A method is provided in one example implementation and the method includes receiving a query for a policy that pertains to a selected one of first and second endpoints. A parasitic muscle stimulation detector detects if the application of pacing pulses result in parasitic muscle stimulation. A first layer decoding part generates a first layer decoded signal from the first layer encoded code and applies it to a delay amount calculating part and a second layer encoding part. The innermost portion slidably receives nuts that cooperate with a fastening member to securely mount the outer frame members, transparent member, panel and inner frame members, with fastening members therethrough. A vector of addresses to memory locations is computed for each of the subsets.