simple routing due to connection oriented technology
- High bandwidth utilization due to statistical multiplexing
i.e. ``Central Limit Theorem'' ensures peak deviates little from
average (requires several active message streams). Deviation
proportional to square root of number of streams
- Potential QOS (Quality Of Service) guarantees
Mahesh Subramanyan, Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University, mahesh@npac.syr.edu