Patent ID: 7274664

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: at least a first node; and at least a second node communicating with the first node pursuant to a single use case having at least first and second portions characterized by respective class of service (COS) requirements, wherein: the COS requirements include one or a combination of bandwidth requirements, latency requirements and error quality requirements, the nodes communicate with each other using assigned first and second protocols for the respective first and second portions, the first protocol having first COS capabilities and the second protocol having second COS capabilities different than the first COS capabilities, the first and second portions are assigned to the respective first and second protocols based at least in part on matching the characteristic COS requirements of the first and second portions to the COS capabilities of the first and second protocols, and the first and second portions are communicated using the assigned first and second protocols without further utilizing the characteristic COS requirements of the first and second portions after assignment to the respective first and second protocols.