# The Cost of a Hop: Benchmarking NLIP and A2A

**Published:** October 6, 2026
**Author:** Ranjan Sinha, Anindita Das, Ashika Anand Babu, Hari Palleti
**Source:** arXiv — cs.AI
**Language:** en-US
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Autonomous agents built on Large Language Models (LLMs) need standardized protocols to interoperate across systems. Several now exist (A2A, MCP, ACP, ANP, NLIP), but the Natural Language Interaction Protocol (NLIP) has not appeared in any controlled performance study, and no…

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