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In multiprocessor based SoCs, optimizing the communication architecture is often as important, if not more important, than optimizing the computation architecture. While there are matureplatforms and techniques for the modeling and evaluation of architectures of processing elements, the same is not true for the communication architectures. This paper presents anapplication-driven retargetable prototyping platform which fills this gap. This environment aims to facilitate the design exploration of the communication sub-system through application-levelexecution-driven simulations and quantitative analysis. First, we introduce an expressive communication architecture specification which gives the designers the freedom to choose and configure their custom interconnection schemes over a wide range of communication architectures, covering the spectrum from buses to packet switching networks. This, combined with a distributed application model, drives a modular modeling and simulation environment that permits detailed simulation of the communication (and computation) architectures at the application level. Through the case studies motivated by an embeddedsystem application, we show that through simulations, critical system information such as timings and communication patterns can be obtained and evaluated. Consequently, system-level design choices regarding the communication architecture can be made with high con.dence in the early stages of design. In addition to improving design quality, this methodology also results in significantly shortening design-time.