Home assignment may use address ranges, hashing or another topology-specific mapping. The count and placement trade service capacity, state storage, routing distance and traffic balance. Measure latency components and hot spots for the selected workload rather than assuming RN-to-HN distance dominates every system.
If a NoC uses virtual networks, document which held/requested resources its routing and dependency rules separate.
Size buffers and return paths under explicit admission, delivery and fairness assumptions.
High CHI RetryAck/PCrdGrant activity = admission-pressure evidence; correlate Completer resources, routing, credits and offered traffic.