Collecting Coverage using white box assertion and functional coverage !!!

One of the essential requirement for verification closure  is to close functional coverage , coverage measured  should accurately measure if the event has occurred in the DUT and the DUT has responded as expected for the event , this requirement can typically be covered using white box assertion and having cover property on the assertion. Using assertion coverage instead of functional coverage is a tradeoff that has to be taken , assertion coverage removes the need for coding coverage monitor but the assertion coverage constructs are not as powerful as the the functional coverage construct in terms of covering cross coverage , having excludes in cross coverage. Most of the cross in assertion coverage need to be done manually. Best strategy one can use is to partition the coverage model between white box coverage assertion and functional coverage on the IO bus to get the best out of both the coverage approach.