Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Publication Date: 2016/07/01 Vol. E99-ANo. 7pp. 1334-1344 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Design Methodologies for System on a Chip) Category: Keyword: adaptive routing, deadlock-free, congestion-balance, path diversity, 3D network-on-chip,