Timeliness Immediate delivery (No Nagle algorithm) Inter-node delivery time in the order of 100 microseconds HA Considerations L2 link failure detection and failover handled transparently for user Connection abortion with error code if no redundant carrier available Peer node failure detection after 0.5-1.5 seconds Encapsulation 24 byte extra header 40 extra for connectionless Priorities Supports 4 message importance priorities, determining congestion levels and abort/rejection levels Is 8 levels really needed ? Fulfilling Requirements(2) |