Abstract: A method of operating a communication server in handling data from a plurality of channels, which includes receiving data of a plurality of channels, by the communication server, determining, for the channels, target times by which the channels should be handled in order to avoid starvation of the channel, estimating handling times required for processing sessions of the channel and repeatedly selecting, by a scheduler of the communication server, a channel whose data is to be handled responsive to the determined target times and the estimated handling times. In addition, a processor of the communication server is scheduled to perform, without interruption for handling of data of other channels, a processing session on the selected channel, in which the received data is prepared for transmission and placed in an output buffer and at least one driver of the communication server transmits the data prepared for transmission independently of the processor of the communication server.

Abstract: A method of channel routing. The method includes receiving an incoming connection, determining an amount of processing resources required to handle the incoming connection, and selecting a remote access server to handle the incoming connection, responsive to the determined amount of processing resources.

Abstract: A method of scheduling the handling of data from a plurality of channels. The method includes accumulating data from a plurality of channels by a remote access server, scheduling a processor of the server to handle the accumulated data from at least one first one of the channels, once during a first cycle time, and scheduling the processor to handle the accumulated data from at least one second one of the channels, once during a second cycle time different from the first cycle time.

Abstract: A method of scheduling the handling of data from a plurality of channels. The method includes accumulating data from a plurality of channels by a remote access server, scheduling a processor of the server to handle the accumulated data from at least one first one of the channels, once during a first cycle time, and scheduling the processor to handle the accumulated data from at least one second one of the channels, once during a second cycle time, different from the first cycle time.