| CPC H04L 69/18 (2013.01) [H04L 69/02 (2013.01); H04L 69/326 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. A method for determining a transport layer protocol for communication, comprising:
receiving, from a client, a plurality of service requests based on a plurality of transport layer protocols;
determining a plurality of sets of metric values of application layer metrics by determining a set of metric values of the application layer metrics based on receiving each of the plurality of the service requests, wherein the application layer metrics are associated with at least one of efficiency or quality of receiving the service request;
determining the transport layer protocol for communication from the plurality of transport layer protocols based on the determined plurality of sets of metric values; and
setting a validity period for the determined transport layer protocol for communication.
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